20 week scan -- what did I see?

[kcoll]

I just went for my 20 week scan, and my husband and I told the sonographer clearly from the beginning that we did not want to know the gender. I even asked if there was a point at which we should look away and she said no. The baby was still and had it's legs crossed for at least some of the time. However, the woman then did a lengthy examination of the legs/femur measurement from below (so you could see the pelvis and two leg bones sticking out) and I did not see anything between the legs. The baby was also listed as 'breech' on the report. Does this mean it is likely a girlas a penis was not visible between the legsas a boy would have been obvious from that position?
I DO want it to be a surprise, however now I feel like she accidently revealed it to be a girl--and would just like to know if I am making a completely wrong assumption, and that it could very well be a boy! I also had a look back at our 12 week scan and on babycentre there is an article about the 'genital nub', and ours looks exactly like the boy scan. So confused!

I think if you're confused, that's a GOOD thing if you don't want to know.

Lets be honest, you saw the scan and you're still unsure. So you know no more than you did last week - it's either a boy, or a girl,

FWIW I thought DC2 was probably a girl based on the lack of willy visible on the scan. I was wrong.

I think it's quite hard to tell if it's a girl. At my 20 week scan the sonographer said she thought it was a girl and pointed out these 3 lines that apparently indicate a girl. She didn't say 'there's no penis so it's a girl'.

If you weren't looking closely for these lines I think it could go either way.

Are you SURE you don't want to know? You say you looked at the genital area and have since read up on the nub theory and compared it to your 12 week pic, hehe.

Breech simply means the baby is the wrong way up for delivery, ie their head is upwards and their bum at the bottom, they turn loads though so don't worry.

We wanted to know and had a gender scan at 16 weeks then confirmed at the 20 week scan, ours is a girl and from below you see 3 lines, on the boy you may see his willy but it could be tucked up and look similar to the girl as you'd only see his scrotum which is still very small, the sonographer would be able to tell but you probably wouldn't.

I had my 20 week scan this week and I wanted to find out. The sonographer pointed out his penis and testicles and I nodded wisely and said "Oh yes, I see." In all honestly I had no idea what she was going on about and couldn't see anything other than leg. This leads me to believe that only trained sonographers can interpret scans accurately and you have nothing to worry about!

I had my 20 weeks scan yesterday and was looking intently every time that sort of area was on the screen but couldn't see anything (and was wondering if that meant girl).

Anyway, we did want to know (and would have found out the next time I saw the midwife anyway as I had an amnio so it'll be in my notes), so I asked if she'd seen anything at the end of the scan, and she showed us - very obviously boy. She also said that he'd been making it pretty obvious all the way through, but obviously not enough for me and dh!

So, I'd say that unless it was pointed out to you, or your really clearly saw a penis, then it's still 50/50.

I couldn't make head nor tail of my scan although all the different parts were being pointed out to me. I just looked like a lumpy mass

If you don't want to know then stop thinking about it!

Ha ha! You so do want to know!

With dc1 DH wanted a surprise and I wanted to know. I decided not to ask, but to really look and see if I could work it out. We got lots of shots in between baby's legs and try as I might, I couldn't see anything. I assumed it was probably a girl (didn't go so far as to buy any pink though!) 20 weeks later, I gave birth to a very well-endowed baby boy...so I really don't think laypeople can tell anything!