Morning mummies, hope you had a good weekend!
I back with my field report on the detailed scan.
Mine was a fairly quick process at Mt A. Less than 15 mins. I attribute it to the fact that we kept telling baby to be guai and cooperative so we don't have to stay in the hospital for long.
The sonographer will take measurements of the head circumference, abdominal circumference, femur length(thigh length), and look out for heart valves, kidneys, bladder, umbilical cord and weight. Sonographer will also try to see the sex of the baby if baby is cooperative.
However, for Mt A, there is only one old computer screen facing the sonographer, so I have to tilt my head if I want to see the scan. My sonographer didn't really say much, she took all the measurements and photos she needed and explained briefly what each part is. She did say baby looks ok!
I guess mine was really a short experience because she got everything she wanted. The wait for the report took 1 hour, but I think it differs from each hospital.
For the report, you will get all the measurements and scan photos! I was really disappointed I didn't get to see the baby properly, but at least I can keep the scans.
After the scan, I went back to my gynae and she will briefly explain whether the measurements are ok, whether your baby is above, below or average for each measurement.
1. For those who are going to Mt A, the parking is really horrendous. I reached at 8am for my 9am appointment and the carpark was full. Lucky there was no queue at the carpark and we could use the valet service for free.
However, when we left, the whole area was filled with cars, queueing for the valet. I guess the best way is to park at MacRitchie Reservoir and take the shuttle bus that comes every 10 mins. The carpark will only complete in 2 years time.
2. There's only 1 cafe and 1 subway in the whole hospital. As we reached early, we went to the cafe not knowing that we had another hour to kill while waiting for the report later. After the scan, we went to the labour wards to see see and look look, very peaceful wards.
Now I'm still struggling between Mt A and Glen E as I am really bothered by the carpark in Mt A, what if I'm in labour and we are stuck in the queue? haha
3. The gender, she said that she can't see anything, so should be a girl. Then when I went to the gynae, she asked me if the sonographer confirmed the gender. I told her sonographer said should be a girl then she said, oh then it should be a girl. After reading all your posts on the gender, I realised my gynae has never given me a % on whether my baby is a girl! I'm just going to take it as a girl.
So all in all, baby is healthy and growing on track. In fact her femur length was longer than the average! So she has long legs inherited from her daddy. I'm so glad we have a supermodel in the making.
