To take nub theory with a pinch of salt?

[surrealpotato]

I had my first scan yesterday and I'm 13 weeks. Unfortunately, today curiosity got the better of me, and I paid a few quid for a seemingly reputable site to predict the baby's gender based on the 'nub theory' . They predicted a girl.

I don't know why I did it and really wish I hadn't. I actually don't mind what sex my baby is, only now I've got it in my head that we're having a girl... but I know they're not totally accurate so it's a false sort of knowing... In a way it's worse than having no idea.

How accurate are they really? The site was 'nubtheorycheck' and apparently it's trained professionals who check the image, but can they really tell from one blurry ultrasound?

Has anyone used that site before, and how accurate were they? I wish I'd just waited til the 20 week scan.

I've never believed it my earlier scans showed "boy" nubs and all of them are girls, I just saw it as a fun guess but not accurate at all

It was absolutely clear on my son's, I have never seen a clearer boy nub than that.

I should add, it was an extremely clear and not blurred scan picture.

My daughter's was also very clearly a girl nub, but I wasn't 100% sure.

You've been scammed, OP.

a) Midwives are not trained to read scans

b) There is nothing else I can find out on that website about the supposed network of "experts" who are looking at your scan.

My SIL was delighted to be told at 20 weeks she was having a girl after two boys. Out she went buying a gorgeous wardrobe for her baby in anticipation.
Her new baby boy wore pink for his first three months.

My eldest wasn't born in the UK. Her 12 week scan was done by the Consultant radiologist in a teaching hospital... he asked permission to explain "early sex indicators" on our baby to his students.... and then a simplified version in English for our benefit. I'm not 100% sure what he was looking at... buthe was happy to tell us that's it was "most likely" a girl at that point (confirmed at 20 weeks).

Bearing on mind he was a professional, on a live 3D scan and would only commit to "Most likely" I would treat it as a fun guess.... that has 50%chance of being right.

Also, all the photos of the supposed midwives seem very "generic". Try doing a reverse Google lookup on some of them. They seem like stock photos.

It’s 50/50 OP. Nothing more than a guess

They have approximately a 50% accuracy.

Which is the same accuracy as if you toss a coin to guess.

You can easily find out via a blood test now if you want to know.

I know sending money to charlatans on a website is probably cheaper than an actual, accurate blood test but it seems like if it’s something you want to know, there’s one way of actually knowing..

Could be. On TrustPilot though the site has something like 4.7 stars out of 5 with lots of people saying their baby's sex was predicted accurately. Can companies fake reviews?

Very sharp of you to notice that. I just did a reverse Google search on two of them, they do seem to be stock photos! CF's.

I'm not even sure I'm that desperate to know! Just stupid morbid curiosity about that dumb theory.

Oh dear! Was she told that by nub theory or at the actual scan?

You might as well give your money to Prince Monolulu!

I used a site like that with both of my DC as a bit of fun! They got DD correct DS incorrect (predicted girl)

Put your picture here. Let's have a look. If a clear nub is displayed and you can see bladder etc it's actually pretty accurate

My dm told me that years ago (50s maybe?) someone put an ad in a paper saying they could predict gender in pregnancies with something like a thumb print. £5 or money back.

Lots of people paid the £5 but even though at that point £5 was a huge amount of money, about 90% of people never claimed the money back.
They admitted fraud, and that they were working on the basis of getting 50% of the money. They didn't expect how few people actually came back to them (although were obviously delighted... until the fraud case came up.

I’m going to go massively against the grain here and say that actually nub theory is really accurate! if based on a clear scan showing the nub and only between the correct window of dates (I forget but something like between 12+3 to 13+4).
Scans at 20 weeks are not looking at the nub they’re looking at the formed genitals and these can be hard to interpret correctly at times (and at other times very obvious!)
i have one of each and both of my babies nubs were so obvious, and then confirmed at future scans. I felt confident in it, also sent to have confirmed for a few quid from one of those websites too

Not gonna lie, nub theory has always been really accurate for me and I’ve been able to guess friend’s correctly too. However it has to be an extremely clear side on image, bladder visible and from the right gestation (12w4d until about 14 weeks)

I'm not saying there's nothing in it. There probably is. I do think the site I used was a scam though.

Thankfully this site only charged a couple of quid. Makes you wonder why these so-called highly qualified professionals would work with a site like that where they obviously wouldn't be being paid?

They don't. There are no "highly qualified professionals" on that site, OP.

Post it on some of the free fb pages too and see if you get the same answer.

I have to say it was right for all 4 of my kids.