To think the sonographer could be wrong?

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I’ve been told girl but I just feel like it’s protruding too much? AIBU to question this or do I just trust what the trained sonographer says? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Any parents with girls out here who had similar potty shots? I don’t know whether to book another scan somewhere else

One of mine was mistaken for a girl at 17weeks. Sonographer did say legs were kind of crossed but was sure it was a girl. I was having scans every few weeks on high risk pregnancy and by 20 weeks "she" had grown a willy 😂
Sonographer was so apologetic and said she'd never been wrong before! but we didn't care. I was still prepared for it to change again at birth just in case

They can get it wrong, but most of time they don't. I would say it's not obviously a girl or boy in that one image but they will be going off what they saw during the scan as well, the photo might just have been taken at a blurry moment.

You'll have a clearer view in a few weeks at your 20 week scan where many hospitals confirm it if you want to know. Or just book another scan for 2 weeks time.

It does amaze me in this day and age of equal opportunities etc that people are so keen to find out whether the baby is a boy or girl.
The twenty weeks scan is for abnormalities and not just looking the presence or not of a penis. It isn't that long ago that we weren't allowed to know.

OP had a private scan, this isn't the 20 week NHS scan.

Finding out before birth doesn't take anything away from believing in equal opportunities.

Wishing you a safe pregnancy and healthy baby. 🩷

It looks like a girl, but it doesn’t really matter. Just let your son know that you won’t know until the baby is born. It’s strange to mention worrying about it, it’s not an issue. If you’re told the baby is a girl and baby turns out to be a boy, it will be a lovely surprise.

I have no idea how to interpret ultrasound scans and I'm not medical, but I've recently had my 20 week NHS scan and was told I'm having a boy, and his penis was VERY obvious on the ultrasound when the sonographer showed me the same angle as your picture.

I already have a little boy and he always talked about having a baby sister, he didn't want a brother because 'he only likes girls'. However, when I told him I had a baby growing in my tummy and the doctors think it's a boy, he didn't even mention a sister, he was just really excited to have a little brother! I'm sure your son will be happy and excited to meet his new siblings, whatever the sex.

Being pregnant is a strange time and it's easy to get anxious, but something like a sibling having a preference will work itself out whatever happens, so try your best not to worry x

It was purely organisational in my case. I was having twins, and already had a girl, in a small house, so it was to know if I should keep her clothes or clear out.
I personally like the surprise at birth but being told I was having twins was the surprise in that case 😂

It can sometimes be wrong! It was it the mid 80s but scans were a relatively new thing. My “baby sister” came out with a willy and balls - my 3rd little brother!

Worried?

It sounds like you’re desperate for a girl and scared to get your hopes up. I was the exact same after 2 boys I really wanted a girl, they told me girl at my nhs scan and I didn’t believe them because I told the sonographer I’d love a girl I felt like she was just saying it to make me happy, I also booked a private 3D scan, they couldn’t tell and I had to go for a walk, do some star jumps and go back, they finally agreed girl but they didn’t seem confident so again I didn’t believe them. First thing I done when my baby gushed out was opened the legs to double check! 😂🙈 it was the princess I’d dreamed off, I can assure you it’s going to be a girl 🩷

Jesus Christ, I don’t normally comment on threads, but you’ve had as rough of a ride with comments as the woman who cheats on her perfectly nice husband yesterday!! Nothing wrong with taking your son and nothing wrong with wanting to know the gender!! I’m no sonographer, but looks like a girl to me. Could always book another though if it would put your mind at ease - I had loads of scans with my daughter! I did a sneak peak blood test at 6 weeks too - what would the soapbox posters think of that! Shock horror! Sorry to hear about your losses. Good luck with your pregnancy!

I thought it was a baby T-Rex's head.

I've been at two births where the expected baby girl came with a surprise package. Scans are never 100 percent, I really like the way someone worded it to prepare your son just in case.

Hope your anomaly scan goes smoothly, I can imagine it must be an anxious time given your previous experience.

I know someone who’s son turned out to be a daughter and it caused a lot of issues with PND and so because she had this expectation and she’d named him etc.
I don’t see any harm in knowing if you want to, but people need to be aware that they can make mistakes.
i didn’t find out with any of mine because I was so paranoid after her experience, I never regretted not knowing, tho with my last baby it might have made naming her easier as we could NOT agree on a boys name, had we known she was a girl we could have saved a lot of time. 😂

Worry about? What could there be to worry about with regard to the baby’s sex?

I guess you'll just never know for sure...

Congratulations OP, 🎊 hope your pregnancy goes smoothly

My daughter in law had a lovely Baby Shower for her unborn baby ‘girl’
2 months later baby was born … surprise it’s a boy.
This was only a few years ago.

Wouldn't it be simpler to wait a few months and just see what the baby is then why the need to know now?

It's expensive, but if you paid for private NIPT testing, you could find out the gender with 99%+ accuracy. I had NIPT as the hospital couldn't get a nuchal fold measurement at my 12 week scan so we went private for the testing and they were able to confirm the sex when the results came through.

You could ring them and ask. I'm sure they wouldn't mind. or bring it to a doctor and see what they think. Your next scan should confirm it

Well it would only be a lovely little boy if they are wrong.

I received very unexpected bad news at a private scan (heartbeat had stopped) having had a great 12 week NHS one. I know statistically that’s unusual and I don’t want to bring down the mood. But worth bearing in mind that even these ‘fun’ private scans aren’t always straightforward. I’m certainly glad my son wasn’t present at mine.

Why worry? What's the big issue and why would it be a worry if they got the sex wrong.(apart from over investing in who your baby is at this point)