Question about finding out sex of baby (or not!) at 20 week scan.

[Tobily]

They do have to look just to check that what's supposed to be there, is there. Just because they were quick though doesn't mean it's a boy. They look at these scans all day long so they get pretty adept at it.
I remember with DS as soon as she started the scan the sonographer said "would you like to know the sex" and we said yes, she ran the transducer down there and looked for about 2 seconds before telling us he was a boy.
Even if you watch the dvd it's very unlikely you will identify it especially if she only had a quick look. Even when it's glaringly obvious most people need it pointed out before they can make out what they're looking at...then it's kind of "Oh Yeah!! I can see it now!!".

[PinkPalace]

Jac

YOu know this sounded EXACTLY like what happened to us with dd#1.

The dr said so do you want to know what the sex is.. and we said NO.

ANd he said " Well i better move the scanner then as it is very obvious!!!"

We were a little miffed by it all and so assumed it was a boy for the next 21 weeks. Even had boys names picked out, told people it was a boy.... and didnt even ask at the birth what gender it was until the midwife said.... "do you want to know what you had" about 10 minutes later. And we said oh yeah ok.

ANd she was a girl!!!!

What a surprise that was

We thought for sure if it was obvious it had to be a boy but ..... you cant take what they say to mean that obviously in our experience.

[Doing my best]

Hi,

Our sonographer said that it is quite obvious to them by the shape of the pelvic region. But maybe that was just her experience. We did want to know (well DH did and I caved in) and were told within about 2 seconds.

Friends of ours who wanted to know, couldn't be told for sure because the cord was between the legs, but the shape of the area was showing that of a girl, and they had a girl.

As others have said, these people do this all day, so they can tell things from a quick glance.. I know in my line of work, I can get the gist of things from a quick glance, whereas others would have no idea what I was looking at.