Told wrong sex?

[Hannah12345625]

I have been to three scans- at 16 weeks, 20 weeks and 30 weeks. All have said girl.
However, last night I saw on a Facebook group that someone had numerous scans that said girl and they ended up having a boy... I am so paranoid now!
Has this ever happened to you or anyone you know?

This did happen to a woman i know BUT the shops were really nice and let her swap everything no problems when she explained. It all had tags on etc.

During my first pregnancy we found out the sex and picked a name and I started thinking of my baby as Jack, I was worried that they may have got it wrong and I would feel like I had the wrong baby.

So I totally get where you are coming from!

It happened to my sister but I was quite young at the time so didn't pay too much attention to the details.

My friend was told to be having a girl, picked names etc and was very surprised he was a boy!

Daaamn the salt is REAL in this thread!!
I've heard before of someone told they were having a boy but it turned out to be a girl, her bits were swollen in utero and they thought it was testies.

Three times confirmed seems pretty final to me though!

Oh and I've got three weeks left too! 37 weeks today. During my growth scan today the sonographer showed me my baby's 'big testicles' (his words, not mine) and it gave me a good chuckle. Can't imagine how shocked I'd be if a girl came out!

OP, you wrote, I am so paranoid now and that is why some of us thought you really had concerns about the scan. Thanks for clarifying everything.

Happened someone I know...they were told boy but had a girl. Boys can wear pink too though OP so don't worry 😉

Yeah happened to someone I know

A work colleague had the most hideous abdominal pains two weeks ago and gave birth to a beautiful boy . She had absolutely no clues that she was pregnant...she is shocked but very happy 😃 The sex of the baby Was irrelevant...congratulations.Xx💐

Well, yeah, obviously she's lucky to be pregnant, just like the posters who are making snarky comments are lucky to be alive and have fingers to type with. What's the point in even mentioning it? It has nothing to do with the OP's question.

OP, I think it highly unlikely that 3 scans, all saying girl, would be wrong - especially the one from 30 weeks!

I would think that most of the stories of people who were told girl and then had a boy were probably not people who had 3 scans.

I seem to remember being told when I asked about the sex at each of my 20 week scans that there was something like a 10% chance that they could get it wrong.

In fact, the hospital where I had DD1 back in 1995 had a policy at that point of not revealing the sex on a scan for a variety of reasons, including the possibility of being wrong.

We were living in a different area by the time I had DDs 2 and 3, and the hospital they were to be born at was more relaxed about it and willing to tell with the proviso that you remembered that there was a margin for error.

I was told my babies were girls, and girls they were.

You have had three scans indicating that you are having a girl, so in all likelihood your baby is a girl. I would have thought that the chance of all three scans being wrong must be low.

When I was pregnant with DD I had my antenatal care at King’s in London, who have incredibly sophisticated scanning equipment. The sonographer double-checked that we wanted to know the sex and showed us her ovaries. It was amazing.

It was all a bit more prosaic with DS as we had moved and the new hospital was nowhere near as cutting-edge. I needed extra scans for medical reasons and they confirmed each time that he was a boy but as lots of pink or blue aren’t really my cup of tea it didn’t matter.

There is always a risk it will be wrong. On your scan printout report there will likely be a sentence from the hospital covering themselves.

YippieKayakOtherBuckets glad to hear this- I’m under Kings and everything is so vivid and cutting edge I assume it’s less ambiguous

@neongenesis thank you for the supportive message :)
True! I am guessing with quite a few of the women who were told the opposite sex were told at just one scan and may have been told the baby was in a difficult position to tell.
I genuinely didn't realise sonographers get it wrong (probably sounds very naive of me). I can now see why people don't find out!!

@doliv63 wow!! That must have been such a shock!!

@OnlyFoolsnMothers

YippieKayakOtherBuckets glad to hear this- I’m under Kings and everything is so vivid and cutting edge I assume it’s less ambiguous

Lucky you - my DD is seven and the equipment was incredible back then so I can only imagine what it’s like now. The sonographers are absolutely world-class and you are in good hands!

@laanie congratulations! It's such a relief to get to full term. Good luck on the birth of your boy!

Ah just ignore the negativity, I have never known anyone that this happened to. I would think it very unlikely for them to get it wrong in a 30 week scan. Why don’t you go for one of those 3D/ 4D scans? Can’t be seen wrong on there and then it is off your mind.

My pregnant mind was a terrible ball of anxiety, anything to ease niggles why not do it if you have the means

Congratulations btw!

2 women who I work with were told they were having girls and one if women were told it was a boy at a growth scan they had at 36 weeks and they couldn't believe it and the other found out she had a boy after giving birth! I believe it's more common for sonographer to mistake boys for girls rather than the other way around :)

My NHS sonographer wrote down the sex, on a printed slip that said there was about a 97% accuracy. I don't know anyone in real life whose scans were wrong. We didn't find out last time so I've really enjoyed knowing we are having a boy this time. We had a later private scan too and it seemed fairly clear.

OP, please ignore all the deliberately negative and unpleasant replies.

You are completely within your rights to ask a question, and to want to know the sex of your baby. There is also absolutely nothing wrong with buying pink for a girl. I think it's a nice colour. Congratulations xx

No experience personally but I just wanted to say that you are totally entitled to ask such a question. Hopefully with 3 scans it's right ☺️

I'm having a boy, apparently 🤣
And have bought mostly blue. Nothing wrong with wanting to put your child in certain colours, also nothing wrong with wanting to put all type of coloured clothing on your child. If I had a girl I would have A LOT of pink for her I'm sure. Nothing wrong with it. People need to just focus on their own children when it comes to views like this.

I have friends who put any colour and type of clothing on their children, it doesn't come between us just because I don't have anything pink for my boys to wear. Not that I wouldn't if there was something I liked.

Enjoy your pregnancy and your daughter, and enjoy putting her in all the pink things you have bought. As long as a child is clothed and fed and loved that is all that matters, and you are entitled to do that any way you see fit. Ignore people being hard work and sarcastic. They are the kind of people who want everyone to have the same views as them, which is ironic considering they want equality when it comes to the gender of clothing 🤔

I'm sure you will love your child regardless of sex, that was never in your question I'm sure. But it's also nice to be prepared isn't it for having a boy or a girl. Good luck!

@Keepingcomfy

OP, please ignore all the deliberately negative and unpleasant replies.

You are completely within your rights to ask a question, and to want to know the sex of your baby. There is also absolutely nothing wrong with buying pink for a girl. I think it's a nice colour. Congratulations xx

Exactly right!