Gender wrong at U/S??
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Gender wrong at U/S??
| Thu, 06-30-2011 - 7:22pm |
This came up in another post so figured id just start a new one... Has anyone had this happen to them? If so how far were you during that ultrasound?? Personally ive never had a tech be wrong. Mine is most definetely a girl no mistaken that.. IF it was wrong Dh would be devastated lol..
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I wish I could chime in with that one but I've never had it happen. I'm going on my 3rd boy and it's always been really obvious. However, my ex-husband's Aunt was told she was having a girl twice and she had boys both times but that was 15 years ago and ultrasounds have come a long way. You know what would be interesting, being told you're having a boy and it's actually a girl. I read about that...the umbilical cord was mistaken for a penis. My DD keeps asking me if I'm SURE this is a boy and not just the umbilical cord now.
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Thats crazy! Most techs can see where the umbilical cord is so its amazing to me that it could be wrong.. I have seen alot of woman (not just this board but others) gettin gender results as early as 12-13 wks that just seems crazy! And can understand it being wrong THAT early.. but 18-20 wks it should be more than obvious lol
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I know of 2 people it's happened to...but I think it's pretty rare. I don't think there is anything wrong with asking your tech if he/she has ever been wrong. I live in a small town and there is only one ultrasound tech that does standard prenatal care ultrasounds. He's done thousands over the years. He told us he's been wrong 3 times...and all of those cases were because the baby's development wasn't typical, there were drug issues, etc. He wouldn't take a look at this baby's gender at 15 weeks--probably because he has such a great track record he doesn't want to screw that up!
That said, just find out how experienced your ultrasound tech is...if they've been doing it everyday for years and years you probably don't have a thing to worry about.
I remember being really concerned about this during my first pregnancy--even though it was VERY CLEAR that he was a boy!
It happened to my sister, but usually what happens and most people dont tell you is that the us tech usually gives them a guess based on what they see and they give you a percentage of probability. With my sister, they told her they would about 80% sure it was a girl, we had a baby shower etc and at 32 weeks she got dehydrated, went to hospital they gave her an ultrasound and it was a boy.
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Oh boy--you guys have me worried right about now LOL!!!
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