Lazy Baby

I had the ultrasound portion of the nuchal translucency screening today and it went very well. While the screening cannot confirm or rule out Down Syndrome or Trisomy 18/13, it does provide a fairly accurate determination of risk.

The nuchal fold measurement was 1.6. When combined with the results of the blood work which tests for levels of hormones, primarily hCG and PAPP-A, the risk of my baby having Down Syndrome is 1 in 6,841, and the risk for Trisomy 18/13 is 1 in >10,000. These are great numbers and J and I were very happy about the results.

The ultrasound took quite awhile because the baby was laying against the wall of the amniotic sac that is adjacent to the still present sac of Baby B. Afraid of over measuring the fold because of the baby’s position, the technician kept jostling, to little avail, my abdomen to get the baby to move away from the wall.

And here is the requisite “alien baby” ultrasound picture: