This is for the specialist (we got Dr Alistair Roberts, which was pretty onto it, professional and straight to be point) to measure the thickness of the skin at the base of its neck, as well as the presence of a nasal bone, to help him adjust our chances of having a baby with Trisomy 21.
Everything appeared normal (besides the fact that Tadpole might be black and white instead of yellowish) and our chances of having Trisomy 21, at the time of the scan, was estimated to be at 1:5028. Or maybe at 1:2664. If they stopped having such cryptic information maybe this blog would make more sense.
The nuchal translucency was determined to be at 2.3mm. If the chances are determined to be around 1:300, then an amniocentesis would be offered by the specialist, which is an invasive method of determining whether Tadpole would have Trisomy 21 genes. However this carries a 1-2% chance of miscarriage, so it's really good that I won't have a needle inserted in my belly. Tadpole probably wouldn't like it either.
We left the lab with a DVD and lots of pictures. The DVD was about 10mins long, and it included a 4D scan of the baby floating in its bubble. It even kicked at one stage.
Now just need to find a DVD burner for the grand-parents-to-be's copy. The doctor was right, it's the kind of thing to bore people with... Unless you're family, but I still don't understand how they can stare at it for that long without being distracted by other stuff. That sparked a discussion from Tadpole's grand-parents-to-be as to whether that was a willy that they saw, and whose nose it was.
Consensus: yes it's a boy because of the willy and its kung-fu kick, and he's got his father's European nose.
That thing here above its head isn't Tadpole eating German sausage, but its right arm and right leg. It's got one of these, as well as a left arm and a left leg. Pretty relieving to see if you ask me.
Nausea is slowly fading out and the last time I've thrown up was at the airport on the way to Noumea on 15 May. We had breakfast at McDonald's so it wasn't a major loss of nutrients.
