Our 3rd Appointment with You on 24 Nov 12, Sat

Finally, the day has come again! =)

It is what we have been eagerly waiting for, to see you again, our dear!

Our appointment is early at 9:30am and we woke up at 8+ am and proceeded to prepare ourselves for our appointment.

In view of the early appointment, we decided to have breakfast only after the appointment.

Daddy commented that he is not sure why, but at the previous gynae, even though we have had appointments, the waiting time was still long whereas over here at this new gynae, even though the clinic was packed, the clinic assistant managed to keep to the appointment time. =p Well, food for thought, I had never wondered about this though. The only reason that Mummy can think of is maybe the gynae that we had chose does not see that much patients and the cost of seeing him is relatively high (think consultation of $80 and scan of $40).

Once we were inside the gynae's room, Mummy proceeded to offload her fears and concerns, i.e the persistent pain at the pelvies area (something that felt like one had cycled on the bicycle for many many kilometres) and the seemingly increased watery discharge.

Pertaining to the various feelings, Mummy's concerns/fears are listed as follows:
1. persistent shooting pain at the pelvis area: (a) symphysis pubis dysfunction, (b) incompetent cervix or (c) UTI
2. watery discharge: (a) incontinence due to the lack of proper care after delivery of your sister or (b) waterbag leakages

The gynae sorta laughed off the concerns and mentioned that the dysfunction would feel otherwise whereas one is not born with incompetent cervix etc and said not to worry unduly. As for the persistent pain that I am feeling, he reckons that it could be the pressure that you are putting on the veins delivering blood etc to the area, such that pain can be felt.

As for the watery discharge, the gynae was saying that if it is the waterbag leakages, basically, the water will rush down the legs and instead of like once in a while, there are wet patches.

Well, at least this allayed quite a fair bit of my concerns/fears. Next up is the scan and your Daddy carried your sister to the scanning area and your sister was so amazed by the screen that was hanging from the ceiling that she kept pointing to it. Haha.

Let Mummy describe the room to you, it is a squarish room and at the corner of the room, there is a curtain which cordons off the scanning area. So, once the Mummy is inside with the pants pulled slightly down to expose the tummy, the curtains would be drawn. Over at the feet of the bed, there will be a screen hanging from the ceiling, that is for the Mummy to view what is going on in the ultrasound scan. Beside the bed (on the right side), there will be the scanning machine and the gynae will scan and view the inputs from the little screen on his scanning machine.

The gynae found you fast (you are resting somewhat on the left side of Mummy's tummy) and commented that Everything looks a-okay and then added 'Hmm? I see something there.' This gave poor Mummy such a BIG fright! I thought we just cleared the OSCAR test, what could have happened and what could the gynae have seen? This is so frightening.

Then he said that 'Wait, let me see again.' After which, he happily announced that you are a boy! Oh My God! What a fright he had given me! I really worried for you and was wondering what could have happened. My dear baby.

The gynae then said that he wants to ensure that what he is seeing is not the umbilical cord and that it is really part of your manhood. Heh heh. So he did another clearer scan and at that moment, I think both your Daddy and myself saw it. There is something protruding out to which the gynae said that it looks like a fire hydrant! Haha, such humour. Mummy then sought to double confirm this and asked the gynae 'Usually at 15 weeks scan, the gender won't run right?'

The gynae replied 'No' and then added on that he is going to commit himself and typed 'I am a Boy' right next to the little fire hydrant! Haha!

Daddy and Mummy are ecstatic over the news even though we are not gender biased and had enjoyed your sister's company thoroughly. I guess the thought of you growing well and good is comforting enough, knowing your gender is a bonus. =)

We will have to wait for the detailed scan on 21 Dec 12, Friday for confirmation and regardless of what your gender is, you are still Daddy and Mummy's little dear. Please grow well and good, stay comfy and snug inside Mummy while I continue to nourish and take care of you. Stay safe and do not play with your umbilical cord and we shall see you well and good in time to come! May 13, I am so loving you! =)

OSCAR Test on 2 Nov 12, Friday

Finally, today is the day of our OSCAR Test. =)

Our appointment is at 0900hours but we have to report to the clinic for the drawing of maternal blood at 0840hours.

Well, we were slightly late and it doesn't help that the parking at TMC is relatively messy. We reached the clinic only at 0850hours. In the end, the clinic assistant decided to send us for the OSCAR test first and then have us return to the clinic for the blood test after the OSCAR.

We then proceeded to Level 4 for registration. The system for the registration and payment was relatively fuss free and quick too. We paid up the full $400+ for both the OSCAR and Detailed Scan (aka FA Scan aka A3 Scan) promptly and moved on to the waiting area inside the centre for our turn with the sonographer.

The wait was short too and after taking Mummy's height and weight, our queue number was called. The sonographer was relatively nice and proceeded to give instructions and have us settled down. However, you were not too 'helpful' and decided to give the sonographer a hard time, i.e by not being in the right position for her to take the measurements. Haha!

The measurements that she needs to take are simple, the NT values etc and then make a brief scan on the digits of your feet and hand etc. After staying inside the room for around 15 minutes, she decided to have Mummy empty the bladder in the hope of a better view (as I was really really bloated from downing the water as instructed by the centre assistant previously).

We returned to the room after this and this time round, it was slightly easier for her to have a little look-see without causing much discomfort to Mummy (imagine having someone press onto your tummy when it is filled with so so so much water).

The sonographer had to make some shaking movements on my tummy in order to make you turn to the right angle that she needed to take the measurements. This went on for quite some time before we were given the okay. After she had taken the measurements, she then showed us the screen and pointed our your little toes, fingers, feet and hand, blinking heart etc for Daddy and Mummy to view.

I am really really glad that the OSCAR test did not take up too much time as we had heard of one mummy having to stay at the centre for the whole day, from 0800hours to 1600hours because her baby was not cooperative. We sure won't want that as we needed to take lunch before rushing over to your sister's childcare for her birthday celebrations! =)

This is indeed a happy day for Daddy and Mummy! We get to see you again after such a long wait since our last appointment on 23 Oct 12, Tues. Looking forward to seeing you again soon, our dear! =)