We went for our first Fetal Assesment yesterday. Everything went really well, thank you to everyone who prayed for us. It was quite cool that we had the same nurse, Marie, who found Luke's heart defect three years ago. She even remembered us. We were happy to see her again.
The first time we saw our baby on the screen, I was amazed how it looked so much like a baby already. It was lying in the perfect position and you could see the profile beautifully. Marie told us that it was being a little dramatic because it had it's left armed draped dramatically over it's forehead. The next very important piece of information was there was only one! I was quite relieved to hear that. With more nausea than the first two times and needing maternity clothes earlier, I was starting to wonder how many were in there.
The main purpose of this appointment was to do the Nuchal Transluscency Screening, which is measuring the fluid at the back of the baby's neck. All babies do have some fluid there but babies with chromosomal abnormalites, or heart defects have unusually large amounts. Our baby's measurments were all normal. They also did the crown to rump measurements to make sure the dates were right. And our baby is now 69mm from top of his head to bottom of his bum! (About the size of a lime.) So dates are right.
The first time we saw our baby on the screen, I was amazed how it looked so much like a baby already. It was lying in the perfect position and you could see the profile beautifully. Marie told us that it was being a little dramatic because it had it's left armed draped dramatically over it's forehead. The next very important piece of information was there was only one! I was quite relieved to hear that. With more nausea than the first two times and needing maternity clothes earlier, I was starting to wonder how many were in there.
The main purpose of this appointment was to do the Nuchal Transluscency Screening, which is measuring the fluid at the back of the baby's neck. All babies do have some fluid there but babies with chromosomal abnormalites, or heart defects have unusually large amounts. Our baby's measurments were all normal. They also did the crown to rump measurements to make sure the dates were right. And our baby is now 69mm from top of his head to bottom of his bum! (About the size of a lime.) So dates are right.
We also got to hear our baby's heartbeat twice yesterday, at the FA and at our midwife appointment with Toni. Heart rate was 150 bpm. The next appointments are in June. We will go see Luke's cardiologist, Dr.Soni on June 16th, so she can do a Fetal Echocardiogram. (An ultrasound looking just at it's heart) And then we'll go back to see Marie on June 18th, so she can get a better look at the baby's organ and other stuff. Everything was still to tiny to see any detail now.
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Thanks for sharing the great news! What do your boys think of having another Wiebe?
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