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Referring to my post on July 27th, we went back to the hospital (on a Sunday!) to have a second ultrasound done in order to check for signs of Down’s syndrome. New, doctor, new equipment, same baby.

I think we ended up with the Rolls Royce of ultrasound machines. -It was an ultra ultrasound. I had only heard rumors about this machine before and was still very impressed. Especially with its giant wide screen. It is so big that a dear friend’s husband even wished he could come back later and watch football on it…

So there we were, once again a bit nervous, but happy that the day was finally there. The doctor showed us how our dear child was kicking and moving around in there, which was a joy to see. It was very comforting for us that the doctor took great care to explain in detail what his trained eyes could make out of the black and white blur on the screen.

He identified very detailed features, such as the nose bone -and even the nose cartilage. With some will and imagination we were happy to also manage to identify this part of the face, since an underdeveloped nose can be an sign of chromosome changes.

Then we got to hear the heart beat and see how the blood was flowing in the umbilical cord.

We were relieved when the doctor measured the part of the neck which is the most important indicator of chromosome changes and saw that it was nice and thin.

In the end, the doctor showed us the fancy 3D feature of the machine and we got some nice, rather human, pictures of our baby sitting there in my uterus waving at us.

The short of the long is: thumbs up for the baby (and the doctor and fancy equipment).

Dear child,
Great to see you again! I am so happy that you are doing fine in there. You looked so strong that I am sure you will keep on being as healthy throughout the pregnancy -and beyond.