Dan and I just went to our 12 week scan and we got to see our cute little baby! It's all formed, just tiny (about 6cm from its head to its bottom). We could see it on the screen jumping around and waving at us, and we could even see all its fingers!
We bought a CD of the whole series of scan images they took, and hopefully I can figure out how to post one here. The scan included a check of the nose, skull and brain, abdomen, stomach, and both hands and feet. Everything was normal! We were shown the stomach area and were told it was good the baby was swallowing.
At 12 weeks, they test for Down's Syndrome and some other genetic defects. My age-determined risk is a 1 in 881 chance of Down's, but after analysing the scan, my risk dropped dramatically to a 1 in 11,000 chance, so that is very reassuring.
Our due date is still in the first week of December. It's so exciting! Everything feels much more real now after seeing the baby on the screen. We got a cool picture as well of both hands up in the air, like reaching out for a hug.
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