OSCAR screening done and Gynae selected

Its certainly a highlight of our parenting journey today as we viewed for the first time our babies moving in Felin's womb and our first time hearing their heart beats. Baby A was moving his hands and body and baby B was sleeping soundly with her hands on her face. They were almost exactly the same size and made me wonder if they were of the same gender. It will really be perfect if its a boy and girl. We were so happy to see the babies and was smiling throughout the day.

The scan we went for today are Nuchal Translucency Screening and First Trimester Serum Screening. This is sometimes known as OSCAR (OneStop Clinic for Assessment of Risk)
Nuchal Translucency screening was done through an abdominal ultrasound with some measurement done. The doctor did a lot of measurement here and there on the screen but all I heard is "Good".... "Good"... "Mmm.. Good".... That was very assuring indeed. Even when we met Prof, he was also saying "Good"...

As for the Serum Screening, they will contact Felin to inform her about the result next week. We still need to pray hard. We are not entirely safe yet for this Trimester until the result is known

The babies are so adorable, they looks so relaxed and seems to rest so comfortably in it. I was already thinking how I can nurture and love them in future. I wanted to sayang them already... They are already 6.1cm each which is in a 95th Percentile for their age. Its like a 13th week baby now.

We had also selected our Gynae today and made an appointment. Its Dr Su Lin Lin from NUH. Our first choice is Dr Mary Rauff due to her experience and reputation but she was confirmed booked to brim and we cannot take us already. The other Gynaes we considered are Prof Biswa who is the head of the department and Dr Choolani who seems to have lots of experiences too, especially on high risk pregnancy. However after looking at Dr Su's face on the brochure, she seems more friendly and maybe because she's chinese. Her reviews in all those forums seems good too. We seek opinion of the nurse there and she told us that Dr Su is very patient and really follow up with her patients when there are problems.

We had also decided that we will want to stay in their delivery suite after we visited their delivery wards. The difference in price is just about $450 over the 3 days stay. However, if its taken, their A ward is quite good too. The suite has a really big living room, dressing room and a big washroom. Just got to pamper Felin over these 3 days in NUH after giving birth. She must rest well over that 3 days after C-sect.

Well, its a really exciting day for both of us and we seems satisfied to select our gynae and saw our rooms. Just got to save up a bit for our delivery package. I think it will cost us about $8,500 including the scans, C-sect, Delivery charges and consultations in the suite.

I reached office only like 3pm and I was so excited that I told Casey about this good news and when I met my client in the evening, I also shared my excitement with them. I'm really happy today... Woo Hoo!!!!! The journey is getting exciting indeed...