12 Week Scan

Today we had our official hospital appointment for the babies 12 week scan and decided this would be a great opportunity for Joshua and Brandon to see there little baby brother/sister. The good news is that the baby is healthy and everything is going fine. In fact the baby was really on the move today and was turning and twisting and generally making it extremely difficult for the sonographer to take the necessary measurements. Eventually she did measure the baby's height and it has now grown to around 7.5cm. According to today's scan Tina is around 13.5 weeks pregnant and the expected delivery date has now moved forward to December 3rd.

 

Babies 12 week picture whilst performing a few rolls and tumbles.

So after a long wait the boys and me were called into the room to see the baby. Both boys stood by the side of the bed and were fixated on the screen. They both indicated that they knew what they were looking at, however I am not completely convinced that could make out the baby from the black and white image (especially as the baby was not keeping still for 2 seconds so the image kept changing). The boys seemed pleased to have seen the baby and said that they enjoyed going to the hospital. So if nothing else it is good to get them involved and to start getting them to bond with the baby at such an early stage.

 

20 week scan is now scheduled for around the end of July.