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However where I live Im lucky to find out at the 20 week ultrasound. Private providers may of course offer it however.


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Its fairly uncommon for an ultrasound to be wrong.

How often are ultrasound techs wrong about gender. I had my 20 week scan yesterday and baby looks perfect. However the ultrasound is notoriously inaccurate at such predictions because you have to remember that it is often measuring at an angle. How often are ultrasound technicians wrong about gender.

They can go back. We wanted to find out the gender so technician took a look. They were both right without a doubt.

Its an exciting day when you finally reach the point where you can get an ultrasound to determine the gender of your baby. With both my daughter who is now 19 months and this baby I found out the gender at 15 weeks and got it later confirmed at 20 weeks. My motherly instincts tell me other wise so I was wondering if anyone knew how often the techs are wrong Ive heard they can be from time to time.

But how often are ultrasounds wrong. This is usually around the 20 week point when the babys genitals are developed enough for the technician to clearly see either a penis or the labia. We had our ultrasound on Thursdayand despite the fact that the curiosity was killing me we had the tech write down the sex of the baby on a piece of paper and seal it in an envelope.

Towards the end of your pregnancy your doctor will probably make an estimate of your babys size and weight based on the measurements in the ultrasound. It can be a big shock for many soon to be parents when they are told the gender could not be determined. We gave the envelope to our neighbour who made us gender-reveal cupcakes to be eaten by the whole family.

This means 10 out of 100 women will be told the wrong gender at their ultrasound. Gender Determination From Ultrasound--How Often Do They Get It Wrong. The tech looked from behind the baby for its gender and told us it was a boy.

Little one didnt want to give up the secret just yet but. Take the time to absorb that one for a second. The sex of your baby is reasonably accurately determined by ultrasound from 12 weeks but most NHS departments will not offer an opinion until at least 16 weeks and more commonly not until the anomaly scan.

That being said a doctor or ultrasound tech will usually tell the parents how. Only about 2 of the time. By Margarita Published Mar 10 2017 Its a fact that ultrasounds can be wrong up to 10 of the time.

Discussion in Gender Prediction started by Buggzxxx Dec 24 2013. I would feel fairly confident that the baby is a girl but you can always do an elective. I had an ultrasound done at 21 weeks.

How often are the ultrasound techs wrong about the gender of your baby. It depends on who you get whether they tell you or not. But she did let me know that the penis could still be in the canal.

Jul 4 2012 Messages. Especially the further along you are. Ultrasound can be wrong about.

Basically anything before 16 weeks seems like a guess to me so I was just surprised an ultrasound tech would say anything at 12 weeks and felt like OP should take the later ultrasound more seriously than the first even though both said the same. I was checked at 18 weeks and 6 days she said from what she could see it was a girl.