NT scan gender guess vs real result - how many accurate?

Mrsellis52

Hi ladies! I'm 11wks and lurking from 1st Tri board and have a quick question about gender guesses vs real results:

For those of you who had NT scans where the U/S tech made a gender guess, which of those were actually correct and which had different results at their Anatomy scan? Just curious, as our NT is Nov 3rd and not sure if we want our tech to make a guess... thanks!

madhatter2003

Mine was correct.

sapphirebride06

Mine was correct as well and we are having a boy.

dojo1

I've read stats that 70% of expectant moms guess their baby's sex correctly. 

mylove2005

Mine was correct

nikileebaugh

even if they do guess, don't count on it. the "parts" look the same at that point. most tech's won't guess anywways, because of this reason. experienced tech's can tell the differnence by the "angle of the dangle" but hey, they have a 50% chance of being right anyways.

here's a good website that shows it. you can see at 11 weeks, they both look exactly the same.

https://www.baby2see.com/gender/external_genitals.html

soralette

DO-JO:

I've read stats that 70% of expectant moms guess their baby's sex correctly. 

I've read that, too -- they did a whole study on mothers' intuition wrt baby's sex... But, as I recall, if the mother had a preference for one sex over the other, her accuracy dropped to just barely over 50%.

I'll try to find the study and link it here; it was cool to read!

soralette

soralette:

DO-JO:

I've read stats that 70% of expectant moms guess their baby's sex correctly. 

I've read that, too -- they did a whole study on mothers' intuition wrt baby's sex... But, as I recall, if the mother had a preference for one sex over the other, her accuracy dropped to just barely over 50%.

I'll try to find the study and link it here; it was cool to read!

 Quote from an article on the study (and some OWTs about discerning sex):

In 1998, researchers at the University of Tucson in Arizona asked 108 pregnant women to predict the sex of their baby. Seventy-five of these women claimed to have an intuition about it ? as either a gut feeling or a dream ? and of these women, 60 per cent guessed correctly. When women who had a preference for one sex over the other were removed from this sample, however, the 48 women that remained guessed correctly 71 per cent of the time. Unfortunately, the study was never published, making it hard to scrutinise the details.

And here's the link at the university's website:

https://web.arizona.edu/~vas/intuit.htm

mommybrynn

Mine was correct, I was 13 weeks and a couple days when I had it.  They guessed boy and told me that if the nub is vertical, it is supposedly a boy.  A horizontal nub means a girl, but that is not fool-proof.  The tech told me it is easier to spot a boy that early than it is a girl.  Take it with a grain of salt, but it seems like the very experienced techs are pretty on!

diana.filipi

I'll let you know Friday.  My NT scan was 13w4d so there is a pretty good likelihood it's accurate but we'll see :-)

Mrsellis52

Thanks everyone! Love hearing these responses. Anyone have the tech guess and then it was wrong at the Anatomy scan? Seems like the guesses were correct.

I go at 12wks 2 days so not sure if anything will be further developed, thus easier to spot

erin48

Mine was wrong.  The guess was boy on one baby, and they are both girls.

diana.filipi

Mrsellis52:

Thanks everyone! Love hearing these responses. Anyone have the tech guess and then it was wrong at the Anatomy scan? Seems like the guesses were correct.

I go at 12wks 2 days so not sure if anything will be further developed, thus easier to spot

The further from 12 weeks the more clear.  

alz

Mine was incorrect, and this was with a VERY experienced tech.  She guessed girl based on the angle, and it's a boy.  I had my NT at 12 weeks, baby was measuring 12 and 6 at the time. 

Nurse27

My u/s tech guessed boy at 12 weeks and it was just confirmed last week at 18 weeks. It's a boy!

PinkPeony6210

I didn't get a guess at my this Lo's NT scan, but the tech was right with DD.

Torani

DO-JO:

I've read stats that 70% of expectant moms guess their baby's sex correctly. 

I guessed my first was a boy - and I was right.

I'm guessing this one is a girl - and so far, doctor agrees!  We'll find for sure next month. 

 

Kristinmo

diana.filipi:

I'll let you know Friday.  My NT scan was 13w4d so there is a pretty good likelihood it's accurate but we'll see :-)

That's when mine was and it was correct!  The tech that did mine says she refuses to guess before 13 weeks.

Lina1030

my advice is don't be attached (I never was before 16 weeks at least...meaning I did not think it was a credible prediction until then).  W/DD at 11w2d they said maybe boy...obviously wrong! W/DS at 11w5d they said boy and were right.  This time they did not guess at my 12 week visit since they had some major issues with a couple that got VERY attached and it was wrong and apparently the office/staff got in trouble (which to me is dumb). I go back next week will be 14 1/2 weeks...if the tech is nice and bends the rules they may guess if not we will know by 16 weeks if the baby cooperates.

Squishy622

Mine was correct, but the guess at the NT scan was such a tentative guess that I'm hesitant to put much stock in it!

crazyduckme

My aunt got 2 scans when she was pregnant, both saying the baby was a boy. When she was delivering, the baby came out as a girl! They were so shocked because they had bought all boy baby stuff, painted the baby's room blue and everything like that. It's definitely something I'll never forget!!

Lola2x

Mine was correct - boy, but we still waited for A/S to be sure before buying anything making any nursery decisions etc.

 

sanriobaby

Both were correct!