Anyone see 3 lines but later told boy?

MellyK12

We had an elective ultrasound at 16 weeks to see if they could determine the sex yet.  The tech was very good and said she wouldn't tell us if she wasn't 100% certain.  We clearly saw three lines indicating girl and there was nothing dangling. My intuition has said girl the entire pregnancy as well. We are very excited to have a girl but people keep questioning us and wondering if our 20 wk a/s will say something differently.  My MIL and FIL are the top offenders; they still hope for a boy and will believe it when they see it.

Anyways, has anyone clearly saw the three lines at 16 weeks but then been told boy at their 20 week appointment??  I'm confident we're having a girl since the tech was very good about showing us everything and pointing parts of the anatomy out but these nagging comments are at the back of my mind.

kaybee10

I'm wondering this as well.  We were clearly shown 3 lines, but it was early at 13 weeks.  We will find out for sure in 2 weeks and we haven't bought pink yet, but we felt like the technician was pretty certain.  We'll see if she was right

goldenleaves

I had a u/s at 15 weeks because of a fall and we very clearly saw 3 lines. She is definitely still a girl! I've had more ultrasounds during this pregnancy than I can count on both hands and an amnio. The tech I usually see said at 16 weeks on its pretty rare to be wrong.

EmilyP103

My friend had an elective u/s at 14w, but her baby was only measuring 13w4d so the lady wouldn't guarantee her "guess" of girl.  She went to the OB a few weeks later and they confirmed girl.  Her a/s is this Friday so I'm assuming that's when she'll really feel comfortable, but the doctor confirmed girl, it wasn't a guess.

 As for me, we saw boy parts loud and clear at our elective!

joshandpanda

At this early of an u/s, those three lines could and most likely are the 3 blood vessels in the umbilical cord...

I kept seeing these 3 lines and "knew" it was a girl... but the u/s tech kept reassuring me that was the cord vessels.... at the next appointment, it was CLEARLY a boy... 

MsMommyDoc

Yep!! Our 16 week elective showed girl for the first 15 minutes...see below

 

and then right at the end we saw this....

 

When i asked the OB she said that they shouldn;t have labeled the first one girl because the three lines shouldn't appear swollen. She said the "hamburger" thing really isn't accurate and the lines should be flat not rounded on the outside, which is indicative of baby boy junk lol.

georgiagurl13

i go tomorrow to find out what the baby is and im totally excited to find out... if its a boy great thats less i have to buy considering i already have a boy. if its a girl yay i gets to go shopping!!!!!!!

SweetT94

This is probably the main reason why we chose not to have the early elective one.  After i started talking to my friends and their experiences, i literally heard 3 stories of the guess being incorrect, just from 16w to 20w.

We wont find out until Feb 3rd................its a long hard wait, but i want it to be right. Even then, the doctors office can still make mistakes, but you have a much better chance of it being correct.

marielovestimothy03

joshandpanda:

At this early of an u/s, those three lines could and most likely are the 3 blood vessels in the umbilical cord...

I kept seeing these 3 lines and "knew" it was a girl... but the u/s tech kept reassuring me that was the cord vessels.... at the next appointment, it was CLEARLY a boy... 

Most techs can distinguish between a cord and genitals though. All 3 of my girls cords have been out of the way and nowhere near between their legs. 

marielovestimothy03

And OP, while I do know of some stories of people hearing one sex at 16 weeks and another at 20 weeks. Most of the time the tech is going to know what they are looking at ;-)

sstrom22

I wonder the same thing just because I can't see it clearly enough   Then again, we had our a/s at 22 weeks and it was a 3D ultrasound so I figured if they were able to measure the valves of the heart they should be able to see if it's a boy or a  girl.  The ultrasound tech said girl and then a doctor came in to see the scans and confirmed it was a girl.  She wouldn't give me 100% because she said she "isn't a fool"   But she said if it was her, she'd "Go buy some pink... but save the receipts."  I am all excited about a girl now so I really hope they are right, but I worry about the same thing.  It seems like if it's a boy it's pretty obvious, but if it "looks like a girl" it could be an angle thing....

jhoeflinger

Anyone have a pic like this at 16w and be a boy? Or is this definitely girl?

ddembinska

My boy was showing his stuff off and waving it around so there was no guessing lol found out at 15 weeks. He had his legs open and facing the front. Easiest gender reveal the tech had seen in a long time lol

jessib10

I had a 3d ultrasound at 14 weeks, saw girl parts, and another ultrasound at the perinatologist's office for an a/s and she confirmed there was a clitoris and baby was definitely a girl. I felt confident with the first ultrasound though. I think it depends on the machine and level of skill the tech has.
Edit: the second ultrasound was at 16w.

rlg8

We had and experienced tech at 19 weeks show us the three lines saying girl and then a half hour later took it back and said nope definitely a boy!

rowanthefrog

Not me, but one of my best friends was told girl around 17 weeks and turns out it was a boy at 22 weeks.

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ktpaladino

Early on, both the boys and the girls have external genitalia, so the mistake is actually more common the other way around...techs mistaking girls for boys because of swollen protrusions on the girls. If a tech is guessing girl early on, chances are good that it is in fact a girl.
My 11 week u/s showed a very definite nub which led the tech to guess boy. However during our NT Scan at 13 weeks, the tech guessed girl. The nub was still very significant but when she zoomed in on the bump she saw what appeared to be girl markings and also stated that she could not see a scrotum anywhere. At our 20 wk, the swollen nub on our little girl had disappeared and there was no mistaking her girl parts.
OP, techs at early u/s places are highly trained and look at genitalia all day long. At 16 weeks, they are going to be able to give you a pretty darn solid guess. Is there still room for error? Yes. Have I heard stories of people finding something different at the 20 wk? Absolutely. After all, nothing is for certain until that baby makes its appearance! BUT I would be pretty confident that you've got a little girl on the way.