2nd Trimester
concerns about gender ultrasound done at 17 weeks...
So we had an ultrasound done at 17 weeks, and the ultrasound tech said she "thinks" its a girl. I didn't see anything on the screen, and asked what made her think that, and she basically said it was because she didn't see much between the baby's legs.
My question is, at 17 weeks, does the absence of boy bits give a good indication it's a girl? And have any of you ladies, or anyone you know been told the wrong gender at an early scan?
We have our regular anatomy scan coming up end of this month, I'll be 20 weeks then. But I'm anxious about buying stuff, haha. And I don't want to spend money to find out we're actually supposed to be buying blue, not pink!
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Re: concerns about gender ultrasound done at 17 weeks...
I was just in on a delivery where the mom had her ultrasound done at 18 weeks. They were told girl. When she delivered at 38 weeks, SURPRISE. It's a boy! So I would maybe hold off for a few more weeks! Or save your receipts!
Go shopping girl and keep the receipts.
This post has me worried because at 18 weeks there wasn't the 3 lines and the u/s tech told us girl.
I'm having an elective u/s at 16w4d and they've already told me that the "absence" of a penis does not mean it is definitely a girl. They have to see the three lines!
This exactly. I hear of U/s techs being wrong at early u/s all the time!!
I've seen lots of posts here where the Ultrasound tech called it wrong early.
I had a scan done yesterday and she said she wasn't sure but was guessing a girl because she couldn't see anything.
That was just it tho, we couldn't see anything,external parts or the famed three lines.
I had my amnio done yesterday so regardless, i'll know gender by the end of the week and it will be 99.9% accurate instead of a guess LOL.
My doc's practice's standard procedure is to do sex determination at the 16-week appt. Last time we found out at 15w2d. Even that early, you should still be able to clearly see the "lines" that indicate the labia on a girl. It's not enough to just not see a penis. You should see lines.
So, yes, 17 weeks is an adequate amount of time to get a certain sex determination. But no, I wouldn't trust the tech's "not much between the baby's legs." I would start looking at pink stuff, but maybe not buy anything yet.
No, not alone. You should see a penis or the three white lines (3 white dots if it's earlier) in order to determine sex. At 17 weeks, it should be possible to determine sex, unless the ultrasound technician wasn't able to get a good view. Here is our little girl at 17 weeks 1 day. The three white lines are very obvious, IMO.
If my tech said "thinks" its a girl then I would wait until the 20 week one to buy anything...or at least keep the receipts! Its only 3 weeks, you can make it!
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This. I don't even trust them 100% at 20w.
Thanks so much ladies. I agree that my best bet is to just hold my horses.
I googled what the three lines should have looked like, and what it would have looked like if it were a boy, and honestly my u/s picture matched none of them.. Most of the shots where it was real clear was what they were calling a "toilet shot" (like that u/s wand caught the picture from underneath the baby's bottom.) And that's not what angle ours was done from either.
Ultimately, in my next pregnancy, I will just wait until the 20 week and not even attempt a gender scan earlier than that. We were excited and wanted to know, but being on the fence about it like this is even worse.
Thank y'all again! I'll keep you posted what we find out in 3 weeks
I feel ya! I had my 16 week appt today and my Dr. did an unltrasound just for fun and he said, "Do you want to know the sex?" Of sourse I said yes! This was followed by, "Well don't go telling everyone yet or start celebrating, but I believe you are having a boy" What the heck am I supposed to do with that answer!? I do have an ultrasound scheduled for Monday so I am going to ask the tech what she can tell me. I get ultrasounds every 2 weeks so I figure they should be able to tell sometime soon. Otherwise I suppose I will have to wait until next month for my 20 week appt.