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

It def goes to show that the scans are far from 100% accurate… I’m quite glad that since being told boy I’ve not a) told anyone and b) organised a thing in gender specific colours and I won’t other than the odd few outfits in my hospital bag, but I like newborns in white to begin anyway 🥰 then add in the colour once I know for sure 🩵💗 xx

If you “don’t give a shit” why did you come on to a thread about a ‘gender scan’ in the first place? Simply to act offended?

If you want a political debate, a pregnancy forum on mumsnet is not the place - we are looking for like minded women to chat with & share personal experience with… not to get in to trouble off the odd few that clearly have nothing better to do! Don’t know why you’re so uptight but have a nice day anyway 🙂

Yes, a colleague.

Told a girl, first in generations, bump named Anna, older brothers excited….she had a baby boy.

Sadly quite difficult to deal with. Very complicated feelings

She said she felt guilty for even considering that she was upset about her beautiful baby boy, being upset that he wasn’t ‘Anna’.
She missed ‘Anna’ , the expectations they had around their new baby, she felt she had disappointed her family.
She felt she had let her new baby boy down by being upset, even though she loved him dearly.
Some clothing and equipment to change too. Cardigans handknitted in pink by family members.

Very complex.

But understandable… and actually adds to why I won’t confirm the sex of this baby at any future scans - I don’t have long to wait till the day now & because I’ve never found out before I feel I won’t make any real connection until the baby is in my arms anyway… and this story sums up perfectly why. I hope your colleague got on okay afterwards & thank you for sharing xx

You will have to come back and let us know! 🩷💙

or maybe in the preciousness of some posters here...💚💛

😂

Take care.

Haha… thank you 🤍??? 🤣 xxx

Why couldn't her son wear a pink cardigan? He wouldn't have cared.

Spectacularly missed the point. I came onto the thread to read it, and it was trending. I didn’t search it out. I didn’t say ANYTHING about sex/gender and was reading people’s experiences.

I objected to your offensive and ignorant language when calling people “Karen”. You’re clearly struggling with the concept though. Not going to reply to you again. You’re ignorant comment was deleted and that’s good enough for me 👍🏻

Apparently 5% of predictions from scan are wrong.

And thanks to you & the others that have came at me in this thread, I have requested the whole thread be removed. It’s such a pity that mums can’t come on here for some genuine advice and experiences without a handful of people correcting their every word / term / phrase used, merely to prove themselves right.

Thank you so much to everyone who shared experiences & stories though, I really appreciate you 🩵💗 happy pregnancies everyone xxx

And another derailing.

OP has asked for the thread to be pulled.

To answer your question I assume as this baby boy’s parents they made a choice about the clothing they wanted their baby to wear. We all have choices.

In this case probably wise, as friends and those less in ccontact may have assumed this was baby ‘Anna’.
Given the complexity in their feelings this will have saved some misunderstandings, upset and explanations.

Went to an nhs scan at 20 weeks two scan lady's told me girl went for a 4d scan at 31 weeks and it's a boy and very obvious 😂 had to return all the pink stuff x

I know of two, one is cringey, and one is ...not.

Mr and Mrs Cringe already had a boy, and wanted a girl. They were told girl, and had a lavish garden party, with pink everything, including pink clowns..
Out came a boy.
The second was a friend of mine, who were told girl. She went into labour at 31 weeks, things did not look too good. She had to have an emergency caesarean section, and when she eventually came around, had a baby boy placed in her arms. She felt that was difficult, because she thought what if they were swapped.The boy is 17 today, and spitting image of his dad. And he is an only child.