The Congenital Anomaly Scan

A few weeks ago, Dr. Abat advised me to have a CAS done. The Congenital Anomaly Scan is a more detailed scan which is often done from the 22nd-24th week of pregnancy to check if the baby is developing normally. It is a purely optional scan for expectant parents.

At first I was having second thoughts about it because based on my research, if ever we see something wrong, there's really nothing you can do at this point to correct it. If for example, the baby had a heart problem or a lung problem, we would have to wait until the baby is born to do something. Vince and I were weighing the consequences and we both knew that if ever there was a serious problem, it would only make me stressed and emotional, but we decided to push through with it anyway and just stay hopeful that everything would be okay.

So today we finally had a CAS and Dr. Cara Dy, VRP Medical Center's Perinatologist did the scan. It was really fascinating to see the baby's eyes, nose, lips, fingers, toes! She also showed us other parts like the chambers of the heart, the left and right kidneys, the brain, the esophagus! Thank God everything was normal. All the parts we had to see were seen and features were intact. The only thing was, the baby is quite smaller than she should be so Dr. Dy advised me to eat more =) My eyes literally lit up upon hearing those words from the doctor! Haha!

Here's a part of the CAS report

I'm so relieved everything is normal with our baby girl! :) Can't wait to see her in less than 20 weeks!!! :)