Scan 6: 1 April 2009

Meeting #6. Patch at 17w5d. He's getting a little too big for the screen. But the doc did zoom in for this pic. You can see his spine very clearly and the little black spot in the middle is his heart.

Patch was lying face down when we first saw him. We asked the doc if we could tell Patch's gender. So Patch was initially cooperative and the doc pointed out that it looks like a boy. Then Patch got shy and used his feet to cover up. Tsk. But because he was constantly moving, we (or rather the doc) caught sight of er... his boy bits twice more and announced "99% confirm boy!".

So now Patch is a Patch-rick.



This time Patch has 3 pictures. But the second pic is not very clear so I didn't post it up. Anyway, this is Patch's rendition of The Scream. Heh heh.

You can see his head clearly and his arms were initially in front. Then he after waving around for a while he moved his arms up towards his face. That's how this pic came about.

He was super active that day. Turning around, opening his mouth, waving his arms and... kicking the doctor while she was doing the scan.

"He's very strong! I can feel him kicking me." says the doc. Me, I didn't feel a thing. I have to concentrate to feel Patch's little kicks and squirms but his movements are definitely more obvious these days.

In the week before the scan, I was feeling something squirming around but I couldn't be sure except for one night where it was obvious that Patch was kicking. It felt like huge bubbles popping on the right side of the belly. And when I poked the same spot, Patch poked back. Then he decided to kick the left side of the tummy. -_-



As Patch was almost 18 weeks, the doctor did a few measurements. He's about 12cm now.

The measurements also had its corresponding dates, meaning how old the baby should be when he has such measurements.

As you can see, his head circumference (HC) is about there. His Femur Length (FL), not sure how to spell, is his thigh length - a bit short. And the AC (no idea what that stands for but I like to think it's Ass Circumference cos that's what it is for) is... er... advanced.

So yes. Patch at 17w5d has a big butt. Perhaps it's the butt muscles since he has strong kicks. Hah!

So using these three measurements, the ultrasound machine calculates the baby's estimated weight. Patch is 221g. According to websites, he should be weighing almost 5.5oz - that's 190g. So Patch doesn't just have a big butt. He's "heavy" as well!

Good to know that one quarter of the weight gained in the past month (I put on 800g) is due to Patch. Haha.

But babies grow at different rate. So we shall see again in 3 weeks time during the detailed scan.

Next checkup cum scan: 21 April
That will be the detailed scan where the organs, weight, etc will be measured. We'll double check the gender again. Heh.

Scan 5: 4 March

Meeting #5. Check-up #4.

Patch has decided to show his face today by facing belly-up. He had his hands together in front of him and we could make out his eyes, nose and mouth. We could even see his little fingers when he stretched them out!

Patch measures 78mm which is supposedly in line with his age of 13w5d. So... in one week, Patch grew 5mm while I put on.... 800g! Gah!

We also asked the doc if we could tell the baby's gender at this point in time and she said "Let's see". We saw Patch's legs and his little feet, one of which was conveniently blocking our view. But he was fairly coorperative (and active), and he moved his foot away a few seconds later.

The verdict? "Looks like something's there. Might be a boy! We'll confirm at the next check up" Says the doc.

So that adorable pink Ralph Lauren polo dress I've been eyeing might have to wait. Heh heh.

Next check up: 1 April. Hope Patch is not shy but cooperative! :)

Scan 4: 25 Feb

The 13 week fetal assessment test is to check if the baby is at risk of Down's Syndrom via the amount of fluid that's accumulated at the back of the neck. This test is normally done between 11 and 14 weeks and is optional.

Gives us a good chance to see our little one for a good 15 to 20 minutes! It took about that long before Patch decided to move away from the edge of the waterbag for a proper measurement. Heh.



Our 4th meeting. Patch is now 12 weeks and 5 days old.

He was happily floating upside down earlier and I had to walk about for 20 minutes (which ended up being 40 minutes) so that he could (hopefully) move back into a lying down position so the sonographer could measure him properly.

Fortunately he did if not I don't know how long we will have to stay there!

Patch was measuring 73mm that day, which correlates to a gestational age of 13w2d. His thigh was about 1mm long and heart beat was 159bpm. It was our first time hearing the heartbeat!