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Not knowing gender at ultrasound

KondasaKondasa member
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We are getting a 3D ultrasound at 20 weeks because is what my Doc's office has. Originally we weren't going to know the sex but my husband is concerned that the ultrasound will be shorter and compromised because the tech will be cautious not to hit certain areas.

 Has anyone had both and felt that when learning the sex their experience was better because the tech could take more liberties, or does it really not matter?

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Re: Not knowing gender at ultrasound

  • schmoodleschmoodle member
    It's their job to get the appropriate anatomy shots and measurements and they're not going to NOT do that because you don't want to know the sex. If they're looking at something that may make it obvious they may just tell you to look away. The gender part of my ultrasounds (have had three pregnancies so far) have each taken about a minute out of an hour long (at least) total scan.
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  • LittleD8081LittleD8081 member

    I agree.  My tech (for both babies) just turned our monitor off and she looks at the genitals to make sure that things looked ok whatever the gender was.  The u/s was not compromised at all.

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  • ktb31ktb31 member
    Nah, not at all. It's all the same except when the tech sees the sex, he or she just won't tell you.  But they get all the same measurements.
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  • CWalker11CWalker11
    Thanks for asking, I have been wondering the same thing myself because I dont want to know the sex, my boyfriend does but DR said she'd give him the results in a sealed envelope, I was hoping it wouldnt effect my US experience :)
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  • eatmorecupcakeseatmorecupcakes member

    I actually just got mine today and the u/s teach was really nice!  She was super nervous that she was going to let us know by mistake, so when she got near the "area" she just asked us to look away.  This is our first so I don't know how long they normally take, but it felt very thorough and took about 45 minutes.

     

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