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I was just wondering if the u/s technician has ever got it wrong with you or anyone you know?
I know that they can sometimes think it's a girl and then it is really a boy.
But has anyone had or know of it been the other way around where they have been told it's a boy and it's a girl?
Just thought that it would be an interesting topic.
hugs xoxo
yep - afriend of mine was told it was a boy and it came out PINK!
Yep I was told Rylee would be a boy then at a later scan was told she was a girl....
Yep, a friend of ours was told they were having a girl... bought all girl stuff and found out 2 weeks before that it was in fact a boy and had to go and buy all new stuff!!! This was only 18 months ago too so not a long time.
I've also heard of someone being told the same... but guess I wondered a) when they'd had their scan, and b) had they seen the doodle themselves? Or were they just told it was a boy without seeing any evidence.
Mind you, this is after conversation with someone who told me this... went back through my DVD with a fine-tooth comb!!
This is EXACTLY why i'm not too sure I want to find out the baby's gender!!! Fear of being told the wrong thing!!!:doh:
my cousin was told girl and had a boy. I have heard of this as a pretty "regular" occurence (when I mean regular I mean more likely) - than the other way round ie told boy and actually girl so interesting to hear Kitten and boo Boos response. I'm guessing you are probably a bit like me Amanda and wondering "maybe they got it wrong this time"???
Amanda, there is a gorgeous woman on here who was preparing for one and got the other. It is possible it was inaccurate, especially if they didn't have a clear shot or if they were only 60% certain etc. I only ever found out with my last pg what the gender was and I kept watching the video over and over again to double check LOL - I was worried he got it wrong.
uh oh, a bit of a worry seeing how many people are told boy to have a girl.... hmmmm
I'm having my 4D scan on Saturday so I'm thinking we should be able to tell 100% by then (I'll be 30 weeks) Oooooh I hope so... I've got rid of most of DD's "pink" stuff LOL
Yes me lol
I was told i was having a girl and i got a boy.....lol ah well nothing can be 100% all of the time
I was told at 19wks + some days that it "looked like boy parts", but what she was pointing out showed me no evidence of definitive "boy parts" ... and I have since seen other ultrasound pics of both genders in the galleries here ... well not long before we find out if the tech was right or not!
They got it right for me. :D
My mum was told she was having a girl right up till my brother was born....
Poor old mum had to send back alllll the PINK flowers people had sent to the hospital before my brother was born... As mum was induced (this was 23 yr ago) everyone sent PINK everything flowers teddys toys etc to mums room and when she got back after having my brother she had to ring everyone to tell them infact she was a he and sent everything back and got BLUE things
My neighbour was told at 8 different scans she was having a boy. She only found out she'd had a girl when her partner suddenly announced "this one's got a money box".
On the other side of things I got told by my sonographer that they once had a patient who had an amnio done but didn't want to know the sex. On the amnio paperwork it said girl but very clearly in the later scan boy parts were on display. The sonographer was in shock and was very glad the patient didn't want to know what sex bubs was.The scan place had to chase up with the lab that did the amnio results and when it was checked it was found to be a typo - the actual results said boy - just the report didn't. A boy was of course born.
If I hadn't had an amnio (and had the sex confirmed as male at every scan I've had since) I would not be out buying blue, I'd be going nuetral all the way and leave the colored stuff up to friends & relos once bubs is born.
I had a friend whose scan did not show TWINS!!!!!
She got an awful fright 30mins after her girl was born, cos a boy came out too! It was her first preg and she did tell the docs it felt like there were arms and legs all over the place.....
It's one thing to confuse the sex, but to miss a whole baby & an extra heart beat?? I'm suprised she didn't have a heart attack!!
With DD1 they didn't know coz she had her legs in the way. I knew she was a girl though. Gut feeling.
With DD2 I wanted a boy so bad that I convinced myself that I had that gut feeling again. The scan showed a girl, but for the next 4 1/2 months I was hoping they got it wrong. Even though I knew they didn't.
With DS I don't know what I would've done if they said girl again. Thankfully they didn't. I was scared to believe them coz I wanted it so bad, but at the next one they showed me. They pointed his boy bits out to me. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen!! Still is.
Sounds wierd I know, but I really only wanted a girl then a boy. In that order. I was really hung up on it. I dunno why. Some people have that problem.
No there is no doubt in my mind that this little one is a boy, I just thought that it would make an interestig topic to talk about, I know that they can get the girl confused with been a boy, but I didn't think that it would be possible to mistake a boy and then come out as a girl, but obviously it does happen.
Lulu wow at them totally missing the second bubba, I bet your friend was really shocked.
hugs xoxo
With Iz - they said 70% girl and they were right, and this time around, the scan shows a noodle quite clearly so I'm pretty sure it will be ok!! Pics are in my gallery. I trust my sonographer too - he has a brilliant reputation in Melbourne, and when we asked if he was sure, he went on to joke about if it comes out a girl I can bring her back and trade her in for a boy - he has a room with babies in it that he got the sex wrong on! Ok weird wicked sense of humour but that made me giggle and trust him!! Having said that Im sure if this bub comes out with a "money box"(OMG never heard that before - what a thing to say!!) then I'm we will get over it very quickly!!
