Have you been told boy at 20 week scan, but the baby turns out to be a girl?

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We were told our baby is a boy at the 20 week scan.
I know it happens that boys are mistaken for girls early on - but has it ever happened the other way around?

Could the penis seen at 20 weeks end up being something else?
Or is this basically impossible at this stage?
Have you ended up giving birth to a girl after certain boy scans?

Happy either way, but would love to know if there is a possibility that it's a mistake.
Thankyou!

There are more women on here and some people have a preference for a baby that is the same sex as themselves.

I think if you have a strong preference for a particular sex, and there’s a 50% chance you’re going to be disappointed, it’s probably best not to conceive at all. For the sake of the child who is a disappointment before he’s even born.

That's a very simplistic take on what is actually a lot more common than people realise. Gender disappointment is a real thing whether the rest of us can understand it or not.

I don't know whether this is the case for the OP but there are many people (men and women) who have a preference for one or the other. A lot of people probably keep it secret and never utter a word to anyone else as they know they shouldn't feel that way but it's deep rooted sometimes, maybe it's from their own cultural environment or their upbringing, or the sex of the children they already have? It may just be a slight fleeting thought or for some it can become all consuming.

I'm not saying it's right, just that it's very common.....it doesn't mean these parents won't love their baby or bond with them, or be happy they are born healthy. That trumps everything.

I know that it’s common. But in very general terms, having a baby is a choice. Absolutely fine to have a preference, but to then go on and conceive knowing that there’s a strong chance you’re going to be disappointed with the outcome seems absolutely alien to me. I care far more about the feelings of the child than that of the parents in this situation.
There was a thread a couple of days ago where the OP was disappointed to be having a boy years ago, and now her boy is 3 she realises she was right to be disappointed because he was everything she’d dreaded. And she is currently pregnant… with another boy. So she chose to have another child, knowing there was a 50% chance it was going to be the sex that she dislikes.