Count down to 20 week scan!

Count down to the big day

Estimated Due Date is 21st August 06

New Estimated Due Date - 21st August

We had an aging scan today and received surprising news. The twins have been determined to be 13 weeks and 2 days old not the 12 weeks we were working on.

Here are a few pictures from today:

Count down to the big day

Estimated Due Date is 21st August 06

Twins' Heads

Twin 1 - Hello, world! High Five

We were watching the screen as a hand appeared from the darkness. What a wonderful thing to see.

Twin 2

Twin 2 was sleeping when the time came to be checked. The sonogropher needed to get a different sensor and still needed to wake him up by moving Sue's tummy around. Then, having been woken up, he was moving all over the place.

NB. We don’t know what sex they are yet.

Twin 1

NT Scan, all is well!

It has been 4 weeks since the last scan and we have had a lot to think about (see below). At the start of the scan the sonogropher focused on twin 1 and proceeded to identify different organs (kidneys, heart & ventricles, stomach, brain etc.) before zooming in on the back of its neck. "Nothing to worry about" fantastic words to hear.

Steve was getting a little impatient with the whole thing as he wanted to find out about the second twin. Twin 2 had not been seen moving as much as twin 1 (mainly due to the fact it was sleeping, but he didn't know that at the time). Having explained his impatience to the sonogropher we moved on to Twin 2. Having found a different probe and after waking Twin 2 up we were elated to hear the phrase "Nothing to worry about" for a second time.

So that is one (or two) less thing(s) to worry about, Fantastic!!! .

What is nuchal translucency?
This is a collection of fluid under the skin at the back of a baby's neck at 10-14 weeks that can be measured using ultrasound. All babies have some fluid, but in many babies with Down's syndrome, the nuchal translucency (NT) is increased.

An NT scan is a method of assessing whether your baby is likely to have Down's syndrome. It's a screening test. A screening test can only estimate the risk of your baby having Down's, as opposed to a diagnostic test, such as CVS or amniocentesis, which will give you a definite diagnosis (but also carries a small risk of miscarriage).

The NT scan can't tell for certain whether your baby is affected. However, it can help you decide whether or not to have a diagnostic test.