Question about accuracy of gender @ 14 wks?

DanielleEDanielson · January 2010

I just had my NT scan this morning and while the tech said it was too early to be certain, based on her experience she thought the baby was a girl. (Sooo excited!!). I'm just curious if anyone else has experience with early gender detection and if they ended up having the gender they were told in the early u/s.

mopsie · January 2010

The tech guessed girl at our NT scan (11w4d) but the doctor came in and guessed boy. We found out last night it's a girl (couldn't see it well, so we'll confirm it at our big u/s in 2 weeks).

paxilchyk · January 2010

The u/s tech predicted boy at our NT scan and we found out last week that she was right! I definitely wouldn't go shopping until you can get confirmation!

RachieSLP · January 2010

I friend of my had a well-experienced tech "guess" at 14 weeks - and she was right (I guess it's a 50/50 chance, though).

mellieg8582 · January 2010

I had my NT Scan at 12 weeks. At the time the tech said she would just be guessing if she told us.

taagent · January 2010

babies at that age look very similar. I would say it is still a 50/50 shot.

Mrs.Weggy · January 2010

The doctor told us 80% boy at our 13 week NT scan. It was confirmed last week at our big ultrasound that he is all boy!

KiwiJ · January 2010

My OB said at 14 wks he was 90% sure it was a boy because he thought he could see something 'down there'. Sure enough we saw clear boy parts at the 20 wk big scan.

PSU Export · January 2010

We were told to focus on girl names at 12 weeks by the tech, who states she is "never wrong". And she was right...confirmed at 20 weeks. Dr. said it's an 80% chance they will be right. They can tell by the tilt of the pelvis apparently. I just tried not to get too stuck into one gender vs. the other, because if they're wrong you might be shocked! lol

mrs.ritz · January 2010

This may be a dumb question but what is a NT scan?

rissa06 · January 2010

for DD#1. . dr said girl at U/S and it was confirmed at later U/S . this one . . baby wasn't in good position, so the dr couldn't even guess . .

g8trkim · January 2010

They told us boy at 13 weeks but gave us the same disclaimer. It's been confirmed twice since then. From articles I've read, if you have a good tech it's around 80% accurate around that time.

shari_rngleson · January 2010

my tech said she was pretty sure it was a boy at my 12 week 5 day scan (although baby was measuring 13 wks 3 days)....

found out boy for sure at 18 weeks!

newtonka12 · January 2010

I had an u/s at 12 and a half weeks and there was no way to tell at that point what the sex was? I'm curious to know what these tech's are basing this on as you are technically not supposed to be able to see the "parts" until at least 15 weeks?

g8trkim · January 2010

newtonka12:
I had an u/s at 12 and a half weeks and there was no way to tell at that point what the sex was? I'm curious to know what these tech's are basing this on as you are technically not supposed to be able to see the "parts" until at least 15 weeks?

They don't actually have exposed genitals yet, but they can tell by the angle of how the genitals are growing. If it's parallel with the baby it's usually a girl and if it's angled up it's usually a boy. It thought this article was interesting https://www.baby2see.com/gender/study_ultrasound.html.

Want a personalized experience?

Question about accuracy of gender @ 14 wks?

Re: Question about accuracy of gender @ 14 wks?

Choose Another Board

Search Boards