The NT scan was absolutely amazing.. completely surreal that there is a tiny human being growing inside me. And unlike my last two ultrasounds where it was just a blob with a heartbeat, becoming-baby actually looks like a mini baby – fingers, toes, face, arms legs and everything!

The baby was moving around so much, waving, kicking, saluting us – you name it – that the radiologist was very relieved when she got the 4 or so still shots of the back of the neck from which to do the NT measurement. The result?

.8mm! Thats really good. She said anything over 1.4 is cause for concern, but I've read on the internet that up to 2 or even 3 is within normal range.

She also said she saw nasal bone, which is also an excellent indication that risk of down's is low. The bloodwork hasn't come back yet, so I won't know my official "risk" until next week when she puts in the measurements with the bloodwork and my OB calls me with the results, but at least this part of the hurdle is over.

Other information.. the heart rate is 162 bpm, the CRL measures the baby at 11 weeks 5 days, which is exactly where I am today. We also saw the kidneys, the brain and the bladder. Well, she saw it and pointed it out. Its amazing what you can see if you're trained to know what you're looking at…but even I can tell that the picture above looks like a baby. And a cute one at that!

She wasn't supposed to tell us anything, but she said it looks very good. We are so relieved and so grateful that as of now, it seems our baby is in perfectly good health. Thank god!