oscar

yesterday finally went for the oscar test. nurse said - don't go toilet first. duh! i just went! so i had to drown myself with water to fill my bladder up for the ultrascan. when it was finally our turn, we had a chance to see our baby again! baby was sitting in an upright position and the womb seems to be upright too. doc says - cannot measure neck this way. baby needs to be lying down. the solution was to drown more water in so that the bladder will hopefully "push" the womb into a vertical position. darn, i was already bursting my bladder then but diligently drank more water and waited. but we were very happy that baby was fine.

surprisingly, baby was very cooperative during the next scan! the doc moved the scanner around my tummy and baby started to do a little dance and wobble and went to lie down so that doc could take the measurements of the fluid behind the neck. every now and then, baby will jiggle and float upwards and the doc will "snap" a zoomed-in picture of its neck. we were absolutely thrilled with the image. doc commented that baby has a sharp nose. yup, it was rather obvious i would say! doc commented that the measurements seems fine but will still need to combine the blood test results.



when we went back in the afternoon for the results, we were a bit nervous but i kinda knew that baby was going to be fine. and true enough, results show that we're at a low risk of Down's syndrome. oh what a relief! those past 2 months of stress and worry has paid off with this visit. of cos not to mention a hole in the pocket for this bloody expensive test!!! it's really our happy day - it's finally the end of the first trimester and everything will go smoothly from now on. =)

went to meet my 2 dodo friends for dinner and when i broke the news to them, besides the gaping mouth, all sub said was - no wonder i thought you looked a bit chubbier. darn, it goes to show how obviously fat i am. paulie is too polite to say that of cos!

well, another announcement to my other dear friends tonight!!!