Oscar Scan

Just a few days ago, I had asked my hb what if we have negative news during the next scan. I guess anxiety is normal among new expectants, and especially when my symptoms start to diminish. My MS has gradually subsided, and with my weight going down - I didn't quite feel pregnant. Both of us decided that we would leave it to heaven.

This day finally came - the OSCAR tests in which I would be testing for down syndrome possibilities, and maybe a host of other disorders. We waited expectantly outside Dr Chang's clinic. We were early and there was no other patient around. Shortly, we were called in. The scan was a quick one, but we managed to see our baby much clearer than ever. It was the first time we saw the baby moving and hear the heartbeat - and it was amazing! Heartbeat rate was 170+ which is within the norm. The Dr also showed us our baby's head, neck and nasal bone. The results were good - 1/3218 chance. He also reassured us that because we were able to see the nasal bone, there was nothing to worry about. This is because in a DS case, normally the nasal bone would not be seen. However, we would need to wait for the blood test results to recalculate the 'score'. Looking forward to a phone call that would bring us good news, this Wednesday!

A glimpse of our little one where the nasal bone is seen...body length measuring 5.44cm at 12 weeks.



After the u/s scan, I was brought to the resting room, where sister XXX drew 5 whopping tubes of blood. Never managed to catch the name of this sister whom I see at every visits..hehe.. Sister explained what the blood test was for while doing the preparation work. It was not as painful as I feared, and the good thing was, she only injected once and changed the tubes after each one was filled.

This visit to Dr Tan must be the fastest in our history. We were in and out within 15mins, including waiting time.

When all the medical appointments were over, we dropped by the Info counter. There is an ongoing promo for NUS Alumni card, with $20 discount in the subscription fees for the FBI card. We signed up on spot and took back a big bag of goodies - the 3 books by Mrs Wong Boh Boi, Mothercare catalog, baby stuff like bibs, and signed up for a host of other goodies from Nestle, etc etc etc. Good deal!