Told wrong gender at ultrasound??

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Has anyone ever been told boy and it turned out to be a girl? Or the other way around?

My 16 week ultrasound at window to the womb looks like a girl in some images but I was told boy. I know they are probably correct but feel like I can’t buy anything yet as it doesn’t look very ‘boyish’.

Has this ever happened to anyone?

Thank you to everyone staying on topic and confirming boy but I still can’t see any boy parts in my scan pics so I won’t believe it until 20 week scan! 😂

Ergh the world has gone mad with all this gender neutral rubbish it drives me insaneeee. I will dress my baby as I choose and won’t be dressing HIM in pink tutus and dresses if he’s a boy even if now days that isn’t ‘politically correct’ 🙄

6 babies and I have loved the guessing and the waiting to see if it’s a boy or girl. Not saying u r wrong to want to know as each to their own. I am sure it a boy though. And I have get right on all of my 6 babies. Good luck. 🍀

@FourPlasticRings thanks, I'll have a look. Won't be buying anything until I've dug DS's stuff out of loft and gone through it nearer the time but it's nice to look

Ergh the world has gone mad with all this gender neutral rubbish it drives me insaneeee.

To be fair, gender neutral clothes for infants were the norm long before all this pink/blue for babies rubbish started up. Cheaper because you can reuse the clothes for subsequent kids (also better for the environment to do this, but I doubt that was a factor in most people's decisions back then), and they didn't used to know what the sex was in advance. Yes, the world's gone mad since, but not in the way you think. Go back far enough and pink was associated with boys because it is more closely allied with red- a dangerous and angry colour. Girls wore calming blue.

The quality of children's clothes is crap now too. DS has worn a couple of things that were his uncles (around 30 years old) and the difference in quality to the stuff you get now was unreal. Clothes are basically made to be disposable now to make you buy more and more.

There is an extremely clear pair of balls in picture 1!

Have just read the whole thread and cannot believe how rude people can be, stop pushing your own opinions and ideas on other people.

To the OP defo wait for the next scan, and as mentioned even then it's not 100% but it's nice to get excited and prepared! I have a boy who we didn't find out the sex- hated every second of not knowing hated buying plain baby stuff and spent my first night in hospital online ordering ALL OF THE BLUE BOY stuff I could get my mits on. Due a second boy next week and obviously prepared this time but keep dreaming he is a she and it fills me with dread. And 100% if this baby is a girl I will be online straight away because what woman has never wanted a little girl in florals and dresses!? There's no way I'd put my sons dinosaur pjs on her 🤣🤣 and for the record, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that!

Back in 2006 told my
Son was a girl 👧🏾 second scan said boy and this time was correct

But I expect they were also much more expensive back in the day. We expect to be able to buy a t-shirt for £2.99, and we think they are overpriced if they are any higher. I'm guilty of this too... to be fair I buy a lot second hand.

I like bright stuff that isn't overly gendered either way. I can't stand boring bland plain "neutrals" eurgh.

There is an extremely clear pair of balls in picture 1!

😂 that's what I thought. Clear as day.

@BertieBotts yes, they would have been more expensive. My mum always bought second hand for my older brother then I got it after him so they lasted well.
I know, the neutral things I've seen online are all grey or beige.

@Clairesoph you've just 'pushed your own opinions and ideas on other people's aswell

A lot of the ones marketed for boys are actually neutral and bright. It seems to me that girls get pink and purple and boys get literally every other colour, particularly with toys! We always got the 'boy' version of all the toys because I thought it was probably better for DD to experience lots of different colours rather than a never-ending parade of two.

Your opinions are quite disturbing, Claire. You go from being filled with dread that your child will be a girl to "what woman doesn't want a little girl in floral dresses?"
Maybe you should get yourself a little dolly.

crap being shoved down your throat

Bit like these weird 'gender' reveals eh?

won’t be dressing HIM in pink tutus and dresses if he’s a boy even if now days that isn’t ‘politically correct’

And this is so far off the mark it's actually funny!

Have just read the whole thread and cannot believe how rude people can be, stop pushing your own opinions and ideas on other people.

TBF that's exactly what gendered clothes are. Pushing your own ideas on a child. DD had a bit of everything and made her own mind up.

Both of my boys have worn things from the girls' sections. I just choose things that I like. I wouldn't put a dress on them (unless they asked for one) because that just feels like making a statement, but clothing of a colour that is socially associated with the opposite gender, no problem at all.

Their willies haven't fallen off yet :o

DS1 now only wears things which are black or white. BORING! Get the colours in while you can :o

Most new born clothing seems to be grey and white at the moment.
A friend of mine had several scans, all said boy. She had a girl.
‘Gender’ reveals are ridiculous as gender is just a social construct and is a bit of a fad.
Am I the only one who thinks straight jacketing babies into stereotypical roles is so old fashioned? Sex isn’t affected by colour, or what toys a child plays with!

Boy and girl cloths are different that’s a fact

I got as far as this. How many items of baby clothing have you seen requiring a penis or vagina?

I also don't get the obsessive need to know ASAP and buy everything gendered. And it's always 'ive been told it's a boy but please tell me it's really a girl'

I was told a Boy.. it was a Girl.. button moon happy either way

Hasn't happened to me but DSis was told she was having a boy and she had a girl. Does your hospital tell you the gender at the 20 week scan, you could ask them to confirm it for you?

Not exactly the same but WTTW told me baby was head down when he was actually breech. Actually marked off breech on the form then scribbled it out and marked cephalic. I refuse to go there now. We had an early scan with Ultrasound Direct this time instead.

I was told boy and my baby was very much a boy lol, I don't know anyone personally who got told the wrong gender but I've read about a few on here

There are a lot of options other than dressing your baby boy in a pink tutu OR a blue tshirt covered in tractors.
Dress your child how you choose (until they are old enough to have an opinion) but theres no need to only buy what are traditionally seen as clothes for boys - you can buy lots of nice clothes that arent blue or pink. if you are worried about getting it "wrong" wait until he/she is born before buying what you see as the appropriate clothes for its sex
In a lot of countries pink is a traditionally baby boys colour anyway

what woman has never wanted a little girl in florals and dresses!?

Seriously? Quite a lot I imagine. It’s a person, not a doll. Are you the type who wouldn’t let a girl play with cars too?

I still remember the two (idiot) parents I saw in the supermarket, their toddler DD pointed to the cars and they told her ‘no you don’t play with those, they’re for your brother.’ Poor child.

My boys were dressed in babygros with zebras, penguins, frogs, bees, stripes, elephants, all sorts. There is so much more out there than yellow and white.