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**Finding out my baby's sex**
So, at 19 weeks I'm scheduled for my second ultra-sound tomorrow and should learn my "sweet pea's" sex! DH and I both choose to know because we are both neurotic and anxious so we can plan, etc.! And of course, from everyone to family and co-workers, people are lending their superstitions on how I'm carrying (which tends to be high), and putting in their bids for a boy, while my next door neighbors (a cute, crazy couple with no kids, but a wild kingdom of animals) are hoping for team pink for a girl.
Because I've read the accuracy of the sex-determining ultra-sounds in the second trimester still seems to have a margin of error, I'm beginning to freak out a bit if DH and I buy all blue stuff (his high hopes), and it turns out to be a girl! We both just pray for a healthy, strong baby, and so far I've had a wonderful, pregnancy with no complications.
So, I wanted to know have any of you mommies received an erroneous ultra-sound of your baby's sex, only to be shocked later on in your pregnancy, or forbid, at your deliveries? Or am I just over-reacting?
Re: **Finding out my baby's sex**
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TTC Journey
7/2008 - begin TTC
7/2009 - began charting
9/2009 - Dx Endometriosis
10/2009 - HSG/SA (Normal)
12/2009 -6/2010 - Lupron #1 & 2
Sep-Nov 2010- Clomid Cycles #1&2 = BFN
Dec 2010 - Clomid Cycle #3 = BFP (1/11/11);no h/b (2/10/11); D&C (2/23/11)
5/11-6/11 - herbal tea regime = BFN
7/24/2011- herbal tea regime = surprise BFP
I can't say for sure seeing as how this baby has not yet been born - but I think the ultrasounds are pretty accurate. I think if its a boy then its really really going to be a boy, but for a girl they *could* miss it?
I'm not sure, but I have a feeling it has more to do with the ultrasound tech and the doctor's abilities at getting an accurate picture and determining the sex. I found out at 20 - 21 weeks and I think at that point its either one or the other...not a maybe.
Mine was accurate, but there were at least two girls on third tri with me who did find out that their girls were actually boys. I think if they see a boy it is very unlikely that it is a girl, but a boys "parts" could be missed or tucked away I guess, and mistaken for a girl. It is rare, but it happens. I had several later ultra sounds so I was sure.
that's so exciting!
I actually know somebody that was told the whole time that she was having a boy and she had a girl. Talk about shocked.
very exciting!
My mom was told I was a boy. They didn't find out I was a girl until I popped out, sans wiener.
All my baby stuff was blue. :-)
I didn't find out, but thinking back to the 200 or so moms that I shared the May birth month board with, I don't remember a single one having a day of birth "surprise"! But, it happens. As long as you keep that in the back of your mind as a possiblity, then all is good.
You could as pp said, go later for a 3D ultrasound to confirm. (and pay for it)