NT Scan

We had our NT scan this morning. I wasn't sure what to expect and man, was it long!
Our appointment was at 10:45am and of course, they didn't take us on time.

I was escorted to a dressing room where I had to take every thing off but my bra and then proceed to put on this hideous hospital gown. Why don't those things ever tie right?! My right boob was playing peek-a-boo the entire time.

They took me back to the exam room and then went and got hubby. The ultrasound machine looked like the flight panel from the space shuttle. Holy crap!

About 10 minutes later, the u/s tech came in. Wow, was she a treat at first! Absolutely no bedside manner. Before our appointment, I told hubby that I would try to sweet talk her into looking for the sex and/or revealing the results of the scan.

Uh, that wasn't working with Atilla.

She sat down at the machine and said "Twins, huh? Through IVF or natural?"

And then, "Twins are always difficult to get. I'll try for an hour and then I might have to send you to lunch and then you'll have to come back".

So she squirted the u/s goo on the stomach and went to town. Baby A was doing yoga and standing on his/her head so we skipped that one.

Baby B is still a spaz. I really don't think that child sleeps. Every time we see him/her, its doing a crazy dance. This time, it was kicking and swatting one arm like there was a fly in there with it.

"Par-tay ova here. Wave yer hanz like yu jus don care"

Anyway, at least he/she was cooperative and it went pretty quick.

Atilla offered no feedback.

On to Baby A and more u/s goo. I'm getting a vibe on that baby too. It's either really shy or doesn't put up with any shit. It was having none of what we were doing.

We poked and prodded and finally, he/she moved into a position where we could get some measurements.

After the ultrasound part, they took a small amount of my blood and placed 5 drops on a piece of paper that will be sent to the lab for evaluation. I think there are 2 proteins that will be elevated if there's a sign of an abnormality.

Atilla left the room to check her measurements and to make sure she got everything and said the doctor would come in next.

It was like night and day. The doctor was very personable and immediately said both babies look great and are exactly the right sizes for their age. She also said the nuchal measurements were normal and that they saw nasal bones in each baby. All good signs!

The measurements combined with the blood work have a 95% accuracy rate of identifying potential problems. I think the results will come back as a ratio with an indicator of low, medium or high risk.

She squirted more goo on my tummy and took a look for herself. She tried to get us a 3D image and thinks she may have gotten one but she needed to play with it. If it turned out, she said she'd mail it to us.

The whole thing lasted about 1 1/2 hours and I'm really glad we decided to do it. I already feel some peace of mind just from what the doctor said.

When the doctor left, I had to attempt to get the 2 inches of u/s goo off my stomach. That stuff was everywhere!

I just went to the bathroom (4 hours later) and it's still in my belly button.

And that's the end of story time.