Oh... baby is getting bigger

Today, both of us went for another round of ultrasound. The purpose of this ultrasound is to measure the length of the baby's neck to check whether the baby is a down-syndrome child or not. It is also the first time my hubby sees the little one 'in action'.

Well, the baby is not really in action. He/she is totally curled up like a ball, sleeping!

The obstetrician who did the scan is superbly friendly and motherly. She has such a sweet voice and man... she is fast in interpreting the grayish image on the screen! She quickly measured the size of the baby (normal), showed us the fingers (10, she said) and toes, the beating heart, perfect skull, spine is good... and she also let us listened to the baby's heartbeat. It was like thousand of horses galloping, strong and fast.

While she was doing the scan, I asked, "How do you find the neck?" She turned the scanner on my belly in a few directions, and stopped, pointed out to me using the scanner pointer on the screen and said, "There, you see..."

It was jaw dropping... I mean, how? The black and white screen is totally meaningless to untrained eyes because we can only read the general outline of the baby.

Then, the little one turned (just like how we turn to our side when we sleep), and kicked his/her legs a bit, and then continued sleeping. My hubby was so amazed and he pulled his chair even nearer to the screen.

The baby has grown to about 6+ cm now, still very little.

Expected due date is 11 Nov, exactly 1 week before the baby father's birthday.
Well, we never know when the baby decides to come out, but it will be very interesting to wait during that period.