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Bummer Dr. appt, but healthy baby

Happyfeet10Happyfeet10 member
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I was so excited about my Dr. appt. today, my Dr. does an ultrasound each appointment and last month he said we could find out what we're having at this appointment...well the baby did not want to show it's goods. The Dr. tried for about 15 minutes.  Oh well, the baby was perfectly healthy, which is all that truly matters.  I just have no patience!
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  • moonfaeriemoonfaerie member
    That will just make the surprise even better when you do find out!

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  • cndmexbabycndmexbaby member
    15 weeks is pretty early to be confident about the sex anyway. Hopefully baby cooperates at 19 weeks!
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  • OctoberBabyHOctoberBabyH

    imagecndmexbaby:
    15 weeks is pretty early to be confident about the sex anyway. Hopefully baby cooperates at 19 weeks!

     

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  • lake919lake919
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    15 weeks is pretty early to be confident about the sex anyway. Hopefully baby cooperates at 19 weeks!

     

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    My thoughts exactly.

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  • gemrae1225gemrae1225 member
    Maybe LO will let you get a peek at the goods during your next appt.
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  • missymomissymo member

    Jealous! You get an ultrasound every appointment? I would love to get just one more...

    I had one at 19 weeks and again at 21 weeks because tech did not get all the measurements the first time.  BOTH times the baby had his/her legs crossed! I was so happy my baby was healthy, but it would be nice to get another ultrasound to try and discover gender.

    Docs says unless they think something is wrong I probably won'tt get another one. So unless I choose to pay for one (3D or otherwise) I'm not going to find out the gender at all!  I'm not really pleased with this office policy.

     


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  • lilmgirllilmgirl member
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    Jealous! You get an ultrasound every appointment? I would love to get just one more...

    I had one at 19 weeks and again at 21 weeks because tech did not get all the measurements the first time.  BOTH times the baby had his/her legs crossed! I was so happy my baby was healthy, but it would be nice to get another ultrasound to try and discover gender.

    Docs says unless they think something is wrong I probably won'tt get another one. So unless I choose to pay for one (3D or otherwise) I'm not going to find out the gender at all!  I'm not really pleased with this office policy.

    It's a diagnostic procedure.  Not something we do for funsies so we know what colour to paint the nursery.  Why would they give you an unnecessary diagnostic at no cost?

    Stop being logical, POF.

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  • SweetPeanisSweetPeanis member
    At 15 weeks it would be a guess...and a pretty poor one at that.  I don't know why you would even except to know the sex at 15 weeks. 
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  • AmieluAmielu
    I would never even assume that at 15 weeks, they would be able to determine the gender.
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  • NihilismKatNihilismKat

    I had a confirmation U/S at my first OB appointment.  I had bleeding and sever cramps, and had a second one at 11-13 weeks, I can't remember anymore which it was...  That was when we lost one of the twins.  I had my actual anatomy U/S this week.  I wasn't going to ask about the sex, but DH wanted to know, and we just found out yesterday.

    The bonus to the fact that ours never stops moving is that they had plenty of attempts to get a shot for determining sex.  Also at 25 weeks, it's not a guess of any variety.  I was told by someone MIL knows who works OB at the hospital, never to take anything before 18 weeks as a final answer on sex. 

    You'll have a better idea at your next appointment when you'll be far enough along that they should be 100% certain anyhow.  Better than getting a "I'm pretty, almost sure it might be a girl or a boy" kind of answer some people I know have gotten.

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  • irishmorningstaririshmorningstar member

    Are you high risk?  What is the purpose of an u/s every visit?  Just curious...as controversial as unneeded/unnecessary u/s is in relation to baby's health. 

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  • missymomissymo member
    To POF: I think it's a no brainer that I care more about my baby's health than the sex.  However, it is interesting that some doctors give an ultrasound at every appointment and some give only one during the entire pregnancy.  I found the abundance of ultrasounds to be unusual. If I had a choice I would have another.  No need to be an ass about it.

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  • Happyfeet10Happyfeet10 member
    Wow!! Just looked at all of the responses...I can say my son's sex was easily determined last time at 15 weeks which I know is not always the case, but its not unheard of...and my Dr. has a large practice with an ultrasound machine in his office so instead of using a doppler each appointment he will just do the ultrasound.   My post was just about being so excited to possibly find out what we were having and then not knowing...I would obviously be fine with not knowing the sex, but knowing the baby is healthy.  Glad everyone has such a strong opinion!
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