Did my friend lie about miscarrage

[Tia2005]

Ok I no this sounds bad I think my friend lied about having a miscarrage she said she was 3 weeks gone , she had heavy bleeding so she went to the doctors the doctor said to her go hospital she said they did 2 scans and it was a boy and the hospital want to keep her in and gave her tablets , I had a miscarrage at 3 weeks I had a scan they couldn't see anything so they did hgc over 3 days and they were getting lower and they said I will miscarrage and I did a day later I feel bad for thinking she is telling lies is it even possible to tell the sex of baby at 3 weeks

No it's not possible to tell the sex. I thought you couldn't do a pregnancy test until you were 4 weeks gone...

You're no friend.

At three weeks pregnant you haven't even missed a period yet, the embryo hasn't implanted and only the most sensitive pregnancy tests would give a positive reading. Do you actually mean five weeks pregnant? It's counted from the first day of your last period, not from the likely conception date, which is usually around two weeks into your cycle. Even so, at five weeks, the embryo is tiny, and no, a scan could not tell the sex.

Can you think of a reason why your friend would be inventing things - does she have a tendency to drama, attention-seeking etc?

Did she get mixed up about the number of weeks?

Sad situation. There's no possible way at 3 weeks you would know boy or girl, at 3 weeks or 5 from LMP it's a cluster of cells.
I had a MC at 5 weeks and didn't even see a sac on the scan.
maybe approach the subject carefully. Youv had a MC yourself so know whats what, you could just day look I'm your friend an hear for you know matter what, but iv been through a MC an know the procsess, I also know it's not possible to know the gender at that stage, what's going on.
Sounds a bit strange x

Most sonographers won't offer a sexing scan until 16 weeks, though I know of people who've been told at private scans at 12-13 weeks. 5 weeks is the earliest an embryo is visible and it would be 1-2mm with no heartbeat.
However, I have always thought of my losses (at 8-10 weeks well before I could find out the sex) as one gender or the other based on nothing but gut feeling. It's not something I would broadcast, but that's me.
If your friend is normally a truthful person I'd give her the benefit of the doubt and think she's distraught. She may well be confused about the frankly ridiculous way pregnancies are dated and mean 3 weeks from a BFP.
It would be a very sick person who would make up a story like that. If she's a friend give her the benefit of the doubt until you can get a clearer story.