Our 24 week scan!

We had a little extra scan today which was just wonderful! (Photo's to follow.)

The reason was due to our baby's position at the 20 week scan (breech) and the ultrasound technician couldn't see the heart valves properly, so we had to go back. Oh well, what a shame! We couldn't wait to see our gorgeous little blessing and we weren't disappointed.

The great news is that the baby is now lying head down, in fact, the perfect position apparently! We saw the heart in incredible detail and the sonographer said the heart looked 'textbook', which is just great news. We saw all four chambers pumping away and later used the doppler to hear it, which was easier now we know where to search. We even saw the brain which was quite weird, in a very lovely way, obviously and looks like a knowledgable sort of brain. Anyway, the most amazing thing was that we saw the mouth open and close constantly as the baby swallowed and saw the body arching every now and then (clearly a bit of show-off already) and the little arms and hands moving around. The great thing about that was we saw the spine in action which was a bit awe-inspiring.

In fact, right at the end our little blessing kicked with both feet and we saw the toes in perfect detail!

God blessed us with a fabulous sonographer who was so kind and was genuinely excited for us - she even gave us three pictures for free! And also, she said our baby looked very cute (notice the emphasis on the 'very'). Which we knew anyway. Tee hee!