All about our NT Scan and being camera shy...(photos to follow)

Yesterday we saw our little Flump again at our nuchal scan!

Well, sort of.

We arrived at 11:30am at Kings College London ready to see our baby wriggling around like a big wriggly thing. When we were called in, I'd only realised minutes before that another blood test was needed - not great with needles at the best of times! So, after about five minutes of trying to get a vein in my right arm, she just about found one then decided that there wasn't enough blood coming out of that vein so "we'll try the other arm, except you'll get a nice big bruise on your right one now". She sounded very proud of herself! She eventually got what she needed after much trauma. Ugh. John was sitting next to me holding my hand and painting pretty pictures in my mind for distractions sake!!

So, now comes the part we were really waiting for; out comes the freezing jelly, out comes the doppler thing and away we go!

John saw the baby straight away and was sitting there brimming with pride, but I really freaked out because I couldn't see a thing. The baby was a tad camera shy and was having quite a laugh playing hide and seek so it was really difficult for the sonographer to take the measurements she needed. She pressed harder and harder and honestly, I walked in with an empty bladder - I came out running!

After about 15 minutes of baby not biting, she suggested that she needed to scan internally. So after a visit to the ladies, something to eat and a bit of moving around, we came back for the scan. John found the whole procedure highly amusing and we can laugh now, but I can say it was so uncomfortable! It lasted a suprisingly long time and even though he was upside down and back to front, we managed to see loads of the baby and his anatomy - including his spine in intricate detail; it was absolutely fantastic and we couldn't believe that he was growing so fast and strong! The sweetest thing was that he had his legs crossed and his arms and hands were covering his face. What a cutiepie! The photos aren't very clear but you can see his spine in amazing detail as well as his teeny-tiny little stomach.

The great news is, the fluid on the neck is the perfect amount for his age, the baby is growing wonderfully strong and healthy and all tests came back absolutely fine! So bless the Lord for his amazing goodness.

We can't believe how blessed we have been so far...

We ended the afternoon with lunch out at Nando's - our favourite and a brilliant time!