December 2011 Moms

Have you heard this if you have a girl?

Our u/s tech yesterday told us that you can never be sure with a girl because it could be a boy and not everything is in the exact right place to be picked up.  She told us we are team pink but then said "but if you paint the room pink and out pops a boy you can't come back here to get us to pay for the repaint". 

I saw the picture and it really looks like a girl but I am still a little nervous...any other Momma's hear the same thing?

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  • No, on DD's ultrasound pictures they even typed "It's a girl."  Maybe they had an issue recently where they were not certain about the sex of someone's baby and someone tried to sue them over it afterward.
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  • I've heard it is more common to be told girl and be wrong than vice versa.  My first girl was clear as day.  I'm not sure about our second daughter.  We were team green so we don't have any shots like that. 
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  • I worry about this happening.  I mean you never can be sure.  But I have never heard a story about it from anyone in real life so I wonder if it is just one of those things that rarely happen.   
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  • I would feel uneasy about that answer! We have been told girl 4x now so I'm convinced but I definitely second guessed for awhile there after the initial gender determination. Are you having anymore ultrasounds?
  • I was actually told by my Grandma a few weeks ago that a lady was told she was having a girl and on delivery day, the doctor said he's never seen a larger pair of balls on a baby BOY. The nurses n doctor said they had NO IDEA how someone could mistake him for a girl but apparently it happens! I plan on doing 3d/4d ultrasounds so hopefully they will confirm it again that SHE is still a SHE.
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  • Our tech didn't waver at all and typed "I'm a Girl" on the u/s picture, but this is still a fear of mine (in the back of my mind).  I am trying to convince DH to do an elective 3D u/s just to ease my mind!
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  • A friend at work was told she was having a girl only to find out at birth it was indeed a boy.  She had a lot of pink to return. 

    I'm honestly a little afraid of this and am hoping our fetal echo at 23 weeks gives us another firm girl/girl result.  I'm keeping reciepts for everything!

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  • We had a 3d/4d ultrasound and it was no mistake that is was a boy. Saw the penis in 4d.  So if you have a 3d or 4d ultrasound that should defiantely give you some confidence :)
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  • My friend was told she was having a girl 3 years ago and Justine came out and became Justin QUICKLY!! She has now cut out the "It's a Girl!" on the u/s photo because she doesn't want him to have a complex! And she just had another baby and didn't cut any tags off clothes or pick anything pink this time because she was terrified the same thing would happen! Nothing is 100% until the baby is born! However it is easier to confuse a girl to boy than a boy to girl.
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  • The tech did say the first 3 times she tried to look the cord was there and she typed "I think I am a girl" on the pic and then before we left she said let me see if I can move her around and get that cord outta there, she did another shot and typed "it's a girl".  We weren't planning on another ultrasound but now I feel like maybe we should.
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  • I have always been told that doctors and techs can never say with 100% certainty that a baby is girl, but they can say with certainty that a baby is a boy because generally a penis is quite obvious. However, with DD and this baby, the "3 lines" were very visible.
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  • I actually have this issue. My ultrasound tech said that he was 90% sure baby is a girl. He said because she wouldn't spread her legs baised on a butt shot alone he felt comfortable saying girl.

    We are gonna go with it but a little nervious because my dr wont give me another u/s. 

  • Yah I've heard of people being told girl and then out came a baby boy. Nobody personally but stories from friends and on forums, etc. I don't think it's overly common but I have heard that it does happen. With my first daughter and now this one I scheduled a 3D gender ultrasound to confirm before I bought anything. Once I get girl confirmation from the 3D scan I'm totally confident. This time the tech doing the 3D actually showed me the lines and checked like 10 times and gave me a 100% guarantee.
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  • I didn't have this problem with my 2 girls, the 3 lines were clear as day. If you get another u/s, have them check or get a 3D/4D u/s. Good luck!
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  • We got something similar. The ultrasound tech said she was 90% sure it was a girl but "no returns" if we got a boy at delivery. Our baby was moving all over the place during the ultrasound, though, so I think there could be situations where the tech is more confident about saying girl.

