The baby was going crazy! He/she was punching, kicking, rolling over, squirming....and we even got to witness some thumb-sucking :) The baby was not interested in being ultrasounded that day, and every time the tech would attempt to take a measurement for the Tri-screen the baby would roll on its side and push the ultrasound wand away! It was cracking my husband and me up! The baby now measured one day ahead at 13 weeks 2 days and the heart rate was now looking great at 153 bpm. The tech had me roll on my left side for a little while to see if we could get baby in the correct position for measurements and baby wasn't having any of that. The tech gave up and said maybe Dr. Mann would have better luck when she came in. Here are a few of the pics:
Once Dr. Mann came in she experienced alot of the same "baby dance party" action the tech had received from my already overactive child. :) She was eventually able to obtain a Nuchal Fold measurement of 17 mm, which is very good since they typically look for less than 25 to 30 mm. She did see that the nasal bone was present which is another good marker, and then examined blood flow through the Ductus Venosus which can also identify chromosomal abnormalities and congenital heart defects. Everything looked fantastic, and it was so great to hear the word "normal" out of Dr. Mann's mouth over and over.
Once finished with the scan, I headed over to have blood drawn for the Tri-screen as well as have a new blood test called the Harmony Prenatal test which is much more accurate for Trisomy 21 and Trisomy 18. Dr. Mann thought it was a good idea for me to have the additional blood screening because of my previous miscarriage at 7 weeks due to Triploidy 69 XXY. I'll have to tell more about my previous losses on another post.
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