Baby A scan!

This is me and the baby bump yesterday! We did not find out the sex of the baby as we want to be surprised.

We are 20 weeks today! Officially half way there (unless Baby A decides to come late). We had a big scan today, it was very exciting. I felt like it was Christmas - I had butterflies in my belly all day leading up to the scan.

The doctor did almost an hour scan but the video attached is about 5 minutes. The scan is a lot of back and forth, gray and blurs. If you don't know what you're looking for, you could miss it. So I've tried to narrate below what you'll see.

It starts with the beating heart; very quickly you'll be able to see the four chambers. Then the Doppler look at the heart showing the blood go into and out of the heart.

Next you can see a side profile with the baby's head stretched. It's amazing how well you can see the spine.

Then is a view from the top of the head. You can see the dark eye sockets (the cursor goes over these).

From here you can see an arm (the white line is the bone) and then it will bring its hand up to its face. You can see it's hand, thumb and four fingers (the cursor goes over this).

The baby continues to move its arms and will grab its foot with its hand up near its face.It's a better profile picture as well, you can see the nose and mouth. If you look in the chest, you can see the beating heart.

More views from the top of the head, then more profile with arms and legs moving. At one point, the cursor goes over the umbilical cord all the way on the left.

Go to this link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZlcn-okT6s

Enjoy!

Cheers,

Kate