21W1D

Dear baby,

Today we are 100% sure WE ARE EXPECTING A BOY based on today's ultrasound findings! Mummy immediately got home and ordered you clothes online in excitement. Now all we want is for you to be healthy and grow to be stronger everyday.

The doctor said that everything was perfect with your brain, abdomen, spine, kidneys and almost perfect with your heart, except that she found small white lesion on the wall of left ventricle. She assured Mummy that it was a one of the common founding on ultrasound in this second trimester and it should go away as the pregnancy lengthens. In Wikipedia, it states that this occurs in about 3-5% of normal pregnancies and causes no health problems. Mummy hopes so too! This 'soft marker' has been associated with Trisomy 13, 18 and 21 and there are tests available if we would like to exclude the chromosomal abnormalities altogether but the specialist did not think it's necessary. Mummy is still young and so there is no other risk suggesting that as well. Moreover, the test cost us 400+ Euro! So she suggested us to come back in 4 weeks' time for her to have a look at it again and also to get a better view of your face. You were hiding it despite the shakes the doctor gave. Today you were doing this feet-up-to-the-front-of-your-face pose the whole time during ultrasound and doctor said you are 'sporty'! You are about 440 grams heavy now and about the size of a carrot. :) Mummy did not have any pictures of you for this ultrasound because the doctor captures her shots in a CD instead. Mummy wished she could video instead. Oh well.

Your soon-to-be Mummy,
R