20 Weeks Scan

Tuesday 13th October

We awoke with a feeling of anticipation, worry and stress although neither of us had to acknowledge it, we both knew how each other was feeling.

We were about to enter an unknown void, a place that we had not been to before, the 20 week scan.

Spud had been born sleeping at 19 weeks and 6 days, other other angels had passed before the 9 week scan, so 20 weeks is a serious milestone for Clare and I.

Clare had been on serious bed rest for two weeks and although we had a few little scares along the way, the bed rest was serious.  A cushion to raise her feet whilst on the reclining chairs in the living room or special pillows in bed to make her lie more comfortably, we are not messing about.

No - we are not having 6 babies!

As we entered the scan room, our sonographer, who feels like she has become an integral part of our journey , jumped straight into action finding the all too precious heartbeat.  She then proceeded to do a full scan of lungs, kidneys, legs, arms, lips, face, pretty much everything except the area that could give us any indication to which colour clothes we should be buying.  A further scan of Clare's cervix showed that the thickness had increased. Not just a slight increase as per our last scan, but back to the 3.7mm grade.  A perfect result.

We are now at the 20 weeks stage and things are starting to look our way.  With two more scan at the 22 and 24 weeks to monitor the cervix length and funneling we are still not out of the woods, but we have a good idea of the path to the clearing.

With this result we are now happy to announce our great news to our family.