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  • And don't forget the very very slight chance that there could be an "abnormality" with the parts...

    I was at my sister's u/s when they told her they were 75% sure she was a girl. They then went and got a 3D done later on and the tech then guessed 99% girl, but they also found issues with her kidneys and too much fluid in her stomach... well she was born with ambiguous genitalia. They actually had to do DNA testing and weren't 100% sure my niece was a girl until 48 hours later when the results came back. I don't know all the details because I haven't asked for them, but from what my sister has told me, she was born with some kind of abnormal (maybe enlarged?) clitoris and her anus and vagina were not developed correctly. Basically her whole waste and reproductive organs were atypical. They missed that on the many follow-up u/s she had to monitor her kidneys and stomach. So yeah, it is possible to miss stuff going on down there. They really don't focus on it much in a medical sense, they just look and take a guess only if you want to know.

    Oh, and my niece is doing great, she had an 10 hour surgery to correct everything and her kidneys are doing ok. They just aren't as efficient as a normal baby's, but she is still very healthy. Thank God!

  • Ours was pretty obvious at the a/s that it was a girl - 3 very clear lines.  We saw them several times, so I'm confident it's a girl.  The tech didn't waiver in the slightest and put "It's a girl" on the pic.  I guess while she was taking all the measurements, she saw the sex several times before she told us (and she didn't tell us until the end!), and she said it was the same every time she looked.

    My brother (who's now 38 mind you) was thought to be a girl until he was born.  I think that was more due to his heart rate or something but also the u/s.  So yes, as PPs mentioned it can happen, but I think if you get a good shot it can be pretty clear.

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  • I am so glad to hear your niece is doing great Fletcha!! They did check LO's kidneys and bladder, the bladder and kidneys all looked "just perfect" and the bladder had a little fluid in it but not a lot, she said sometimes they see them completely full.

    I just called and booked our 3D/4D ultrasound for Thursday :)  

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  • I just had my a/s yesterday and the first thing the tech looked for was the gender.  She didn't see the obvious boy part so she said it's probably a girl.  I was happy to probably be having a girl but disappointed that it was just a guess, we have no plans for any additional ultrasounds.  Later during the scan, she got a better shot and saw three lines and said it was a girl...but I'm still a little nervous that she could be wrong.

     

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  • We had a an ultrasound tech who was in training, so our entire A/S was overseen by a very senior member of the staff who made sure she went through all of the anatomy and looked at all the major organs. She didn't do the cranial scan correctly and he spent a good 10 minutes correcting her and showing her how to get a better shot of our babies brain. He knew exactly what our baby was and asked the tech if she knew - she didn't so he redid and showed that it was deifnitely a girl. I am not worried about it, but I am keeping all tags on and receipts for everything.
  • Our u/s tech gave us one picture that has an arrow and says "girl parts" and then a profile picture that says "daddy's little girl". She's 100% sure and she pointed out to us the three lines on the screen. So I have no doubts.
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  • I would have doubts if we hadn't seen the three lines but on both the gender ultrasound at 18 weeks and our a/s at 22 weeks we got several very clear shots of those three lines and between the legs. There was definitely no turtle hiding...

    So I'm confident it's a girl. :)

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  • I've heard of it happening, but not often. Maybe that's why my doctor's office waited until after 20 weeks to have my 2nd u/s.... Ours left no doubt.  No peen in sight. LOL!
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  • I was told something similar. Although I went in being extremely cautious. Two (of the 3) ladies I work with had ultrasound issues. One was living in a different state at the time. She was told a boy, prepped for everything blue and out came a little girl. Needless to say, shortly after giving birth she sent her husband to the store for baby name books because they hadn't planned at all for a girl. With the other woman, the tech couldn't determine if it were a boy a girl.

     I have heard -- and our tech also said -- that it's more common for people to believe it's a girl and then come to find out it's a boy.

     So when I went for my A/S last week, the tech said "it's a safe bet" it's a girl. She then maneuvered around and got a pretty clear shot showing the three lines.

     I'm extra paranoid/nervous given my co-workers experiences, but by the time we left our tech seemed confident she's a girl. I suppose only time will tell for sure though...

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