So I have my a/s scheduled for March 21st, but I am just too impatient so I found a place off base that will do a 3d/4d ultrasound and tell you the gender starting at 16 weeks...which I am as of Thursday! With the Yen rate it would only cost right about $60 so not horrible. Would you ladies wait til the a/s or would you do the elective one (where the Japanese techs can basically say only 'girl' or 'boy' and give you a few pictures)? I really want to do the one off base, but I am nervous about it only being at 16 weeks, do you think there is still a big possibility that it could be wrong then (meaning telling us the wrong gender)?
Re: Should we wait?
That early it is possible they could be wrong. I would try to find people who have been there already and ask them if it was right for them. Even then I would just take the knowledge they give you and wait til your scan at your doctors office to confirm! Good luck! If one was that cheap around here I'd probably go.
P.S. what base are you at? and do you like it? DH and I are always trying to collect info on other bases, lol. Hes been at this one for 6 years and I'm just shy of 2 years here.
We are in Okinawa, Japan. The weather is nice. The being over 7000miles away from family and friends suck. The 30+ hour travel time back to see family sucks even more lol. But you make the most out of wherever the Air Force sends you! We are enjoying our time here, but we will NOT be extending! Also depending on who you talk to here they either love it because they are big into water sports (I am terrified of the ocean animals here) or they are counting down til they leave...we leave in about 30 months lol
I agree with this. we had a post yesterday all about this- last night- if you scroll down. I think the heading was "I dont get it" or something like that
I always feel like such a debbie downer on these ultrasound posts, but I feel moved to mention that an ultrasound is still a procedure and is still best undertaken in a medical environment and pictures, and finding out the sex are super-fun, obviously - but it's not something to continuously line-up for. Knowing that many people have to go multiple times just to get the "necessary" measurements done, I agree with previous posters - I'd save the cash and just do it as required.
all this said, I'd LOVE to spend some time in Japan! What a place!