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Today’s ultrasound went very well. There is a rotating team, it seems, and I had a completely different technician and doctor today, and I liked both much, much better than the last team. The technician narrated as she worked. It was great to have the ongoing explanation. My little peanut is a wiggle-worm, though, and just wouldn’t stay put long enough to get any level of detail that they really needed. The technician also wasn’t able to clearly tell the gender, but from the briefest of glances that she was able to see, she said she gives it a 70% chance of being… …a… …GIRL!!!! But not to get all worked up about it, because only time will tell.

The doctor came in later and rescanned, trying to get more clear data on the heart. She spent a lot of time looking at the heart, and I was beginning to get a bit anxious, but she explained that the baby is just moving too much, and she can’t get clear enough details to say one way or another, if all is well or not. Apart from that, all the things that could be read were very good. Kidneys, check. Heart rate, check. Stomach, check. Intestines, check. The doctor said that they should be able to tell much more at my 20 week scan, in which they can do a more thorough anatomy check, and she recommended I come back at week 21 or 22 for a detailed echo with the pediatric cardiology specialist. She also said that she and her colleague were in disagreement as to the usefulness of the blood work screen with the Down Syndrome marker, because they have no data for the sake of comparison, with women of ‘advanced maternal age’ who have diabetes. The diabetes can throw off other hormonal measurements, so she doesn’t think they can rely much on any accuracy wrt that marker. Which is fine by me. I know this baby is fine, anyway. I just know it. So I’m continuing to try to uphold my peaceful frame of mind.

The baby likes to flail its arms. Such an active little thing! And such a beautiful profile! The picture doesn’t do it justice. But what can you do, when your little peanut just won’t hold still. I’m smitten. Completely. Totally. Absolutely. Smitten.

Ahhhhhhhh.