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June 14, 2005

Inside a little world

I am now 20 weeks pregnant and last week we went to the hospital for our scan. This scan is to check for any abnormalities, but is also a great opportunity to see the baby.

You will be pleased to hear that all is well with the little one. Head size, waist size and leg length are normal. All the organs are there and in the right places. There was a little trouble seeing all of the heart as baby kept putting it's hand in the way and casting a shadow on the heart! But in the end, after pushing hard on my tummy, there was a clear view and all was well.

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These are two of the scan pictures.


You can clearly see a little arm in the one at the top. If you look closely you can even see fingers! Very cute!


The one at the bottom is a cross-section of the babies head. So it looks round and a little skull like!


It was such an amazing experience. So beautiful to see the baby moving around. Hurray!

We have more photos, but I will put them up slowly, spread out the joy!

Posted by sally at June 14, 2005 08:27 PM

Comments

Your baby looks gorgeous already! Enjoy seeing your tummy start to move soon as the little one gives you a few kicks...

Posted by: Claire at August 9, 2005 05:36 PM

Loved seeing the fingers Sally! Can't wait to see the real ones!!

Posted by: Henri Dudgeon at August 22, 2005 09:11 AM

Sally is this you I am talking to if it is then I love you very deeply as a sister

Posted by: chrisitine at September 17, 2005 02:21 PM

Wow, that's pretty cool.
Good luck, can't be long now until the baby is born!

Posted by: Adrian Ellis at October 21, 2005 12:51 PM