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I had a baby bond scan at 16weeks and they said definitely girl, the sonographer said they only announce it once they've checked 3 or 4 times from various angles and have to be confident enough that if it were theirs they would be happy to buy pink or blue.

She said they ask you to go back if they can't get the correct shots.

We had it confirmed at the 20week anomaly scan too.

I hope they didn't get it wrong as we have a pink nursery and a wardrobe full of girly clothes waiting for her!

A friend at work was told she was having a boy and had a girl.

weeblueberry the 20 week scan said it looked like a girl but the position wasn't great so she couldn't be sure.

We were left a bit

The guy at baby bond said he was 95% sure it was a boy. I wouldn't trust a scan now unless I saw it with my own eyes in 3d!

I know one lady who was told girl in both her first two pregnancies and she had a boy both times. An actual girl third time but she didn't trust it one bit until she'd had her.

Another friend of mine was told girl and later boy at another scan and turned out to be a boy at birth.

These were both at the same hospital.

Chubbychipmonk, don't worry - determining sex on ultrasound is an advanced skill - unless you are an experienced ultrasonographer specialising in antenatal scans, you wouldn't be able to reliably identify boy bits. It could have been the cord that you saw, or anything really. You've still got a 50% chance of a girl IMO

My cousin was told it was a boy at a private scan, it was a girl.

It happened to someone on the same ward as me when i had my DD, poor woman, she had a girl and all her presents were blue

I was told two days before DD she would be 7lb, she was 9b 9oz

Thanks twitchy, I'm less likely to believe what my DH thinks he saw, ' it def looked like the pic of a willy & balls that you see drawn on a blackboard at school'.
But it was when she was scanning thigh I saw what I thought looked like balls (definate bulge) near top of legs but no willy
I'm gonna end up going for a private scan myself at this rate!

I saw ds2's bits on his scan even though we really didn't want to know. dh saw as well and we thought the obs saw that we saw because he moved the scanner away really fast.

Cadmum my friend's ds cried for an hour when he found out he had a fourth sister!

Seen it a few times as i work on labour ward. One couple were so devasted it was like they were in denial that baby boy was their's. They'd bought everything pink too.

Which is why I didn't find out last time & won't this time eithrr

Chubbychipmonk, google image "20 weeks scan boy" and see what the signs really are. They are subtle and I really don't believe most people could tell from a quick glance far away from the screen. Definitely not willy and balls on a blackboard...

Of course, your DH has a 50% chance of being right anyway, in which case I expect he will crow that he knew all along and has amazing ultrasound interpretation skills

We were told boy. Sonographer told us there was a chance of error 'but if I'm wrong, I've never seen a vagina that looks that much like a penis'.
DS supposedly had it all on display but TBH I couldn't make head or tail. It all looked like squashy alien to me.

Twice I have seen parents in Mothercare exchanging clothes and equipment because the baby was born a different gender to what the scan had said. Unfortunately the majority of baby clothing and equipment seems to now be pink or blue, rather than a gender neuteral colour such as cream or lemon.

My friend was told a girl but had a boy. It resulted in bonding problems as the whole birth was quite traumatic! We had 4D scans both times, partly to confirm what the normal scans had said!

To add to the confusion, I've since seen a psychic who told me I was having a boy. . . But that's a different thread entirely!!!

Mine were all correct - 2 boys then a girl. The sonographer showed me what she called 'the hamburger' to show the girl bits.

I don't actually know anyone whose been told the wrong sex but am sure it does happen.

I wasn't too bothered about finding out with dc2 and said if the sonographer could see clearly, then perhaps we would like to find out. She put the wand on and up on the screen flashed... a penis and balls. The sonographer laughed and said 'well that's clear then'. 3 seconds later she said 'and there he is having a wee'. You could see his bladder emptying and the fluid moving through his penis. Definitely a boy. Had another scan at 36 weeks to check position and the consultant remarked 'what an enormous scrotum'.

With dd, the sonographer couldn't tell what we were having. She wouldn't wake up or uncross her legs and it was all completely hidden. We had to go back for another scan as they couldn't get any measurements. It was fairly clearly a girl at the 2nd scan.

Didn't realise you could see them having a wee! Wow!