Can gender scan be wrong??

[RubyQueen23]

Hi everyone,
I'm wondering if anyone has found out the sex of their baby during a scan to then give birth to the opposite of what they were told?!

Background - I went for a private scan at 16/17wks & the girl spent a bit of time looking at measurements of the baby & explaining that the placenta was sitting at the front - she then told me, quite quickly, that the baby is a boy, however didn’t actually show me anything on the screen & the only images I was sent were of the baby’s head & feet. My husband doesn’t want to know what we’re having this time so I didn’t get it confirmed at my 20wk anomaly scan so I’m now 26wks and wondering “was she right?!”

Am I having a boy or could I infact give birth to a girl?! I feel like I still have a bit of wonder which is nice I guess…. 🩵🩷 all stories appreciated xx

Yep… so exciting!! 🩵🩷

So you admit it at least. Poor boy.

Well done for not rising to the tedious bait OP

It’s crazy… I thought this place was for supporting each other!
The irony is, I am sitting hoping my scan is right to even things up 🤣🩵🩵 but narrow minded people presume narrow minded things!

So exciting to not be 100% until the baby arrives. If a boy, he will be oh so loved like my other!

OP your excitement about this baby (whatever the sex) is clear :)

I had the opposite experience regarding finding out: I had three where I found out then my 4th was a surprise. I think it's great to have both experiences! I was absolutely militant at scans about not being shown the butt region, as I'm extremely good at reading scans. I must have mentioned not wanting to know about 47 times lol

My second was indeed a girl. When I was lying on the operating table (I don't dilate... a whole other very distressing tale) they asked me what I wanted and I tried to style it out saying "I don't mind as long as it is a healthy baby..." And then I cracked and said "I really want a little girl with black hair."

Out came this huge baby girl with a mass of black hair - so much thick hair that my friends used to call her Wiggy. Of course it all eventually fell out and became light brown! My husband is half Indian so I really wanted one to have his black hair but no.

Noooo I'd never ever consider waiting right til the end for a "surprise" I've always wanted to know asap so that I can concentrate on names, and try and bond with them more, and get a few items of clothing but not too much! Also I wouldn't want to put the sonograher under pressure to not accidently say it, and I wouldn't want to be missing part of the scan as I'd have had to look away when my boys very visible bits are on the screen!
My view is find out ASAP, but don't take it as gospel until the baby is out :)

And thank you it is going to be madness I'm nervous! A newborn, an 18 month old and a 4 year old!!! I think I need a whole separate thread to ask for advice on that one!
Good luck and best wishes with the rest of your pregnancy too :-D xx

A Karen??? WTAF!

While you may have said sex in your post, you've used 'gender scan' in the thread and in your thread title. A foetus doesn't have a gender and to call someone 'a Karen' because you used the wrong terminology is nasty.

Calm down. I was being sarcastic. A baby comes out a boy or a girl (unless something genetic which is usually picked up before birth) & we refer to that as their gender or sex… stop being so offended!

It is madness with 3 to begin, mine were around similar ages and it took me a wee while to find my feet but just try go with it, don’t put any pressure on yourself and know even the craziest times will pass & as each one starts going to nursery / school it defo gets easier! I wouldn’t swap it for the world xxx

Thank you 💗 I had to take a break off here after some of the insensitive comments last week, thankfully I’m at the stage of being confident as a mum but would hate to think how some must feel if as a new or vulnerable mum with some of the comments on here & the way people come at you!

Anyway… yes I totally wanted the “different” experience of finding out this one last time, opposite of you! And as much as I did ask at that early scan, I still feel I have a wee element of doubt given it wasn’t confirmed! How have you found having 4? What ages are yours? Xx

I am calm thanks.

As for your misogyny dressed up as sarcasm, whatever. The fact that your post was deleted is proof enough.

Have a nice life.

Probably because someone, who has nothing but unhelpful comments to add to these threads, reported it! 😴

Sorry I typed a reply then lost it. Thanks I'm just dreading the sleep deprivation!
Take no notice of the pedant - gender scan / sex scan it's the same bloody thing I always say gender scan! Your gender and sex are the same anyway and anyone playing pretend at being the other is deluded IMHO.
I had to step away from many threads when I was pregnant- weird how they get to you more when hormonal! When I was pregnant with DS1 I got a good grief comment from a randomer, made my blood boil haha xx

The women on here that feel the need to correct the word 'gender' when related to scans is are tedious. The scans are (private anyway) called gender scans.
Do they spend all day messaging peanut companies stating 'actually they're LEGUMES'

@Sux2buthen

Or we could lobby Asda to move the tomatoes, because, you know, they're technically a fruit 😂

A bloody valid point! 🤣🤣

Don't even get me started on "full fat coke"

But there's NO EFFING FAT IN IT ARGHHHHHH

Sorry for the derail 😂

On your original question - I have an acquaintance that threw a baby shower for their baby girl, received all girly, pink gifts etc and a few weeks later gave birth to their son.

And another example of the scan being wrong was from an obstetrician who I saw during pregnancy who apologised for the delay because she had spent a while managing the shock of the woman before me who had just given birth to a baby girl having been told at 2 separate scans she was expecting boy number 5.

" is are tedious."

I couldn't find avocados in Sainsbury's. They aren't vegetables.

I just logged in because I’m now in 3rd trimester and getting in to the wide awake club!!! So when I saw all the notifications I thought aw man here’s more so this was great to read the light hearted comments 😂 I defo get more wound up than usual being preg, hormones in full swing, no doubts… but some need to stop being so offended by words/terms others use!!! But thank you for these recent comments, you’ve restored my faith that there’s still support & oh, a sense of humour on mumsnet 😊💖

Loving the derail tbh 🤣

I reported it, as I’m sure others did. It’s a highly offensive, misogynistic term, and quite frankly adults (especially WOMEN) should be better.

I don’t give a shit what you refer to your scans as. I don’t even care if you have a sex preference for your unborn baby. I object to the offensive term you used which I think many will have.