Wrong gender predicted at NT Scan :(

travers74 · October 2010

Hi,

Has anyone had the wrong gender predicted at the NT Scan? I was told I was having a girl and at yesterdays visit (17wks 4days) I asked for another U/S to confirm that it was a girl. I was shocked when we saw it was a boy! I did get my hopes up a little since we have a one year old boy and we were really only planning on having only 2 children, but of course I'm happy with a healthy baby .

Has anyone had this happen or heard of it happening?

simplemathequation · October 2010

NT scans are done around what, 12 weeks? At that point, the junk pretty much looks like same anyway. I wouldn't go off of the guess at a NT scan ever.

MichelleL1118 · October 2010

It's really common, actually - at 12-13w, the external sex organs on both male and female babies are almost identical. Some techs will make a guess, but's it's just that - a guess... with a 50%+/- chance of being right.

MrsTotty · October 2010

Why are you having an NT Scan at 17 weeks? That makes no sense.

RJHarmon · October 2010

I haven't had this happen, but I know of plenty of women that have experienced this. Sex determination at NT is just a guess at best. The genitals look almost identical at that point, so it can really go either way. Sorry you got your hopes up.

Scout05 · October 2010

I've heard of it happening a lot, which is why my tech just laughed at the idea of making a guess that early. It's just too hard to really tell, and I think for this exact reason, it would be better if techs just waited until the 16 or 20 weeks scans.

I'm glad the baby is healthy, and just think how much fun the brothers will have together!

simplemathequation · October 2010

MrsTotty:
Why are you having an NT Scan at 17 weeks? That makes no sense.

I think she had the NT scan during the normal time frame and went back for another scan at 17 weeks.

armandos_girl · October 2010

simplemathequation:
NT scans are done around what, 12 weeks? At that point, the junk pretty much looks like same anyway. I wouldn't go off of the guess at a NT scan ever.

This. Even at 16-17 weeks the guess could be off.

bootsnbananas · October 2010

The NT scan is WAY too early to even "predict" gender. They are u/s techs not psychics. I can't believe they even looked or gave a guess.

missamERICA · October 2010

can someone define nt scan for me?

Manateearmz · October 2010

From the research that I've done usually the genders look exactly the same around 12wks. The whole angle of the dangle thing. I asked as a joke just to mess with the Tech at mine. Sadly that's one secret the baby can keep from us for quite a few weeks. That's why it's called a "prediction".

At least now you don't have to go out and buy a bunch of new little girl items I want all boys, so we'll just see what nature has in store for me.

MrsTotty · October 2010

simplemathequation:
MrsTotty:
Why are you having an NT Scan at 17 weeks? That makes no sense.
I think she had the NT scan during the normal time frame and went back for another scan at 17 weeks.

Ok, then I'm laughing at her. Really?? You thought at 12 weeks that you were locked in to having a girl??? At 12 weeks my kid looked like a jelly bean that wiggled slightly. How you expected to know the sex absolutely at that point is beyond me.

Scout05 · October 2010

missamERICA:
can someone define nt scan for me?

https://www.google.com/search?q=nt+scan&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

FinallyMrsT · October 2010

The U/S tech are our doctor's office would not even attempt to look during the NT scan. I asked her if she could tell because we do not want to know the sex of the baby. In case she saw something we didn't want her to tell us. She said she doesn't even look.

travers74 · October 2010

MrsTotty:
Why are you having an NT Scan at 17 weeks? That makes no sense.

It was yesterday's u/s that proved the NT Scan was wrong. I'm 17 weeks now.

travers74 · October 2010

bootsnbananas:
The NT scan is WAY too early to even "predict" gender. They are u/s techs not psychics. I can't believe they even looked or gave a guess.

I know. I wish they has just said that they didn't know. The tech actually started smiling and singing the song "My Girl" as he was looking at it. Ugg....

missamERICA · October 2010

can someone define nt scan for me?

*BlackSheep* · October 2010

What I really want to know is did you go buy all pink things, and paint?

MrsTotty · October 2010

missamERICA:
can someone define nt scan for me?

Someone responded to your question the first time, with a link. Google is your friend.

weelass24 · October 2010

missamERICA:
can someone define nt scan for me?

https://tinyurl.com/2vkhkno

travers74 · October 2010

Saying "I got my hopes up" does not mean that I painted the room pink and bought a closet full of girls clothes. Not quite sure how you read into my post...using phrases like I believed the gender was "absolute" and "locked in". You should maybe read posts a little more carefully before you decide to laugh at someone, as you say. Kind of makes you look like an ignorant, bitter person, don't you think?

simplemathequation · October 2010

MrsTotty:

missamERICA:
can someone define nt scan for me?

Someone responded to your question the first time, with a link. Google is your friend.

