12w scan today

[f1sher]

Morning all,

It's my 12w scan today and I'm bolt wide awake running through every eventuality in my head. Waiting for this point has honestly been the longest 8 weeks of my life and I just can't shake the feeling that we might get bad news today.

If I carry on like this, I'll be too terrified to go in by the time the appointment comes around 😕

I realise it's common to worry and everything is out of my control but I just wanted to post this in the hope that it might clear my mind and help me get back to sleep.

Fingers and toes crossed x

Good luck for today. It's very exciting. Hope everything is fine for you and the baby x

I was like this before my 12 week scan, even wrote a post too!!
It's so exciting and nerve wracking at the same time. Good luck I'm sure all will be fine x

I'm sure I'll be the same. 2 weeks to go till mine though.

Good luck!

Mine is today too! I'm feeling what you're feeling and have too been unable to sleep with both nerves and excitement. It's amazing to think that all been well we might see our baby waving hello. I just keep thinking positive thoughts and 'what will be will be'. Good luck today f1sher and I hope we both have wonderful scans!

Thank you everyone, especially @TheOtherLovelyDinosaur. Hope you have a lovely scan too - will let you know how I get on xx

I was the same. Husband was surprised just how nervous I was. It is just fantastic to see your baby on the screen. Hope it all goes well and you enjoy every minute.

Mines today too but I'm not very hopeful (age related) 😞

Good luck @SleepFreeZone - will be thinking of you xx

Good luck everyone! Report back. X

Right, so, baby was fast asleep but heart was beating away which was a massive relief and I had a little cry. DH was really excited pointing out arms and leg she but it felt like it went in a blur for me!

Sonographer was super nice and super efficient - he measured the nuchal fluid which was 2.7mm which he said was within normal for baby's size. I've since made the mistake of googling and realise people get worried when it's over 2.5mm... so now we need to wait to bloods.

I was so happy for all of 30 minutes and now I'm back to worrying again, but I hope everyone else's went well.

Glad it went well for you. I remember the constant worrying from dc1, my mind never stopped thinking what if. Google isn't always best thing for us haha.

Baby was fast asleep in my case too! It started kicking its legs at the end. I'm still feeling unsure though, I'm doing the Harmony test in Sunday so I'll wait until I see the results of that before becoming hopeful.

The scan pic looks a bit weird to me. How does your scan pic look f1sher?

My NT measured 2.5, which as you say is the higher end of normal. My bloods were fine so I got a nice low risk result. I have since read that when the NT is higher the baby often turns out to be a boy and I have recently found out that I am indeed having a boy.
FX for you, I'm sure everything will be fine.

@Oysterbabe, I'm so pleased to hear you got a nice low result - and what an interesting theory about NT and boys! Congratulations to you :)

@SleepFreeZone - baby's head is nice and clear in the scan pic but the rest looks like a blob! I think it's because they were curled up sleeping, so difficult to make out arms and legs etc. I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you on Sunday. Out of interest, did they measure/comment on the nasal bone today? I don't recall anything being mentioned (but like I said everything was a bit of a blur), so I might have missed it.

fisher she just maid the nichal thickness looked fine but because I am having the Harmony I don't need the combined screening.

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