First time mom, curious about anatomy scan.

Re: First time mom, curious about anatomy scan.

• LaceyBee522 member

  January 2018

  Hi @lyssalouloukelley please take a moment to read through the "Read this first" thread and introduce yourself on the "Introduction Part 2" thread. I'm sure you already know this, but no one on this board can tell you the sex of your baby better than you doctor.

  

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• TravelingCouple member

  January 2018

  How many weeks are you? They have the range of weeks for the A/S because if they try to check too early, there are risks of them getting it wrong or not being able to tell. I know it's tough to wait but try not to think about it too much until your anatomy scan. When I was pregnant with my DS my placenta was anterior too and they could still tell he was a boy at 19 weeks and they were right.

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• pupsicle23 member

  January 2018

  LaceyBee522 said:

  Hi @lyssalouloukelley please take a moment to read through the "Read this first" thread and introduce yourself on the "Introduction Part 2" thread. I'm sure you already know this, but no one on this board can tell you the sex of your baby better than you doctor.

  This, and also I do know someone whose doctor incorrectly guessed a baby’s sex before the anatomy scan.  They ran with it and were sure they were having a girl, then discovered it was a boy. Obviously doctors know best, but I don’t think it’s responsible of her to speculate based on my friend’s experience since it might make people run out and buy pink clothes if that’s what they’re into.

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• lyssalouloukelley member

  January 2018 edited January 2018

  I am 16w+6d. I am just so excited, when he said "no boy parts" I was so happy. I just wanted to know if someone had received a gender for one scan and it be different in another. 
  

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• izza2 member

  January 2018

  lyssalouloukelley said:

  I am 16w+6d. I am just so excited, when he said "no boy parts" I was so happy. I just wanted to know if someone had received a gender for one scan and it be different in another. 
  

  lyssalouloukelley said:

  I know that y'all can't give me a for sure answer that I have to wait until my actual anatomy scan but I just wanted to know if any of you ladies had a doctor tell you that they were pretty sure about a gender and it being right or if it had changed.
  
  I have an anterior placenta, I found that out yesterday. My doctor was having problems finding the heart beat on the doppler so she used the ultrasound machine and found it right away. I had told her that I had thought that it was a boy because of the dreams I was having. She said since she could see the baby's bottom she would see if she could see anything. She didnt see any boy parts and fairly sure that it is a girl, but will know for sure in 4 weeks. She identified the umbilical cord and it wasn't between the baby's legs. Have you ladies ever had an experience like that and the doctor being right or did the gender change at a later scan.
  

  It happens. Not super frequently, but it happens.
  That's why you wait until you're closer to 20 weeks to get results from the anatomy scan, or go through NIPT testing, which can still have a minor margin of error.
  There are even some women who are told at their anatomy scans they're having one sex, and give birth and find out baby is another sex.
  
  
  The only 100% accurate way to know your baby's sex is to give birth.

  

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• torileea member

  January 2018

  @lyssalouloukelley I’ll be able to answer this on the 28, I had an ultrasound around 14.5 and looked like a girl but boy parts could drop between now and then

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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