How common is it to get baby's gender wrong?

We've been told twice we're having a boy, and the second time in particular, the ultrasound tech sounded very confident.

Still, I know it happens that they get the baby's gender wrong, but I was wondering if it is very common?

I asked this question as well

apparently the sonographer reckons that you can't get it wrong with a boy but you can get it wrong with a girl.

Eg: if it's a boy but his tackle is tucked away then it can look like a girl....

I was told i was carrying a girl at 19 weeks...only to be then told it was in fact a boy at 21 weeks and again at 33 weeks....im praying it is still a boy!

I'm not sure, but I know boys are more obvious. They got it right with both my boys ;)

I only know of 1 person who was told the wrong sex, she was told boy and it turned out to be a girl. Another girl i know was told by the sonographer that she was unable to determine sex, so went through her pregnancy not knowing.

Most sonographers won't tell you what it is 100% certain - cos there is always margin for error.

I know heaps of stories of babies coming out the other sex!!!

Most of the stories though - have been ones that they say are girls - turn out to be boys.. hardly ever the other way round - usually hard to miss a penis!!!

Just buy lots of white and yellow..lol

I know I'm carrying a boy because I saw his bits for myself lol

I have had 3 scans 1st said boy, 2nd couldn't determin and 3rd couldn't determin i have 1 more scan next week and will ask again!

I have had a couple of friends be told they were having a boy and it turned out a girl!

My boys were correct but there was no mistaking that they were boys at the u/s.

I`ve heard they can often make mistakes with girls and you end up with a boy.

With DS's ultrasound you couldnt miss that he was a boy. VERY obvious. DD's first scan told us it was a girl.. i so couldnt see it so had a 2nd scan. They also said she was a girl and showed me but still kinda hard to see.. so yeh boys are usually easy to spot.. girls not so.

When I had my u/s with DD you could tell that there was a 'hamburger'..or 3 strips.

I had 2 u/s with youngest DS and was told at 19 weeks...maybe boy, maybe girl..more then likely girl, 23 week 4D confirmed GIRL and emergency 37 1/2 week u/s BOY!

I dont think anything is 100 % until you actually are holding your baby and its earth side to know the sex. You cant really say its a girl when your looking at a penis :lol:

My neighbour was told at 8 different ultrasounds that she was expecting a boy but out popped a girl.

My half sister was told the wrong sex both times. She was told girl with first baby, and had a boy. And was told a boy with the 2nd child and had a girl!!!!

I never knew the sex of my first 2 children, but I could tell there was SOMETHING there in the ultrasound film with my son's pregnancy. My sister agreed.

I had several ultrasounds with my daughter Laura (as she was breech) and asked every time to check.

If you're told at the 20 week scan or later that's usually pretty accurate. That said, much also depends on the skill of the person doing the scan and the equipment used. There can be vast differences between the equipment being used by a regular sonographer at a suburban radiology clinic, and that being used by a specialist at a private ultrasound clinic that routinely deals with high risk pregnancies (but also sees low risk women for morphology scans). I've had scans in both and the difference is quite marked.

When the sex is told earlier than 20 weeks or so, the margin of error is higher though many people are still told accurately.

We were told at 14 weeks that our DS was a girl. Luckily we didn't go and paint his room pink...I just didn't feel he was a girl and sure enough at his 20 week scan he most certainly was not :lol:

I was just about to post a thread about this, its my 20 week scan tomorrow and im DYING to know what sex it is!! So even the 4D scans can be wrong?!

They always knew straight away that mine were boys! But I know someone who was told the WHOLE time, throught 4 scans, that she was having a girl and she had a boy, who went home in pink to a pink room lol