First Post...disappointed...did this happen to anyone else?

SharonKristin · May 2011

Today was my 20 week anatomy scan and everything with the baby looks good according to the technician. The scan was at the hospital I will be delivering at, not at my doctor's office. Anyway, I'm super disappointed because she could not tell the sex of the baby. I feel like I'm the only one on here that this has happened to! I dont even know when I will be able to find out the sex now! Has this happened to anyone else? She didnt say that the baby's legs were crossed just that she "thought it was a girl but she cant be sure". Sigh....

bsustar62 · May 2011

Same thing happened to me, I am going back next week to see if this little one will spread his/her legs!!

mabma80 · May 2011

If you spend some time looking, there are a lot of people on here that are unvoluntarily Team Green. Only because the baby wouldn't cooperate during their 20 wk u/s. It happens.

With DS#1, he wouldn't let anybody see. The tech said to give the baby a few minutes and then we'd come back. She checked his bladder and said the baby will probably potty soon. Later she came back to it, and there he was relieving himself. That happened to both my boys. It was the only way we found out they were boys! LOL!

SharonKristin · May 2011

thanks for the reassurance. I thought I was the only one! Still disappointed but I guess I just need to be patient. To be fair the technician did leave and come back and try again but she said the baby had crossed his/her leg so I guess I'll have to wait and see. I hope my dr can tell the next time I have an appointment!

brit072206 · May 2011

That's a bummer. I've heard of that happening sometimes. I wonder if it has to do with the philosophy of the u/s tech too. Some techs seem to firmly believe that it is a scan for medical purposes and the whole checking out the sex thing cheapens the medical part of it. I wonder if that was her deal? I don't know.

If I were you, first I would find out if you will have to have any follow up u/s, because sometimes they want to get more pictures or look at something more closely. Then, if there aren't any more scheduled, I would go to an elective place.

acaver · May 2011

Bless your heart! I'm so sorry. I'd call the office and see if they would be willing to do one at your next appointment. My office did a complementary one at 16 weeks to determine the sex, or maybe they could do one for a low cost or something. I'm sure there will be a chance to find out soon, but I'm sure it's frusterating not to know when that will be.

ShawMich · May 2011

That almost happened to us. Our little guy had his legs crossed for almost all of the ultrasound and finally, he spread them.

They should be able to take another peek for you. Maybe your doctor's office will do it?

sunshiny79 · May 2011

It happened to us too. I am really disappointed as well but I hope that next week they'll be able to sneak me in and peek again. We were on the fence for a while about even finding out, then made the decision and couldn't find out. It was a let down for sure.

I hope you can get in again so they can check

VitaminC · May 2011

We were Team Green last time and couldn't have found out anyway. The cord was between his legs. I have two friends who wanted to find out and couldn't at their anatomy scan. They both found out at later ultrasounds though.

Mrs. Alice · May 2011

My babies were totally active during the scan. I took another bumpie's advice and had a coke with my lunch right before the appointment! So maybe a little food and/or caffeine will get her moving those legs a little more next time.

backinpgh · May 2011

Same boat after TWO scans! First time "she" had her legs clamped shut. This time the cord was between the leg so they can't tell. The first time the tech said she was 80% sure it was a girl, so I'll call her "she" for now, but I'm trying not to get too attached to the idea. We will probably do an elective scan in a few weeks.

SharonKristin · May 2011

Thanks everyone. My dr told me to call to schedule an appt for 10 days after the anatomy scan to go over the results so I am going to call tomorrow and see if its possible to have my actual doctor take a peek when I come in for that appt. I guess I was just annoyed because the technician didnt say that the legs were crossed when she first looked but then she went back again and said "now the leg is crossed" so I have a hard time understanding why she couldnt tell the first time if the legs werent crossed. I know I need to just move on but I really did have my heart set on finding out today for the specific purpose of a surprise reveal on Mother's Day.

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