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Was your baby's gender prediction (ultrasound) wrong?

post #1 of 33
8/25/08 at 8:18pm
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Anyone have the ultrasound say one sex and you delivered the other?

My ultrasound tech said she was 90% certain I'm having a girl. So naturally I'm thinking about pink and cute sundresses.

.....and keeping receipts.
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post #2 of 33
8/25/08 at 8:34pm
I'm wondering the same thing! the tech said she was 98% sure it was a girl, but I googled ultrasound pictures and compared mine to the ones I found, looks about the same and makes me feel a little more sure. I do remember DS was quite obvious, so if this one isn't a girl, he sure has a small package, lol.
post #3 of 33
8/25/08 at 9:00pm
not to freak you out..... but.....

i have a friend who was told with certainty that she was having a girl. right up until the end... it was confirmed by a few ultrasounds...

surprise, out popped a boy

he's 3 now and totally gorgeous!
post #4 of 33
8/25/08 at 9:28pm
I am in the same boat. Nothing is for sure until the baby comes out!

My Dr was also 90% sure it is a girl. My boys were certainly boys no doubt! Did you see the 3 lines for girl in the ultrasound? I too checked out the internet to compare. My Dr also said he'd do another at a later appointment to confirm.

We'll see!
post #5 of 33
8/25/08 at 10:03pm
my best friend's sister was told boy and had a girl
post #6 of 33
8/25/08 at 11:32pm
My BF was certain she was having a girl, but the u/s person said it was a boy. She continued talking about "what if it's a girl anyway? Does that happen?" and we all kept trying to reassure her those things are rarely wrong and don't get your hopes up to be disappointed. "Be happy with what you have!" She was so certain she was having a girl she had them do another u/s after 30wks just to make sure and they still said boy. We were all convinced. 2 u/s can't be wrong!

Well.... she had a girl! : Everyone but her was surprised!
post #7 of 33
8/26/08 at 12:56am
I think intuition is more important than the ultrasound. I knew I was having a boy with #1 and didn't ultrasound. Everyone bought yellow and green, and out popped a boy. With this one, my intuition said girl (as did the morning sickness, which I didn't have with #1) and we had an ultrasound back up with three lines showing clearly. I feel pretty confident, but check back in November for the whole story, LOL.
post #8 of 33
8/26/08 at 1:12am
I don't know about intuition, I was so sure that DS was a girl.

This one I had no clue but everyone else kept saying girl, could be that they'll still turn out to be right but with 3 us so far showing his package I'm going with the US techs.

My friend had only one US and they said girl and he wasn't. Its more common that way than the other, but it happens both ways, its less likely to happen if you are having multiple Ultrasounds though.
post #9 of 33
8/26/08 at 3:13pm
I had a co-worker who was told girl during both pregnancies... and she now has 2 boys!

Another woman I met was told girl in the middle of preg and got all girl stuff, then at 36wk u/s found out it was a boy....
post #10 of 33
8/26/08 at 5:27pm
With u/s at 28 wks. I was told my ds2 was a girl. I thought I was having a boy the whole time but after they told me girl I bought a bunch of girl stuff.

Surprise! Had to rewash all my ds1 baby stuff cause they were wrong.

No u/s this time so we are just waiting to find out.
post #11 of 33
8/26/08 at 6:24pm
I guess I'll find out in November!

I could have sworn I was having a boy but the U/S was really clear. Now I'm wondering.

At least my nursery theme is neutral. I have a classic pooh theme with greens and ivory.
post #12 of 33
8/26/08 at 11:05pm
Ultrasound was correct for all 3 of my boys. We don't know about #4 yet.
post #13 of 33
8/27/08 at 12:50pm
mt two girl ultrasounds were right. I have never personally met anyone who's ultrasound was wrong. One of the mom's in my old ddc had an ultrasound 18 some years ago and it was wrong.
post #14 of 33
8/27/08 at 1:28pm
With both of mine, the scans showed girls. There was NO doubt they were girls, IFYKWIM. !00% total girl bits. (Like we say at our house...."hamburger" on the scan)
post #15 of 33
8/27/08 at 2:46pm
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Originally Posted by avivaelona View Post
I don't know about intuition, I was so sure that DS was a girl.

This happened to me on my first! We didn't want to find out the sex, but I was fairly certain baby was a girl. When baby was born and announced it was a boy I said "Really!?".

With the second we saw the three lines and were fairly certain it was a girl...it ended up correct.

With this one due in Sept. we got the "I'm getting a pretty good look and I can't see any boy parts" So for a while we were thinking girl. Then about a month ago I started preparing my mind and the rest of our family that this just might be a boy. We wait to see now.
post #16 of 33
8/27/08 at 2:51pm
My cousins had 3 GIRL ultrasounds, and the tech said she was "95% sure" , but they got a 10+ lb boy and a lot of pink junk they couldn't take back.
post #17 of 33
8/27/08 at 6:08pm
I know a few people that recieved quite a suprise on delivery day . The most recent friend had 4 different ultrasounds as she was high risk and every technician always said girl, and she had one healthy little boy. I guess you can never be sure.
post #18 of 33
8/27/08 at 8:12pm
your all making me nervous, lol. I see 2 lines pretty clearly, but not three. The tech had several very clear shots from lots of angles, so hopefully she was right, lol. My instinct has said girl for this one as well. Everything has been totally differant from my preg with ds. Who knows. We are going to be inundated with pink things though, poor thing if it is a boy, lol.
post #19 of 33
8/27/08 at 8:13pm
Mine was correct, they said it was a boy, turns out they were right! I guess it's easier to see boys than girls?
post #20 of 33
8/28/08 at 1:27am
DH thought it was a boy for most of the pregnancy. (I waffled a lot! ) But we had an u/s at 21 weeks that said girl. She had her legs spread and we got a really good picture from below showing the "three lines."

This thread got me really scared that I would end up with a daughter with a penis! But I just had another u/s at 32 weeks. We asked the tech to confirm the sex. Wow! At 32 weeks a baby's genitals really are fully formed!! We could see all the details of the vulva. This is NOT A BOY!

Maybe some of the people who were told the wrong sex had an inexperienced u/s tech, or the baby wasn't being cooperative enough to get a clear shot, or maybe it was an earlier u/s. (My little girl is a shameless hussy and had no problem showing us her goods!)
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