Dear Society, How have you been this week? Mine has been the same as everybody else’s and I am sure so was yours. I am writing this letter to tell you that I underwent a Nuchal Translucency scan last week. I must admit it was an all-new experience to visit a hospital so deserted and dull with no trace of life. When I had my first abdominal scan, the same hospital was so full of life that one would wonder if it represented a mini colony within its compound walls. That day I felt elated with boundless joy on hearing the tender heart-beat of my child. This week however, in correspondence to the atmosphere built outside, this particular NT scan, as they call it, was supposedly meant to analyse the thinking capabilities of the unborn. I underwent the scan earlier last week but the reports took so long. Throughout the week I was pestered with the same pressing question; What if the scan confirms my child has comparatively lesser thinking capabilities than other kids? A basic discussion with ...
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