Google told me it secretly hates her.

simplemathequation · October 2010

travers74:
Saying "I got my hopes up" does not mean that I painted the room pink and bought a closet full of girls clothes. Not quite sure how you read into my post...using phrases like I believed the gender was "absolute" and "locked in". You should maybe read posts a little more carefully before you decide to laugh at someone, as you say. Kind of makes you look like an ignorant, bitter person, don't you think?

Well...if you had done 5 seconds worth of research, you would have known exactly what we all pointed out to you above. That the genitals look almost identical at that point and, therefore, you should know that ANY guess that early on has a 50% chance of being right.

ETA - The quote button = your friend.

MrsTotty · October 2010

travers74:
Saying "I got my hopes up" does not mean that I painted the room pink and bought a closet full of girls clothes. Not quite sure how you read into my post...using phrases like I believed the gender was "absolute" and "locked in". You should maybe read posts a little more carefully before you decide to laugh at someone, as you say. Kind of makes you look like an ignorant, bitter person, don't you think?

Ok, fine. I think 'getting your hopes up' over a gender guess at an NT Scan is ridiculous. Does that make it sting less for you?

And LOL @ you calling OTHER PEOPLE ignorant.

travers74 · October 2010

*BlackSheep*:
What I really want to know is did you go buy all pink things, and paint?

God no. The tech told me it was an 80% chance, so I was waiting for the 20 week scan to start any planning/preparing.

CutieBean79 · October 2010

Yea, I've heard of that a lot. You should probably write the u/s place or doctor's office where you had it done and tell them that your tech should stop doing that. Honestly, I would even be weary at a 17w u/s - there was a bumpie on here yesterday or the day before that had a wrong prediction at 17w. Sorry about your experience, but I'm sure your little boys will be best buds together and now you don't have to buy a lot of new clothes!

travers74 · October 2010

MrsTotty:
travers74:
Saying "I got my hopes up" does not mean that I painted the room pink and bought a closet full of girls clothes. Not quite sure how you read into my post...using phrases like I believed the gender was "absolute" and "locked in". You should maybe read posts a little more carefully before you decide to laugh at someone, as you say. Kind of makes you look like an ignorant, bitter person, don't you think?
Ok, fine. I think 'getting your hopes up' over a gender guess at an NT Scan is ridiculous. Does that make it sting less for you?
And LOL @ you calling OTHER PEOPLE ignorant.

My question was if anyone else had had this happen....that's all...simple. You get an F for reading comprehension. Btw, the only person I was calling ignorant on this post was you.

Wow, you must really be a joy to live with.

MrsTotty · October 2010

travers74:
MrsTotty:
travers74:
Saying "I got my hopes up" does not mean that I painted the room pink and bought a closet full of girls clothes. Not quite sure how you read into my post...using phrases like I believed the gender was "absolute" and "locked in". You should maybe read posts a little more carefully before you decide to laugh at someone, as you say. Kind of makes you look like an ignorant, bitter person, don't you think?
Ok, fine. I think 'getting your hopes up' over a gender guess at an NT Scan is ridiculous. Does that make it sting less for you?
And LOL @ you calling OTHER PEOPLE ignorant.
My question was if anyone else had had this happen....that's all...simple. You get an F for reading comprehension. Btw, the only person I was calling ignorant on this post was you.
Wow, you must really be a joy to live with.

When I don't get breakfast in the morning, no, no I am not a joy to live with. And since NO one who responded to this post HAS had that happen to them, I'm going to go with we ALL get an F for reading comprehension ... or you get an A for stupidity. Either one works for me.

And again, you keep using the word 'ignorant' ... how am I ignorant for knowing that an NT Scan is WAY too early to confirm gender????

skio · October 2010

travers74:

Has anyone had this happen or heard of it happening?

Of course. Your tech should've told you it was no more than a guess. Ours wouldn't even give us a guess - all she said was, "They all look the same at this stage." And my NT scan was late - 13w3d.

2bejunebride06 · October 2010

FinallyMrsT:
The U/S tech are our doctor's office would not even attempt to look during the NT scan. I asked her if she could tell because we do not want to know the sex of the baby. In case she saw something we didn't want her to tell us. She said she doesn't even look.

Same thing here. The tech at our NT scan refused to even make a guess and says that she doesn't even look. We wanted to know and wanted her to make a guess, but I would never get my hopes up over a guess that was made at 12-14 weeks. I mean, in the end, even the prediction based on the 20 week anatomy scan could be wrong, kwim?

simplemathequation · October 2010

kdodge423:
travers74:
MrsTotty:

travers74:
Saying "I got my hopes up" does not mean that I painted the room pink and bought a closet full of girls clothes. Not quite sure how you read into my post...using phrases like I believed the gender was "absolute" and "locked in". You should maybe read posts a little more carefully before you decide to laugh at someone, as you say. Kind of makes you look like an ignorant, bitter person, don't you think?

Ok, fine. I think 'getting your hopes up' over a gender guess at an NT Scan is ridiculous. Does that make it sting less for you?

