3rd Trimester

Do you worry that your baby girl will actually be a boy? or vice versa?

We were told that LO is probably a girl, and both DH and I feel very strongly that she is a girl. Our house has been completely overtaken by everything cute, pink & frilly that you can imagine. (most of the "big ticket" items are acutally gender neutral) But sometimes I really worry that she will be a he.... afterall the US technician really wasn't even positive.

Re: Do you worry that your baby girl will actually be a boy? or vice versa?

  • YES!! i think about this all the time! Our u/s tech said they were 75% sure it was a girl...it makes me soooooo nervous to think about it, I'm just praying she comes out a girl and not a boy.  (not that we wouldn't want a boy, but we are really looking forward to a girl)
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  • I did until my ultrasound on Tuesday which clearly showed the testes and penis. My "big" ultrasound was at 16w2d so it was nice to see the same was true 21 weeks later!
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  • I get paranoid about the same thing.  I had an u/s yesterday and the first question I asked was if it still looks like a girl!  The tech said it was still a girl. Smile
  • in your case i'd be a little airy about it. i haven't had an U/S since 18 wks when we found out it's a girl. We kept everything from bedding-swings, bouncers, ETC neutral, but we got tons of blankets made for us at our shower that have her name embriodered. and lots of pink clothing.. but we're 110% its a girl.
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  • YES! I had a dream about it the other night and I woke up crying lol.  It just felt like someone had taken my girl away from me, KWIM? Of course at the end of the day I wouldn't care.  Healthy baby is my #1 priority but it was a weird reaction to the dream so I guess that's my true feelings.
  • No, I have lots of u/s's and we are 110% sure she is a girl.

    In your case though, I would have paid for an extra u/s.  I can't do the "probably" thing : )

  • No, I don't see why anyone would worry about this.  There are more serious things to worry about! 

    I've had a lot of ultrasounds anyway--and every time, the tech says "yep, definitely a girl."  I guess my girl is not too shy. :) 

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  • If I hadn't clearly seen a penis and scrotum, I'd be worried. But I don't think what I saw will change from 20 weeks to 40 weeks.

    But I know people who have been told one sex only to have another. I think I'd be shocked if I'm not having a boy.

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  • Sometimes! I was buying these pink wallflower things the other day and the lady goes you know my doctor said I was having a girl and well he ended up being a boy so be prepared....uh....but with the amount of ultrasounds I've had I'm not to worried.
  • One of the upsides of having an amnio:  X + Y = Boy!!
  • yes.

    We found out at 20w that it was a girl, and I am getting a 4D u/s just to make sure. I was actually getting the next u/s done at 31w, but called today and had it pushed up a week b/c I cant stand the wait. I want to find out before the nursery is painted (my mom is painting it)...dont know if we can do that though. 

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  • We had an amnio (for other reasons), but we know 100% that it's a boy from that. 

     

  • Not at all.  But then again our little boy wasn't shy about sharing his "boy parts" with us during his ultrasound.  We also waited until 21 weeks to have the big ultrasound. 
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  • I was a tiny bit nervous after our 1st u/s because we had it so early (17 weeks).  But I've had 2 u/s since then (21 weeks & 28 weeks) and both confirmed that she is indeed still a girl!
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  • YES!!! I worry about this all the time. I am a horrible shopoholic and have gone completely overboard in every way when it comes to this baby! She has more clothes than will fit in her little closet! The room is decked out in everything pink and green and there is nothing gender neutral at all! Thankfully pretty much everything I registered for (swing, boucer, bumbo seat, etc...) are all gender neutral- so I could use again with 2nd LO, but everything I have bought is totally girly! DH and I were talking the other day about what we would do if it was a boy, I would need new bedding, repaint the nursery, etc... Let's just keep our fingers crossed all the u/s techs know what they're looking for!
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    Yes. I can't say I don't worry about this a little bit, even though our tech was correct with our first baby girl and was confident this one is a girl, too. There was no sign of any boy parts and we got a good picture of between the lets, so I'm pretty confident it's a girl, but you never know until the baby is born!?

    I'll find out tomorrow! :)?

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  • I don't really care - we aren't really buying anything or preparing until after the baby comes so there's nothing that would need to be returned or undone other than the one coming home outfit I bought. Anything else I have to buy in advance is gender neutral (carseat, pack and play, that's about it). We've been told boy at 5 different ultrasounds, but at one the tech said girl at first and I think she was shocked I didn't freak out but we don't really have any reason to freak out.
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  • It doesn't worry me, but I do think about how annoying it would be to have all this boy stuff and have a girl, lol.
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    to answer a pp about why we would be worried:

    for me, we opted to do a lot of gender specific colors (for the room, clothing etc) we left big big things, neutral so we can use again in future but there would be a problem returning some of the clothing because by the time the baby gets here to really find out, the receipt would expire!

    i am not too worried because everytime i go in for an u/s, i ask, "is it still a girl?" and the tech always says "yes!" (and its a diff tech each time)... haha

    i go regularly for high risk (hypertension)..

  • Not really.  I had my ultrasound at 20 weeks and we got a clear shot of her little lady parts and then I had a 3D ultrasound on Monday and got another clear shot.  I'm pretty confident at this point that she is a girl. If she's not, he had better like pink :)
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  • YES!!!! I have them check every time I get an ultrasound just to be sure. 
  • It would depend on how vague the ultrasound tech was. With DD, the tech said right away, "It's a girl. There's the hamburger!" (because it looks like a hamburger.) Plus she had a really good angle. So, I wasn't worried about her being wrong.


    With a boy, there's no doubt once they see that peen.

  • Personally, I am not worried because our little guy was not shy by spreading his legs spread eagle for us. LOL!

    Be we also had an ultra sound at 20 weeks & then at 22 weeks because with the 1st one, he wasn't being coopertive. 

  • Wow... I didn't realize so many of you have so many US's. We have Kaiser, and you get one US (besides the really early one around 10 weeks) and that's it, even if they can't tell if it's a boy or girl at that time. I suppose if you're high risk you would have more than one. I even had an emergency surgery while pregnant, and I still only had the one shot to tell if it's a boy or girl. Gotta love Kaiser :)
  • I could tell it was a boy before the ultrasound lady told me, so I'm pretty positive it's a boy. She also said 100%, but then she said "Oh wait, I'm not allowed to say that. 99.9% sure it's a boy."
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  • I don't think I would have bought much that was pink and frilly if the ultrasound tech wasn't very sure.

    At my ultrasound, the tech said it was a girl.  I said, "how sure are you because I know sometimes it's hard to tell, etc." She responded, "I'm VERY sure."  Then she got a crotch shot with the three lines there very, very clearly.

    So, I'm pretty sure.  I, of course, have a tiny part of my brain that says, "what if?"  (we'd have to repaint the nursery for sure!), but I'm pretty confident.  I have another ultrasound in a couple weeks, so we'll have another chance to see then!

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  • I wasn't too concerned, but at my u/s on Tuesday I had them double check just in case.  He's still a boy!
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