My sonographer told us at 12 weeks he was 80% sure it was a boy...we took it with a grain of salt and in our minds, we genuinely didn't know what we were having as we thought it was just waaay too early to tell. We just forgot about it after a little while.
It was only a while after he was born that we thought...hey, he was right!
They can apparently have a go at 12 weeks, but it's pretty iffy, that why they usually won't tell you then. I do know a couple of people who were told what the sex might be at 12 weeks.
I wouldn't be feeling too confident either way with that response.. with DD we were told it was a 70% chance and this time around the sonographer was very sure and looking at the pics (in my gallery!) we are too. Having said that, I have a little space in the back of my mind open to the fact that scans are not an exact science and that this bubby could surprise us all by being another little girl! I have bought boy stuff and am about to decorate his room etc. but know that all might change in 8 weeks time... It's a tough one but it doesn't sound like he was too sure either way.
My neighbour was told on I think 8 different occasions that she was having a boy. She had a girl. This was about 10 years ago so I guess the machines are better these days but I still would've thought they would've got it right somewhere along the line. She only found out it was a girl at the birth.
I would never have gone out buying blue clothes for my bub if I hadn't known for sure that it was indeed a he. I knew this as we'd had an amnio. Even so my sonographer told me of an incident where an amnio report said one sex and the ultrasound clearly showed the opposite sex. Turned out the person typing the amnio report and done a typo - the actual results showed it was the sex that matched the scan. Luckily the parents of the bub didn't want to know the sex so there was no disappointment involved.
Thanks guys. Im still not 'sure' if its a boy or girl, but I think its a boy based on the sonographers educated guess. We dont want another scan at this stage because it is kind of 'fun' not really knowing.
We found out our first DS was a boy at 19 weeks and there was never any doubt of this at any one of the 4 scans I had. The sonographers (and my Obs) were always sure and showed me the appropriate 'evidence' then (Ie the view from underneath). I suppose I just expected this time to be the same. I thought it should be pretty obvious if it is a boy, but apparently not. I never knew that they got it wrong so many times.
I was told the gender with my twins, boy & girl, they were correct.
Didn't find out with my next daughter, although I was admitted to hosp at 37 weeks, and the midwife accidently told me, as it was written on my u/s results.
Wanted to find out with my last daughter, but couldn't tell at 20 week scan, asked at 32 weeks, were told it looked like a boy - but she wasn't 100% as what she could see may not be a scrotum at all but a foot!!! Would have preferred not to have been told at all. She was wrong anyway - it was a girl!!!
Don't think I will find out this time.
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It's a tough one but it doesn't sound like he was too sure either way.
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