And LOL @ you calling OTHER PEOPLE ignorant.

My question was if anyone else had had this happen....that's all...simple. You get an F for reading comprehension. Btw, the only person I was calling ignorant on this post was you.

Wow, you must really be a joy to live with.

And so it starts. Do you feel sorry for her husband? Her child an dunborn child?

Yet again, YOU BEAT ME TO IT. Damn you, KDodge.

I wonder if OP thinks Totty is baking a future serial killer in her belly.

madhatter2003 · October 2010

Actually, we had ours predicted correctly at the NT scan. It depends on how they are looking at the 'dangle' since both will have external genitals at that age. Boys are more 'up' compared to the spine, girls are even or lower to the spine.

Our peri that reviewed the scan confirmed the techs guess. They said they are accurate most of the time, but obviously not all. The later you have the scan the more accurate they are. I think my tech said she was right 85% of the time. They are a high risk group so they follow people the entire pregnancy and that's one thing they verify later.

But I'm sorry you got your hopes up.

travers74 · October 2010

CutieBean79:
Yea, I've heard of that a lot. You should probably write the u/s place or doctor's office where you had it done and tell them that your tech should stop doing that. Honestly, I would even be weary at a 17w u/s - there was a bumpie on here yesterday or the day before that had a wrong prediction at 17w. Sorry about your experience, but I'm sure your little boys will be best buds together and now you don't have to buy a lot of new clothes!

Thank you for being understanding. I agree that there is something very sweet about 2 boys close in age .

drpayne · October 2010

Here is my guess: People read your question and thought, "Well, duh. That is way too early to get a reliable prediction." Someone doesn't have to have actually gone through the experience to know that.

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

See what I mean?

travers74 · October 2010

MrsTotty:
travers74:
MrsTotty:
travers74:
Saying "I got my hopes up" does not mean that I painted the room pink and bought a closet full of girls clothes. Not quite sure how you read into my post...using phrases like I believed the gender was "absolute" and "locked in". You should maybe read posts a little more carefully before you decide to laugh at someone, as you say. Kind of makes you look like an ignorant, bitter person, don't you think?
Ok, fine. I think 'getting your hopes up' over a gender guess at an NT Scan is ridiculous. Does that make it sting less for you?
And LOL @ you calling OTHER PEOPLE ignorant.
My question was if anyone else had had this happen....that's all...simple. You get an F for reading comprehension. Btw, the only person I was calling ignorant on this post was you.
Wow, you must really be a joy to live with.
When I don't get breakfast in the morning, no, no I am not a joy to live with. And since NO one who responded to this post HAS had that happen to them, I'm going to go with we ALL get an F for reading comprehension ... or you get an A for stupidity. Either one works for me.
And again, you keep using the word 'ignorant' ... how am I ignorant for knowing that an NT Scan is WAY too early to confirm gender????

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

bootsnbananas · October 2010

drpayne:

Here is my guess: People read your question and thought, "Well, duh. That is way too early to get a reliable prediction." Someone doesn't have to have actually gone through the experience to know that.

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

See what I mean?

THIS!!!!! Yes

missamERICA · October 2010

MrsTotty:
missamERICA:
can someone define nt scan for me?
Someone responded to your question the first time, with a link. Google is your friend.

hmmm i dont know why that posted twice..damn droid. i did go look it up on google. i was just confused bc my ob didnt use the term nt so i thought i was missing something. im all good. thanks.

MrsTotty · October 2010

travers74:

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

Yes, I have seen this site before. MANY times. Therefore, I know how EASY it would be for a tech to make a mistake. You are not helping your cause.

JessiRaye · October 2010

The techs at my OBs office will not guess at the NT Scan. They wouldn't even scan that area for me to humor me:) But I do know someone at a different practice that got a correct guess. And I'm sure wrong guesses happen all the time as well. 50/50 chance, ya know?

Congrats on your boy! This will be my 3rd so we are getting so much use out of our boy clothing and toys!!

Scout05 · October 2010

missamERICA:
MrsTotty:

missamERICA:
can someone define nt scan for me?

Someone responded to your question the first time, with a link. Google is your friend.

hmmm i dont know why that posted twice..damn droid. i did go look it up on google. i was just confused bc my ob didnt use the term nt so i thought i was missing something. im all good. thanks.

Some offices - mine for example - also refer to it as the BUN screening.

Nyki06Wed43530 · October 2010

I had mine at 14 weeks (it was the last day I was able to have the scan done), and I go to a specialty clinic with way better ultrasound technology with extremely experienced techs and they still didn't even give me a guess. I was hoping for a guess, just for the fun of it, but I'm so glad that I didn't get one. It wasn't that hard to wait the additional 4 weeks and it would have been overly emotional if I would have gotten an incorrect guess.

I'm sorry that you are a little disappointed. I'm excited that you'll be having another little boy though!

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