Odds

So after the NT screening, I had my first blood drawn checking for birth defects. I got a call back from the clinic today telling me that the odds for my baby to have Downs are 1 in 2500 (which is good consider with my age it's 1 in 381, that's a big improvement). And the odds for the baby to have Trisomy 18 defect is 1 in 10000. She said that it's the lowest risk factor they give out. I'll have to have a second blood drawn in a few weeks to check for some other chemicals in it to get a higher accuracy. But so far the odds are looking pretty good.

NT screening

Another ultrasound!

I'm about 13 weeks along and it's about time to do an NT screening for Downs and some other possible birth defect.

The ultrasound went well, I was lying there for about 10-15 minutes where the tech is taking all kinds of pictures. My hubby can see everything on the monitor but I'm not facing it, so can't see a single thing. He was making funny faces and stupid gestures while the tech was doing the scanning. At one point he was pretending to be the baby and making rock n' roll hand signals! Yeah Right! Well, maybe my baby will be a guitar hero someday playing in a rock band! ^.^

In the end the tech finally let me see the monitor and there I saw a semi-human form thing in there bouncing and flexing both hands. At one point I thought it reminds me of the tiny little baby sea turtles I saw at the Aquarium. Bouncing around in the water having so much fun. I'm just glad that this tiny thing in me is growing like it should be, and we saw the heart beating again and things look "great" according to the doctor. I'll take it at face value and no more questions! :)