the anomaly scan

Today I had my twenty week scan,

to give Splodge the once over

to check for any physical anomalies

and probably the most exciting bit,

to get to see our little baby one more time before we meet him or her in the flesh.

It is really strange to think that's it now

and all being well

the next time we'll see Splodge's hands and feet and face

they will be in the real world.

The scan seems to go by so fast

and despite the grainy black and white image

I could happily stare at that television screen for hours.

That's my baby.

The one I'm growing

and that I get to meet in a few more months.

We were pretty gutted that my husband couldn't come to the scan.

He had to go on a work trip to Italy that he simply couldn't get out of,

so I had to go it alone.

It was scary for a while

to think that if they detected anything worrying

that I would have to go through it alone,

but fortunately everything is ticking along really nicely with Splodge.

Splodge wriggled the entire scan

just like at twelve weeks

and seemed determined to make it tricky for the sonographer to get her measurements.

He or she was also determined to flash their private parts

even though I had no intention of finding out what gender he or she is.

The sonographer found quite funny in the end

as she kept suggesting that I look away in case I saw anything.

I told her that I wouldn't know what I was seeing anyway

and I'm still none the wiser as to whether Splodge is a little brother or a little sister for our beautiful boy.

Just like his or her big brother before them

they are measuring with a 21 week head

a 20 week belly

and 19 week legs.

I remember thinking last time that this meant my baby would be fat and short,

but he's perfectly proportioned

so I'm not worried this time around,

I guess that's just the way my babies grow.

The freakiest part of the scan

was when she zoomed into the face

to check the eyes, nose, nostrils, lips and mouth.

It was genuinely like looking at the little guy.

Especially the nose and mouth.

It's incredible to think that Splodge may be born looking like our little man.

That being said

my husband is now convinced from the picture that Splodge is a girl.

At the beautiful boy's twenty week scan he started to refer to the baby as he

and he maintained for the rest of the pregnancy that it just looked like a boy.

This time he's thinking girl.

I've spent the last week feeling definite boy vibes

but then Splodge had a fast heartbeat at the scan

which is often said to be a sign of a girl

so now I'm not so sure.

But I spent most of my last pregnancy with no feelings either way apart from right at the end

when I was convinced it was a girl.

Shows how good my intuition is!

So that's it.

No more seeing Splodge til the big day in September.

Can't wait to meet them.