Finally it was 18th of July, the day I had been waiting for so much! We were scheduled to have our 3-month ultrasound scan and blood tests for chromosomal abnormalities at the hospital. I had felt quite calm and confident that everything will be ok, but I think I’d still been stressing about it unconsciously because I slept so poorly that week. My baby bump has become ever more prominent and I can feel the baby fluttering in there, so I wasn’t too scared about potential worse case “no heart beat”-scenario. But sometimes I get worried about being too confident!
It turned out I wasn’t the only one who had been worried! My husband was waiting at the hospital – one hour early! Luckily the doctors weren’t behind the schedule and we got called in right on time. I had two lovely female sonographers who at first drew some blood for the tests and asked questions about my first pregnancy. They said that because Maia was born on the small side (2.55kg), this time I would be invited to extra growth scans to keep an eye on little brother/sister’s growth. I don’t mind, it’ll be nice to see my baby more often!
I lay on the paper sheets and watched the screen as they got started. And there it was, our baby happily wiggling away! My appointment lasted for about half an hour as the sonographers took our baby’s measurements – which was a challenge since s/he kept turning away – and checked the organs etc to the extent they could at these weeks. It was all very reassuring and I was happy that I didn’t need to wait until the end to hear the “verdict” but instead the doctors commented on what they saw as they progressed – for example “the stomach looks normal” and “all arms and legs are there and as you can see, fingers and toes too”. Surprisingly the baby was bigger than expected and my due date was brought forward by five days which means I was already 13-weeks along! I’m due on January 23rd. ☺️
I have to admit that ten minutes in, I started getting a bit bored! I almost dosed off as it was so relaxing to just lie there in the quiet room… I looked at my husband and he was discreetly (or not) sending work emails from his phone, haha! Second baby, we love you very much and it’s nothing personal! But I guess some things aren’t quite as exciting as the first time around.
Unlike last time with Maia, we weren’t offered a chance to wait for the blood test results but instead were told that if we don’t receive a call in the next three hours they were normal. But everything in the scan looked normal and so I decided to just be happy and not worry until I’d have a reason to.
We didn’t get a call. ☺️
After this we finally announced the pregnancy to the wider world and it was like finding out about the pregnancy all over again! I got so many lovely messages which was so touching! So many people were happy and excited for us that it got me all excited again ! I’m actually even more excited than initially because now I know we are passed the vulnerable first trimester and the baby is growing well. And I can finally be openly happy about the pregnancy. 🙏 In Finnish we say that shared joy is the best kind of joy!
Bring on second trimester!
xoxoxo,
Sini