20 Week Scan..... made it!

So, I had my 20 week scan yesterday and I cannot begin to put into words the sheer and utter relief I felt afterwards..... To see the huge checklist of things they check in regards to the bub and see ticks in every single box..... well that has to be one of the most amazing moments of my life and I am eternally grateful.

Of course there is always room for human error or things getting missed or developing later, but for now I have a nice, normal and HEALTHY baby and I'm soooo happy....

Cameron the sonographer was lovely. He checked everything! Hands (they check the number of bones in the little finger - 2 will often indicate a downs baby whereas as three bones should indicate a lower chance of this. They also check numbers of fingers and two thumbs - which at one stage the bub had sticking up and the forefinger out like it was shooting an imaginary gun! Quite cute! And of course they check bone length, head circumference, tummy circumference, brain development, nuchal fold, the heart, the lungs, the diaphragm, the bladder, kidneys, renal arteries, intestines (to make sure they're in the tummy and NOT the umbilical cord, eeew!), feet, legs...... I can't think of one area that doesn't get the once over! Actually, I can.... we chose not to find out what we are having (as much as I'm dying to know!!!) so he tried to stay away from that area as much as possible. He was still down there a bit when checking the bladder and measuring the femur length though..... and I didn't actually spot any boy bits!! It's too hard to tell for a novice like me of course, and then you also have the umbilical cord floating around so I'm FAR from 100% sure but my guess is a girl.....

The placental umbruption hasn't gotten any worse either which is also a huge relief. My leaking is back, but alot more sporadic than what it was so hopefully it tapers off soon. The fluid is pretty much now a yellow colour (sounds gross but same kind of colour as bile). It is very watery and not thick at all like spotting. I have my weekly OB appointment tomorrow morning so no doubt we will discuss this again then. I have been pretty tired the last week, but work has been super stressful (hardly had any time for SWB!! Well, not as much as I would like....) so hopefully that settles down too!! Don't mind so much though, it makes the days go quickly!!

Well, that's about it for today as I've got 4 contracts waiting to be written on my desk here so better go. Will update after my OB appointment tomorrow.

Hello to my good friends out there in UTD and TTC world!! Missing you all cause I've been flat out but will get time tonight to go through blogs and stuff. Please don't think I'm ignoring you!!!! : )