Anyone NOT want to know the sex but recognize a penis?

mollyskywalker

I know the techs can't control the baby's movement, but I feel so disappointed. It's not confirmed, but DH and I are 99.9% sure we saw a penis!

deenie816

No, but we swore we saw girl parts and we are having a boy! It's easy to misinterpret the scan when you don't know what you are looking at! So it may still be a surprise!! 

NewFamily09

With our first DS it was SOOO obvious it was a boy.  The u/s tech was doing the body scan and quickly accidentally scanned a little too south.  I laughed and said "I think it's a boy!"  She had no idea she had even shown that far down.  Sure enough when she did that part of the u/s I was right.  He was all boy.  In our experience, it's not so much the penis that gives it away, it was the balls.  Was that the case with yours?

mollyskywalker

NewFamily09:

In our experience, it's not so much the penis that gives it away, it was the balls.  Was that the case with yours?

 

Hmmmm...don't recall seeing balls. DH and I didn't say anything out loud to the tech...we talked about how we both saw a penis after we left the office. DH is trying to convince me that we really had no idea what we were looking at and we could still be surprised.  

laura&dan05

At our big u/s with dd I thought for sure she was a boy.  We were finding out the sex but it was the last thing the u/s tech was going to do and so everytime she'd go near the lower 1/2 of the body I thought I saw a penis.  Yeah, it turned out I was looking at a section of the umbilical cord!  So I didn't do a very good job of figuring it out on my own but I know some people can see it plain as day and there is no mistaking.

steffwd124

That happened to my friend just yesterday. She was team green and then got flashed at the U/S.  She was like "o! it's a boy" and the tech said, "yep, sorry about that" The baby turned unexpectantly as they were trying to get measurements.  Oops!

erbear

yeah...I worked in an IVF lab in college and saw tons of u/s, so when we didn't want to know with Kate, I asked the tech to tell us when she was looking at genitals so we could look away.

I'm sorry you're disappointed, but I wouldn't bank on it. No offense, but unless it was a clear between-the-legs shot, an untrained eye could have trouble picking out a penis vs. umbilical cord.

Swoop1

A penis is not as easy to spot as you think..... I thought I was looking a penis for sure, but the tech was like "no that's the umbilical cord," and then pointed out a the boy bits, which looked nothing like boy bits to me or most people I showed the u/s too. We're on boy #4 and I still squint and turn my head to the side when they show the boy bits.

Don't be so sure you saw a penis, and sorry you have to really wonder now.

TripMomma

Happened to us just today. We were Team Green but baby flashed us and I knew what I saw...so we went ahead and had them confirm and yup it's a boy. I am not too bummed but if there is a next time I will not be looking at the screen at all LOL.

mollyskywalker

No, no this is all good to hear...I WANT to still wonder!! I'm sticking to Team Green dammit!

alli&pat

i'll give you more hope for team green...i had my u/s with DS when i was 19 weeks exactly and if she hadn't told me what i was looking at, i wouldn't have known.  i asked her several times if she was sure it was a boy because it wasn't as obvious i was expecting it to be.  parts are still developing so much, and getting a clear money shot with the umbilical cord can be a challenge.  there's still surprise and wonder there! 

MrsFoof

I would have BET MY LIFE I saw a penis at my 20 week u/s.  I didn't want to know, but I couldn't help looking.  The tech didn't say anything.  So I went through the next 20 weeks "planning" for a boy.  We ended up with a baby girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  What a surprise that was!

mamarazzi

I knew our second was a boy about two minutes into the ultrasound.  It was like - BAM - wiener!

With our first, we were team green and could tell when we played the video back at home.  We saw the distinctive "turtle" several times, even though we hadn't noticed it at the actual ultrasound.

outdoorsygirl123

NewFamily09:

With our first DS it was SOOO obvious it was a boy.  The u/s tech was doing the body scan and quickly accidentally scanned a little too south.  I laughed and said "I think it's a boy!"  She had no idea she had even shown that far down.  Sure enough when she did that part of the u/s I was right.  He was all boy.  In our experience, it's not so much the penis that gives it away, it was the balls.  Was that the case with yours?

This was what happened with us too for DS! LOL. Then, the picture she gave us was obviously a penis!! You could easily tell what was what  

JNJ83097

Sorry to disapoint, but I'm pretty sure I saw it too with my first pregnancy.  We didn't want to know the sex, but the tech pulled up a shot with us looking right between the legs.  There were two feet and clearly something in between.  We didn't ask for confirmation, but yes it was a boy in the end!  Depending on the shot it can be pretty clear.  I'm having a girl this time around and I'm so curious to see the difference.  Then I'll really know for sure if that's what I saw. 

grr_aargh

We're having a girl,but I SWORE I saw a penis before we confirmed it was a girl.

It was LO's umbilical cord in juuuuuuust the right place.

 

 

grr_aargh

We're having a girl,but I SWORE I saw a penis before we confirmed it was a girl.

It was LO's umbilical cord in juuuuuuust the right place.

 

Mrs.Erin&Taz

Yep! Happened to us!

We went in for our 20 week ultrasound and as the tech was looking over the bladder, the baby moved and I totally saw the penis...and of course I said "oh, man, thats a boy!" and the tech, was like" oh did you see that?? oops!" So we confirmed it even though the tech wasnt the one who pointed it out