Today was finally the detailed scan of my no. 2. It's 80-90% confirmed a boy. So my wish is granted, one boy one gal; ppl say forms the chinese character of Hao (good). Er, just to say, both are unplanned.
I was WORRIED SICK today after the scan. 1st scan, it took so long, especially at the heart part. I was like, why is she probing so hard and long to see the heart?? Then after so long, she referred me to a more senior personnel, who said the 1st one couldnt see the heart properly. I was like HUH??? I tot can see so many times and pretty clearly? Then when the report was written, i read something like "3 echogenic cardiac focii, For checking"...i was like HUH??? Wat the _ is that? Hope nothing's serious. I rushed down to see my same gynae, whom i was afraid gone out for lunch given i took so long today, unlike during my 1st gal. Luckily she was still there. In the mean time, when i went for my routine tests, Mr Cloudz was surfing on internet for the meaning of "Echogenic Focii". My mood nose dived into Sick Anxiety when i saw some words like Down Syndrome.....i was hence WORRIED SICK till i just broke down. Even though many mothers online claimed nothing happened in the end despite this happening. I was still very saddened and worried.
I went into the gynae's room, stopped crying already. But when she asked if i was alrite or wat happened when she saw my sad face, i started breaking down again in front of her and the nurse. She then told me that she had done a paper on it before, and in my case, it was an isolated case and a soft indicator which amounted to nothing, since other supporting and stronger indicators were absent. She even wrote me the Strong Factors which points towards risks
-Echogenic bowel (i asked her she said very obvious large intestines, cant remember)
-Dilated renal pelvis -Chonoid plexus cyst (cysts in the brain)
-Shortened femur
-Tricuspid regurgitation (dunno wats that)
and i asked if my no. 2 had those, or any others like nose, thicker skin on neck etc. She said nothing. Hence the echogenic focii at the heart points to no risk. She said studies did on 1000 babies who had that, all came out fine. Then i asked her, sample size is 1000, but wat if increase, then got? She said then the % is even smaller. Then she assured me, that it really was nothing. I didnt take the Down syndrome test this time, since i assumed that im below 30, and 1st one was alrite, i didnt see the urgency to. Was thinking of, she say anyway pass the stage liao.
Well, hope that it's really NOTHING as wat she says, since in a way fortunately, she did research on it before. I was really really worried and crying.
Later on she sms-ed me to ask if i was alrite. i told her thanks, anyway there's nothing i can do. Guess just have to pray. Anyway i guess i'd probably name this boy Jeremiah which means "To exalt God", so that he may exalt God's glory and may God bless him with good health and abundances.
Other than the 'bad scare', all the doctors who scanned him, said he's Very active....and on the big side...yeah my weight this time is Horrendous. Dun ask. The cute thing i tot he did during the 2nd detailed scan was that, he was using his hands and leg to cover his heart portion, i guess he's sianz of the probing, like me, and like wat Mr Cloudz said, im already speaking to his defence. I said "It's a natural defence mechanism" (by him).
