went for the part II of the down syndrome test for minibean today. had the blood samples taken weeks ago and its left with the detailed scan today. thanks to the advancement of technology, i was awed by what i saw. too bad the hubs was not able to join or else he would have died a happy man, like me today.
anyway.. one of the first thing the lady pointed out was minibean's nose. thrice. oookie.... so that is a nose..... did not think much about it until much later and i went to google about the nose. well, apparently, the noses of babies with Down's have a small or poorly formed nasal bone that does not show up on the scan in early pregnancy (source: http://www.babycenter.in/a557439/ultrasound-markers-#ixzz2T9Qql6P3). ahh... so i learnt something new today!
went on to see the bladder, the fluid at the back of the neck, the brain, the limbs, the bladder, etc.. the test results came out awhile later after i completed the test. the results was advised by another doctor, Dr Tony Tan. googled him also and he actually specialises in the management of high risk pregnancies so i guess he should be right about minibean being ok.. =)
the lady doing the scanning also asked if i wanted to know the sex of the minibean.. of cus lah! so that i can plan for the design of the baby room and buy clothes! its a girl, she said confidently after a quick look. and there i was lying there listening to her explaining the difference between a boy/girl and thinking to myself, well, a girl means that i can buy pink tutu dresses... and suddenly the lady changed her mind. -_-" so now its an 80% chance of minibean being a boy or just a little girl who hates pink tutu dress. though i have a feeling that minibean is probably a boy but i wont be surprised if its a girl - a strongheaded girl just like the daddy and daddy's little girl (more on that next time)!
anyway, the hubs strongly believes that its a girl and would only refer to minibean in the female pronoun -_-"
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