They weren't very confident on the gender?!

[Treesandbees]

We just had our 20 week scan and asked for her to see what gender the baby was. She had a good look and said she thought it was a girl as she kept seeing the '2 lines' but wasn't really sure! We knew they can't be 100% sure but now we don't know what to think of whether to even announce it! Is this common? We didn't find out with DS1 so weren't sure what to expect.

I was told 90-95% girl. Had a boy.

I hadn't actually noticed

a) I was tense
b) that I had commented on OPs nursery plans
c) there was no longer a difference between an adjective and a verb

Argh!

Verb - pinkify
Noun - pinkification

(I do know my parts of speech really)

We were in your situation OP a few years ago. The sonogra ogre thought that i was probably having a boy but wasn't really sure. We had a private scan, and found out, correctly, that we were having a girl.

Yes, gemerama, the problem isn't pink and (as posted above by a few posters) having a bit of pink is never likely to be a problem. Just like having a bit of purple, or blue, or orange isn't a problem.

Pinkification is quite a different thing.

Decorating whole rooms in pink isn't quite the same as gender-specific clothes such as skirts/dresses. Depending on what the finished room looks like, of course.

And if you don't have the money to redecorate often, neutrals (with more readily changeable accessories or resellable curtains) is more achievable.

Sorry, OP, this has moved a long way from inconclusive scan. As you didn't find out the first time, you could do announcements this time in the same way as then. Or was it much nicer second time? (you mention a DS1 so presumably there's a DS2 as well, and you did you find out and announce with sex for him as he wasn't mentioned in the same way)

I don't doubt there is a valid discussion to be had in this general area Viking but what irritates me is seeing people get jumped on in a thread where in all honesty there is absolutely no reason, as this poor OP who only wanted a discussion about the scan.

Well my baby will be sleeping in with me, so he will have to cope with brown / magnolia.

You do not need to announce the sex of your baby, people will see you're pregnant and know you're having a baby and will find out in due course...

It's not an issue unless you make it an issue.

I found out I am having a boy and have told everyone, if someone doesn't like it then what does it matter? Do what feels right for you OP

If I was having a girl, I would go wild with pink, flowery things, tutus, headbands the lot and I wouldn't care if people didn't like it!

Blow you can tell people the sex if it pleases you. Why do you even care what other people do?

What a pointless comment.

They weren't sure at ours but it was confirmed as what they thought (girl) later on - I suspect they're just a bit reluctant to tell you unless they're totally sure unless you but shares in pink or blue paint and get annoyed with them in case they're wrong. Announce if you want to - we ended up seeing it as a bit of a blessing because we prefer gender neutral stuff so we just kept it to ourselves but it's up to you!

Blimey last time I checked my post there were 12 replies! We ended up telling people that they thought it was a girl but we will get it checked at the next scan (I've got about 3 more so few more chances to check!). The baby will be in the existing nursery which is cream so no worry about nursery decorations being pink or blue! I'm not into pink either so if it is a girl she will probably be in DS old stuff anyhow!! Glad that I've been a topic of debate for a few of you !

:D Congratulations OP :) We were told at 20 weeks it was a girl, but sonographer was so blase about it that we didn't really trust it until our 28 week private scan which confirmed we were having a girl :)