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The 12 Week Scan

I idea I would write nearly my kickoff e'er scan that took house a couplet of weeks ago, every bit thence far it has been the best sense of my rollercoaster pregnancy.

That detail twenty-four hr menses was my worst e'er inwards price of sickness, every bit from 6am to 2pm, I could non fifty-fifty maintain downwards ii sips of H2O in addition to I felt thence drained in addition to unwell from the dehydration it was ridiculous. So it was not the start of the twenty-four hr menses that I had been dreaming nearly for the concluding 12 weeks!



However, alongside much encouragement from my lovely mother, she managed to larn me out of my pit in addition to to the infirmary for my scan that afternoon, where the Bloke met us, probably ready-prepared for the mood I powerfulness direct hold been inwards from my joyful morning time experience.

Once nosotros were inwards at that spot it all seemed to spill out thence quickly. Mum in addition to bloke sat inwards front end of the TV screen, whilst the lady squirted mutual frigidness cream onto my belly.
Within seconds at that spot was an paradigm of our bubba in addition to instantly I felt thence shocked in addition to overwhelmed to encounter my babe for the real kickoff time. I felt the Bloke breathe a sigh of relief when he saw only the i child, every bit mum had been trying to convince him for weeks that it was twins.


Our kickoff pic of bubba 8.9.11

The babe seemed to live on much to a greater extent than formed than I expected at twelve weeks, as I could encounter a lot of the facial features already. Whilst mum in addition to Bloke commented on how the babe clearly already has bloke's huge conk, the scanning lady was rather snotty in addition to only said "be serenity or you lot won't remove heed what I direct hold to say".

H5N1 delight wouldn't become a missy love, in addition to nobody was fifty-fifty talking higher upward her! Not the mental attitude I desire on the most exciting twenty-four hr menses for me, in addition to funnily plenty according to other mothers inwards my area, this scanning lady is good known for beingness rude in addition to fifty-fifty midwives direct hold formally complained nearly her!

However, I wasn't going to allow her spoil my day, in addition to every bit she continued scanning, she explained she was going to mensurate the fluid behind the baby's cervix every bit purpose of the Down's Syndrome test. Now already it is clear the babe definitely takes afterward me, every bit no affair what she did, the bugger wouldn't deed thence she could mensurate the fluid.

She made me coughing a few times in addition to at i betoken the babe only moved a manus every bit if to say,  "yeah whatsoever love, skillful luck getting me to move!"

Then she asked me to elevator my bum inwards the air in addition to swivel my hips from side to side to milk shiver the babe up.
First try: babe did nothing.
Second try: babe turned in addition to nosotros saw it's butt crack, which in i trial to a greater extent than showed us it's views on what nosotros were doing.
Third try: baby moved dorsum into the master copy position. Definitely got the stubborn cistron from daddy!
Then every bit she was ending the scan, babe decided to in addition to thence flip in addition to larn into the set she had wanted all along- makes me wonder if it's a boy, every bit they never similar to work what women nation work they!

We in addition to thence got to get ii pictures and had to pay £5 for the pleasure, but it was worth it, in addition to I cannot hold off until the 20 calendar week scan which falls on Halloween; Let's only promise I don't larn a shock!