Well, as you can probably see from the above, today was our 12 week scan. The pictures don't show the whole story but you might just be able to make out a body, head, 2 arms and 2 legs. During the scan we also got to see a tiny little heart beating away furiously, so everything our little Bean needs to survive.
Bean decided to go in the most awkward position possible during the scan so the sonographer had to attempt to move him/her by getting me to move onto my side and using the hand held stick thing to poke him/her. It must have worked as she got all the necessary measurements. The wee one is 6cm long, 12 weeks old and dancing about like a trooper. The due date was confirmed for Sept 13th.
All the appointments with the sonographer and midwife were done within an hour so we were very pleased. I've had yet more blood stolen, sorry, taken. Scott says I can't call it stealing as I allowed them to do it, albeit unwillingly, however I still subscribe to mum's theory that medical staff are actually masquerading vampires! We've also been quizzed about lots of things and given what appears to be a small library of magazines, pamphlets and leaflets to read, including our first Bounty pack. Inside was a nice little temperature gauge for the nursery, first of the freebies.
Just breathing a huge sigh of relief that all is well, now to go and book another appointment for 16 weeks. Onwards and upwards (or outwards in the case of my tummy) as they say!
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