I had my second scan last week (21 weeks pregnant) in a private clinic (paid for by social security) as there were no appointments available in my local health centre where I normally go for my regular check ups.<\/p>\n
I was a bit nervous as not only was I going to find out if the baby is a girl or a boy but also whether the baby is growing at a normal rate and\/or any other possible complications.<\/p>\n
The clinic wasn’t very well organised first of all I had to wait ages to be seen (at least 40 mins) as it was packed. Finally I was called into the room by a rather gruff nurse who seemed to have a permanent scowl. Luckily the doctor was very nice and explained everything carefully. Also this time I could see the screen quite clearly (unlike last time).<\/p>\n
Everything was fine and we were told it is a boy. I wasn’t very surprised as I’d had the idea I was having a boy in my mind anyway. Just a coincidence or intuition? I was told to go for a half hour walk because the baby wouldn’t turn meaning its spine couldn’t be measured.<\/p>\n
Half an hour later I went back to have another scan and luckily the baby had moved and the doctor got the measurements he needed to complete the scan.<\/p>\n
It’s amazing how much you can make out in the scan, you can even see the outline of a face including eyes, nose and mouth aswell as arms, hands fingers.<\/p>\n
Beforehand I had been a bit worried that the baby wouldn’t be big enough because I am a vegetarian but I always make sure I eat plenty of cheese, milk, cereals and eggs. I only have lentils and chickpeas about once a week.<\/p>\n
In the end I was very pleased with the result of the scan and felt reassured that so far everything is going well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I had my second scan last week (21 weeks pregnant) in a private clinic (paid for by social security) as there were no appointments available in my local health centre where I normally go for my regular check ups. I was a bit nervous as not only was I going to find out if the baby is a girl or a boy but also whether the baby is growing at a normal rate and\/or any other possible complications. The clinic wasn’t very well organised first of all I had to wait ages to be seen (at least 40 mins) as <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"yoast_head":"\n