thread: Being told the sex at the 12wk scan.

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  1. #1
    BellyBelly Life Member

    Jul 2004
    House of the crazy cat ladies...
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    I too asked the sonographer for an educated guess for DS's 13 weeks scan, and she was right!

    At DD's 13 week scan the sonographer wouldn't even attempt to guess.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Mar 2006
    4,542

    How fascinating. I never knew you could find out the sex so early. And you can have it double checked at the 20 week scan. How cool.
    Last edited by Liviam; January 21st, 2009 at 09:10 PM.

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Oct 2007
    Caroline Springs
    2,341

    Our sonographer at the 12 week scan wouldn't even give us his guess, he just told us to ask at our 19 week scan. At our 19 week scan the sonographer said he was 99% sure he was correct with the sex, and I had our obstetrician confirm it yesterday with his in-office ultrasound machine. I feel confident with our gender-specific clothing purchases now, hehehe.

  4. #4
    Registered User

    May 2005
    Canberra
    3,617

    I like all these positive stories

    I would like to know, but it isn't really a problem if they are wrong. we already have one of each, so we don't need to buy anything - which I am a little sad about - we still have some outfits from the other two that haven't even had the tags pulled off. Plus I think DH would actually prefer another little girl, so now he has more time to get his head around it (and if they are wrong it's an added surprise).

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Apr 2007
    Gold Coast
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    Yep, I found out we were having a boy at the 12 week scan. It all depends on how experienced the sonographer is. Those that say they won't attempt to look, are generally the ones that aren't that experienced. My sonographer had over 20 years experience & boy you could tell. She zoomed around picking out body parts so quickly, I knew she knew her stuff. My Obstetrician said that if they say a boy, then there's a good chance it is, though if they say girl, the willy could just be hiding.

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Sep 2007
    Sunny QLD
    65

    We found out at my 9 weeks scan what the OB believed it would be and the OB was right is was a boy.

  7. #7
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber & MPM

    Feb 2007
    Melbourne
    5,462

    My friend was told at her 12 week scan that she was having a girl and yep, she was a girl .

    I'm having a 12 week scan in a few weeks and am really curious if the sonographer will be able to tell. The one I saw with DS1 wouldn't even try to guess and I didn't have the 12 week scan with DS2. Apparently another way of finding out is to look at your babies "nub" in the u/s pic. Google "gender nub" if you want to find out more!

  8. #8
    Registered User

    Dec 2006
    Gippsland Vic
    1,686

    We asked at the 12 week scan but they would'nt even attempt to look, perhaps because we live in the country. But after looking into gender nubs and our previous US from other bubs we were pretty sure we were having a girl, and the 20 week scan confirmed. Very exciting stuff. There is a site angle of the dangle, one girl on there is very accurate in her reading of the scans if anyone has a good shot and wants to check it's a good place to go.

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    Sep 2007
    South Gippsland
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    How fascinating. I never knew you could find out the sex so early. And you can have it double checked at the 20 week scan. How cool.
    I am blown away by this as well, I thought bubs gender wasn't clear until 17 weeks coz bits can still go up or down still at 13 weeks HUH shows how much I know!!

    Thats awesome I am so gunna try and check when I get that far