I was told by my Ob it depends on where you get your ultrasound done. If you go somewhere that uses cheaper/old machines there not as clear etc. I went to this place in Perth that alot of obs prefer you to go if you can afford the out-of-pocket expense,he said there machine was roughly half-a-million whereas the scan my ob uses and alot of other places use are only around $40'000. This is what my Ob said anyway ;) I really wanted the best possible chance to find out my babies gender, so I went back to this place at my 19 week scan and was told it was 100% a girl. I didn't think anyone in that profession would use the 100% word but he did and he was right :D
casscart, where was this please? Anthony Murphy by any chance?
I has an u/s at 19weeks and was told might be a boy but more then likely a girl. I then went and had a 4D scan at 23 weeks to be told yes its a girl. both scans were done at completely different clinics and by completely different people
2 weeks before having Mateauz I asked how my little girl was at an emergency u/s adn the tech said...um if its a girl I dont want to know what that is...
baby came out a boy!
I had a very hard time telling my autistic son that the baby was actually a boy and not a girl.
Wow Maz !!
Whoa. How could they miss a whole other baby + heartbeat. Scary.
At our u/s we aren't convinced at what they told us. DP is less convinced then I am.
We got neutral stuff this time, but if it's a boy we have things from DS, and if it's a girl then we'll have some pink things to catch up on.
It's funny how with DS we didn't question the sex at all. It was so obvious. This time, not so.
Yes im pretty sure that was the place, if thats the place just outside sjog subi then thats the place.:
Oh no now I'm worried! Was told today that it's a 90% chance of a girl, she had her legs crossed and the cord between her legs but the sonographer said she was pretty sure she saw girl bits...
I was quite happy to go ahead and assume girl, my ob did a casual scan in his office at 8 weeks and picked DS as a boy. His machine wasn't very high tech so (until I read this thread) I was quite happy to go with the odds, figuring if there was a willy there it would have been seen!
AMANDA.. A guy my DH works with was told it was a boy, at 2 or 3 ultra sounds. It came out a girl... They were stoked, as they already had a 2yr old boy. So yep, it does happen.
Wow. I can't believe how many people have been told the wrong sex. I just took their word for it when they told us DS was a boy. I didn't think they got it wrong very often, seems I was wrong.
I was told DD was a boy till my 36 week scan (had one cause of my placenta position)... I had no idea what I was looking for..
This time I have been told boy again but there is no doubt in my mind that they got it wrong this time cause they have gave me a picture of his noddle (in my gallery)... with DD I didnt get a pic of the bits.
My nephew was ment to be a girl!
wow, can't believe how many get it wrong. We've been told twice it's a girl, i'm still going to get it checked in my 4D scan coming up next week.
Have any of you who were told a girl & it wasn't see the 3 lines? I'm so paranoid as everything I bought is pink hahaha even the rocking horse
On the subject of u/s machines....our experience is that yes, the ones that bulk bill are generally a bit older whereas the ones you pay $$ for are well worth the money (you get a rebate anyway). My midwife's face fell when I told her I'd been to Box Hill hossy for my second u/s as she knew immediately the place she'd initially referred us to (right across the road to Box Hill) was a whoooole lot better. We thought we were being smart by not having to pay but regret it now as we didn't get any pics done, and the screen seemed rather blurry. Our 12 week pics (at $$ place) were a whole lot clearer than the 18 weeks screen ones. Anyway, next time!
Hi,
Just a quick post from a qualified Sonographer in Australia.
Firstly, no Sonographer should ever guarentee you the gender of your baby, mistakes have and will continue to be made. However, most ultrasound machines these days are very clear and it is usually quite obvious to the Sonographer.
Secondly, the gender of your baby can only be seen in one ultrasound plane (bottom up!). Most sonographers won't reveal the gender of the baby until your Morphology scan (ie: 19wks), as the genitals are not fully developed until the 17th week.
And finally, PLEASE focus on having a HEALTHY child and stop being pre-occupied with the gender of your baby. The 19 week morphology scan is designed to assess just that... the MORPHOLOGY of the baby! It is a DIAGNOSTIC scan. If you want to know the gender, there are non-medical/non-referral practices that offer that service.
Parents of a sick or morphologically or neurogically abnormal child would give anything to have a healthy child of EITHER gender. Some people are unable to have a child. Please keep things in perspective. Whatever the gender is now, it wont change, and you will find out soon enough.
Congratulations on your pregnancy. And please keep things in perspective and enjoy your precious gift.
Hi,
Perspective!... perhaps you should focus on having a HEALTHY child!
As a qualified Sonographer, determining the gender depends on...
1. Maternal size
2. Baby's position
3. Pregnancy Gestation
You should never be GUARANTEED the sex of your baby, but if the above points are all optimal and the quality of the machine is good, then it is usually quite clear to the Sonographer.