First Trimester Scan

The thing about having a baby here is they do not scan you as much as in Singapore. The maximum number of scans you may have or covered by insurance is 3. One for the so called Oscar test, one for detailed scan which they called it Level 2 scan and lastly one before you popped.

I had my First trimester scan in July 2014. 

With the above scan, i have my baby's nub and skull. I went on hunt for gender clues. Below are what i found:

 My nub was less than 30 degrees and was parallel to the backbone.

The shape of the skull definitely looked female. Being a mother of 2 boys, all these gave me hopes. Yet at the same time, i told myself if it's not a girl then Reagan will not have so much of a middle child syndrome and i could still treat all boys the same.

It was whole bout of mixed feelings. Anyway the next scan is 2.5 months later. Can you imagine the suspension? The wait? The anxiety? In Singapore, by 12 weeks, my gynae would have told me the gender......