Accuracy of 15 week ultrasound (Gender) - Page 2

[MyZoeJane]

If he's skilled and if his equipment is up to date... then 15 weeks can yeild a very accurate scan for gender. I had my friend scan me at 15 weeks +4 days and she CLEARLY showed me my boy's twig and berries!

When I had my 19 week scan a couple of weeks ago, my doctor confirmed that I was, indeed, having a boy. FWIW, a GOOD ultrasound tech will NOT "guess".... and will only give an answer if they are VERY sure they are correct. (My friend said that unless she was 98% sure, she will NOT say either way!)

[Asher]

Originally Posted by mommy2two babes

I would say that it is more accurate if they are saying boy it is pretty certain.
I might be a bit leary if they were saying girl this early.
I found out my DS was a boy at 13 weeks, He was showing off his equipment for us on the ultrasound

I agree. If they saw his bits and pieces, it's a lot more accurate than a girl guess of "Well...I don't see anything so must be a girl!" Trust me, that's what they told us at 16 weeks with my oldest!

I might have my almost 16wk u/s on-line where they showed this bubs gender if you want to compare it. I agree with in-gender, though at this point if he actually saw boy parts, I'd say you're pretty good to go.

Good luck!

[Charlize]

I'm really not sure what the sonographer saw. I think that's why I'm in disbelief.

At the time of the ultrasound, I did NOT want to know. I told DH if I found out, I wanted him to be the one to tell me. The sonographer typed up on the screen "Boy" for everyone else to see. It was DH's last night here before having to go back to where he's stationed, so he snuck a little boy's outfit in my purse to tell me. (He could not have kept it a secret until October if his life depended on it - I'll just put it that way.) That's how I found out. Lol. Had I wanted to know during the ultrasound, I'm sure the sonographer would've pointed out the baby's goods. -Sigh- I'll give him a call on Monday and see if he remembers what he saw and what he didn't as well as when I can come back to make sure everything is there in the boy department.

[Charlize]

Okay.

I just talked to my in-laws on the phone. (They were present at the ultrasound as it was at the doctor's office my MIL works at.) My MIL didn't really see anything. She was watching my husband's face for his expression when/if the sonographer typed his thoughts on gender, which he did. My FIL did see the frame he froze when the baby moved just right and said it looked "oblong" and the sonographer really studied it for awhile. But not definitely like a turtle. Hmm.

[gbop1983]

Hi, i'm due to go for a 15 week scan tomorrow. I have been reading your posts and was just wondering if your baby did turn out to be a boy? I'm also hoping for a boy and was hoping it would be accurate enough to start buying colours! Many thanks & i hope that you got the little boy you hoped for. x

[MaerynPearl]

Nope, the tech was wrong, she had a girl (check her recent posts, in december she was talking about how DD3 was already teething)

at 15 weeks it can still be quite hard to distinguish between male and female, even for a highly trained tech.

[Mamatoto2]

I didn't find out gender with my first 2, but I was having significant complications with this pregnancy and I ended up alone in the ER in the middle of the night with major bleeding at exactly 15 weeks. After she spent 20 min. examining me in silence with the screen turned away from me, the US tech turned the screen to me, and showed me a strongly beating heart (I started breathing again). I asked if she could tell the gender (I just really needed to connect as personally as possible with the little fighter in my belly) and she said that she could take an educated guess but made no promises for accuracy at such an early stage. Well, I've had about a jillion USs since then to monitor the hemorrhages in my uterus and every one of them has been in agreement with the 15-week prediction. So, in my case at least it was correct (but DH and I swore we'd keep it to ourselves, so I can't say what the correct prediction was).

[MaerynPearl]

Originally Posted by Mamatoto2

she said that she could take an educated guess but made no promises for accuracy at such an early stage. Well, I've had about a jillion USs since then to monitor the hemorrhages in my uterus and every one of them has been in agreement with the 15-week prediction.

Well it IS a 50/50 chance of getting it right...

[JorgieGirl]

I see so many posts like this, and not just on this forum. So much stress over something that has an easy, 100% guaranteed accurate way of determining sex.


Birth.

[finnegansmom]

Originally Posted by JorgieGirl

I see so many posts like this, and not just on this forum. So much stress over something that has an easy, 100% guaranteed accurate way of determining sex.


Birth.

Word.

[Mamatoto2]

Originally Posted by MaerynPearl

Well it IS a 50/50 chance of getting it right...

Yes, that's true I suppose. It just so happens that at every US from week 15 on (had 2 at 15w, 1 at 16w, 17w, 19w, 21w, etc) every US tech said the same thing (and I didn't tel them anything first). Just reporting a personal experience.

ETA: As I mentioned, I didn't find out the gender with baby#1 or #2. I opted to find out with this pregnancy because there was a very real chance that I would be finding out the gender of my child not at the birth but rather during a 2nd tri miscarriage. With that possibility looming, I just didn't want to find out the gender when I lost my child, so I found out when I knew that the heart was still beating....I'm not an advocate of unnecessary USs, and finding out gender is a personal decision, but sometimes we forget that a healthy live birth is a gift not a guarantee.