Are gender scan ever wrong

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Had a gender scan yesterday at 18wks told it was a boy,had a very clear shot between the legs.Really excited now and want to start buying clothes and decorate the nursery,but a little worried in case they were wrong.Never found out with my first 2 so did everything in neutral

They can be wrong. However, if the sonographer seemed fairly sure, I'd get boy stuff.

I was told my 2nd DC was a girl, but the sonographer said that she was very unsure and not to buy any pink things. She did turn out to be a girl!

I should think that if the sonographer was unsure, he/she would probably have said so the chances are it will be right.

Go ahead and get boy stuff as long as you are prepared for the slim chance that a girl might appear.

They're usually right if they are saying a boy but more chance of being wrong when saying its a girl?

Due to the bits and pieces if they say boy its coz they've seen a hotdog rather than a hamburger iykwim!! but if they say girl sometimes the hotdog can be hiding!!
Hope that helps!

I have heard the same- a boy is fairly hard to miss, but the "girls" can turn out to be willy-hiders! We know two friends with boys that did this for their scans, but no-one the other way round. I'd feel fairly safe with your boy scan

What kity and fatseal said

Very occasionally they're wrong, but it if it seemed very clear to the sonographer I think you're fairly safe to go shopping! (I seem to recall hearing that very occasionally they mistake the umbilical cord for genitals but I don't suppose that happens at all often!)

AllieW some one has also said to me about sometimes mistaking the umbilical cord think it happened to her SIL.That's why i was wondering if it is that common.Thinking i may just go neutral just in case