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The 3 Lines?

jessicahanes36jessicahanes36 member
in April 2015 Moms
Attention mamas who are having girls: have you ever heard of the 3 lines? my tech said its a girl because she saw 3 lines but i'm 17 weeks so i'm nervous it might not be sure!!
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  • LEMSALEMSA member
    Yes I've heard of girls having 3 lines. But I'm not sure what makes you nervous.
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  • DabriaVanDabriaVan member
    17 weeks is a little early in my opinion. I think I'd wait until you hit the 20 week mark or after to identify the sex. Just had a friend who was told she was having a girl and the very next week, found out it was a boy!!
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  • meredith6484meredith6484 member
    I am 16 weeks and they were able to a penis and testicles clearly see on Friday.
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  • Babog10Babog10 member
    I have never heard of this, what is it exactly?
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  • OneLastRefrainOneLastRefrain member
    They also call it a "hamburger". We did a u/s at 17w on Thursday and were told its a girl. We saw multiple angles. :)
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  • BBS!BBS! member
    At 16 weeks you could clearly see our son's "package" last time (sorry that's the best word I could come up with without sleep, lol). There was not a question on sex. I assume 17 weeks is pretty accurate.
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    Tyrion said:

    urchinau said:

    I like to educate myself. Definitely not sexualizing babies. I also researched the genetic testing, changes in my digestive system, etc. If there's a topic during my pregnancy that I am faced with that I know nothing about, I try better understand it. I wiki things all of the time. It could be a generational thing (I'm 26) and my friends do his too. Or it could be that I'm kind of aspergers and am really into science. I research bugs and fish and stuff, so yeah I'm pretty interested in the development of my baby.

    Kind of Aspergers? What the fuck does that mean? Were you diagnosed on the spectrum?

    As for this, I understand completely. I'm a developmental psychologist who specializes in autism spectrum disorders. Many professionals and individuals on the spectrum use the slang term as aspergery to refer to ASD traits. It does sound like you referenced some asperger like traits. Research can help many individuals reduce anxiety, especially in situations we have little control of. Good luck this pregnancy.
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  • jmhansen11jmhansen11 member
    I've heard of the "hamburger 3 lines" and I was shown those 3 lines at my 12 week NT scan. I went home and googled US pics to compare my pictures to, especially because it was so early still for me. I found it interesting and educational, plus I like to know what I'm looking at when I see it at my appointments. My OB confirmed the 3 lines at my 15 week scan so I guess I was lucky in finding out so early. I've been surprised to see people just finding out now!
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  • jessicahanes36jessicahanes36 member
    edited November 2014
    thank you for all your feedback
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    snowbigdeal said:
    The whole hamburger thing is simultaneously grossing me out and pissing me off.
    Kind of a gross way to describe it, but really a pretty accurate description. I don't know why something that doctors legitimately say would "piss you off". 
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    snowbigdeal said:




    OneLastRefrain said:


    snowbigdeal said:

    The whole hamburger thing is simultaneously grossing me out and pissing me off.

    Kind of a gross way to describe it, but really a pretty accurate description. I don't know why something that doctors legitimately say would "piss you off". 

    Yeah, I guess I don't have a good logical reason for why it pisses me off, but it does. I'll think about it more to see if I can get to the root of my emotional reaction to it. Could just be that it is a terrible visual metaphor. Whether or not it is something that doctors "legitimately" say, however, has nothing to do with it. There are many things within the medical industry that piss me off, and just because a doctor says something doesn't mean that I have to accept it as accurate or true or okay. But that is a conversation for another day.


    Just because a doctor says something doesn't make it less disgusting to compare fetal genitalia to a hamburger.

    Also gross out warning:

    The only time I've heard a vulva/ hamburger comparison is in health class when the teacher was referring to swollen pregnancy/std infected labia. That's a difficult image to unsee.
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  • Timmieo2oolTimmieo2ool member
    Congrats on your baby girl! I have 4 girls and on each of their ultrasounds there were 3 lines. I see a perinatologist starting at 12 wks so I get several ultrasounds throughout my pregnancies. We were able to tell at 16 wks that we were expecting a girl. The dr always warns that sometimes it may be difficult to tell if the baby is a boy or girl so early depending on the baby's size and position at the time of the ultrasound.
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  • OneLastRefrainOneLastRefrain member
    sleepeeps said:
    OneLastRefrain said:

    snowbigdeal said:
    The whole hamburger thing is simultaneously grossing me out and pissing me off.
    Kind of a gross way to describe it, but really a pretty accurate description. I don't know why something that doctors legitimately say would "piss you off". 
    Yeah, I guess I don't have a good logical reason for why it pisses me off, but it does. I'll think about it more to see if I can get to the root of my emotional reaction to it. Could just be that it is a terrible visual metaphor. Whether or not it is something that doctors "legitimately" say, however, has nothing to do with it. There are many things within the medical industry that piss me off, and just because a doctor says something doesn't mean that I have to accept it as accurate or true or okay. But that is a conversation for another day.
    Just because a doctor says something doesn't make it less disgusting to compare fetal genitalia to a hamburger. Also gross out warning: The only time I've heard a vulva/ hamburger comparison is in health class when the teacher was referring to swollen pregnancy/std infected labia. That's a difficult image to unsee.
    Being grossed out is not the same as pissed off. JMO. 

    And I could see your point if it was describing the actual baby's vagina in person, but it's three marks on a black and white scan. Again, my opinion, not that disgusting. Certainly not "STD infected vulva" level of disgusting lol. 
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    snowbigdeal said:

    OneLastRefrain said:
    sleepeeps said:
    OneLastRefrain said:

    snowbigdeal said:
    The whole hamburger thing is simultaneously grossing me out and pissing me off.
    Kind of a gross way to describe it, but really a pretty accurate description. I don't know why something that doctors legitimately say would "piss you off". 
    Yeah, I guess I don't have a good logical reason for why it pisses me off, but it does. I'll think about it more to see if I can get to the root of my emotional reaction to it. Could just be that it is a terrible visual metaphor. Whether or not it is something that doctors "legitimately" say, however, has nothing to do with it. There are many things within the medical industry that piss me off, and just because a doctor says something doesn't mean that I have to accept it as accurate or true or okay. But that is a conversation for another day.
    Just because a doctor says something doesn't make it less disgusting to compare fetal genitalia to a hamburger. Also gross out warning: The only time I've heard a vulva/ hamburger comparison is in health class when the teacher was referring to swollen pregnancy/std infected labia. That's a difficult image to unsee.
    Being grossed out is not the same as pissed off. JMO. 

    And I could see your point if it was describing the actual baby's vagina in person, but it's three marks on a black and white scan. Again, my opinion, not that disgusting. Certainly not "STD infected vulva" level of disgusting lol. 
    Why are you WKing the hamburger crotch, @onelastrefrain? Why so defensive of it? Who cares? Just curious.
    Because I either brought it up or echoed that at my scan on Thursday, that's what it was called. No other reason!  :) 
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