A COLCHESTER woman says it has been “15 years in the making” as she finally launches a “luxury private baby scan clinic” in ...

After we’d had the sex of the baby confirmed at the 12-week scan, my friends wanted to host a mini-gender reveal where we’d test the old wives’ tales to see if they had any merit.

After we’d had the sex of the baby confirmed at the 12-week scan, my friends wanted to host a mini-gender reveal where we’d test the old wives’ tales to see if they had any merit.

At the 12-week scan, the baby looked far more ‘baby’ like. You could make out his head and some of his limbs, although it was still difficult to make out other features.

It means the usual 12-week scan, which estimates the baby's due date and development, is now being offered to women in the Belfast Trust who are 16 weeks pregnant.