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12-20-2012 at 11:58 AM
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Gender question!

I know this is probably a super ridiculous question, so if it is...PLEASE just say "ridiculous..."

Since I am a week away from the second trimester, I thought I would ask you knowledgeable ladies...

I had my second ultrasound yesterday, and we got a good under shot of the bottom...is it just entirely too early to even try and guess the gender?! Am I being literally ridiculous by dissecting the photo?! I just want to give the baby a name and some clothes...and toys....and a decorated nursery...and more clothes...!!!! :)

I mainly want to know...is it just too early to tell? Thanks!


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12-20-2012 at 12:03 PM
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Did the ultrasound tech give you a prediction based on what was seen?

I had not asked with my previous pregnancies, but at my 12 week u/s the tech guessed girl 75% sure. At my A/S Monday she confirmed it was a girl.

I do think it is too early to really see much but maybe with experience they can tell. I am not sure but my tech was correct. I wouldn't and didn't paint a nursery or buy anything. Although it was impossible not to get my hopes up.


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12-20-2012 at 12:07 PM
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Max'smom:

Did the ultrasound tech give you a prediction based on what was seen?

I had not asked with my previous pregnancies, but at my 12 week u/s the tech guessed girl 75% sure. At my A/S Monday she confirmed it was a girl.

I do think it is too early to really see much but maybe with experience they can tell. I am not sure but my tech was correct. I wouldn't and didn't paint a nursery or buy anything. Although it was impossible not to get my hopes up.

 

Yes, I figure it's just way to early to tell...I guess the excitement makes you more curious!!! The technician didn't say anything...unfortunately, but I think it's just entirely too early.


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12-20-2012 at 12:44 PM
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Honestly if the shot is just perfect there is a good chance that if it is a boy that it will stay a boy. I have a friend who found out at just over 12 weeks and he was still a boy at delivery. I found out at 14wks 4days that I am having a boy. Girls are a little more difficult until a little later. 

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12-20-2012 at 1:00 PM
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I would say yes, it's too early to tell. I would also kindly, gently, politely tell you that you are looking for the baby's sex, not gender. Sex = actual parts. Gender = how you act.

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12-20-2012 at 1:22 PM
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A knowledgeable tech can make a pretty accurate guess on gender by about 10/11 weeks, but unless they gave you a guess, I wouldn't guess off the picture.  It takes a trained tech who does it day in and day out to make a guess that early.

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12-20-2012 at 1:34 PM
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It's too early for most people to tell.  Every baby has a nub at this point so it's easy to mistake all babies for boys.  There's a science to measuring the angle of the nub in relation to the angle of the spine to determine the sex but it's a skill and most people don't have it.

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12-20-2012 at 1:41 PM
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elmoali:
It's too early for most people to tell.  Every baby has a nub at this point so it's easy to mistake all babies for boys.  There's a science to measuring the angle of the nub in relation to the angle of the spine to determine the sex but it's a skill and most people don't have it.

This. http://www.baby2see.com/gender/external_genitals.html


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12-20-2012 at 1:42 PM
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elmoali:
It's too early for most people to tell.  Every baby has a nub at this point so it's easy to mistake all babies for boys.  There's a science to measuring the angle of the nub in relation to the angle of the spine to determine the sex but it's a skill and most people don't have it.

This


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12-20-2012 at 1:46 PM
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elmoali:
It's too early for most people to tell.  Every baby has a nub at this point so it's easy to mistake all babies for boys.  There's a science to measuring the angle of the nub in relation to the angle of the spine to determine the sex but it's a skill and most people don't have it.

This.

I wouldn't trust a guess at this point. They have good odds of getting it right, but so would a coin. I always recommend waiting til at least 18-20w and even then they can still make a mistake! 

I know you're excited! Enjoy that! Just don't start painting anything. ;) 


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12-20-2012 at 1:52 PM
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Eh...a good tech with good equipment can almost always predict the correct gender early. My tech at my OB said that she tells people the gender all the time at 14 weeks - which is when I found out this LO is a boy at an elective u/s place. I knew several people who had gone there and got accurate results so I felt really confident.

The angle of the dangle is a real thing, though, but is mostly used from profile shots. If the nub is parallel with the spine - girl, if it curves up - boy. To someone just looking at an u/s a 14 week baby girl will look like she has boy parts from most angles except the potty shot, though, which would show 3 lines. I say post a pic of the potty shot you got!


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12-20-2012 at 2:17 PM
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Unless you have a side shot with a good view of the nub angle: no you can't tell.
At 12 weeks both boys and girls have a protuberance. Some women can tell you that they saw their daughter's "penis" very clearly at 12 weeks. It's all about the angle of the dangle in relation to the spine at that point.


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12-20-2012 at 3:16 PM
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Too early to tell and be accurate for sure. Just think its a 50/50 chance either way! I am still waiting to find out too, next week as long as the little one cooperates I should know! It's been a long 17 weeks of waiting!

 
12-20-2012 at 7:34 PM
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jstring88:
Honestly if the shot is just perfect there is a good chance that if it is a boy that it will stay a boy. I have a friend who found out at just over 12 weeks and he was still a boy at delivery. I found out at 14wks 4days that I am having a boy. Girls are a little more difficult until a little later.

Wrong. Read elmoali's post. Both sexes have a genital protrusion at 11 to 14 weeks, practically identical. It's not until after 14w that the nub begins to recede in girls. So if OP simply saw what she thought she was a wang, it could very easily be a girl. I know this because I was sure I saw a penis at my daughter's NT scan at 13w3d.

A seasoned tech or OB can possibly guess sex based on the angle of the nub in relation to the spine, like elmoali said. It has nothing to do with whether there is or isn't a protrusion.



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12-22-2012 at 11:28 PM
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It is kind of too early to tell for sure at 12 weeks with an ultrasound.  16 weeks is the earliest that you can get a good look at your baby's gender, but they reccommend you wait until 20 weeks when the genitals are completely formed.  I found out at 15 weeks and 4 days.  It seems like a long time but 16 weeks will be here before you know it. I know the anticipation is madness. In the meantime have a little fun.  I did the chinese gender prediction chart and the baking soda test and they both came out boy and that is exactly what I'm having.  Even though these tests are for your entertainment some people say they are true and mine turned out to be right.  So google a test you can do at home to predict gender like the drano test and the baking soda test and have a little fun.  Above all I hope you have a happy, healthy pregnancy and Merry Christmas.

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12-23-2012 at 12:23 AM
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It's too early to know the gentler but not too early to know the sex...

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12-23-2012 at 4:28 AM
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emolm:
It's too early to know the gentler but not too early to know the sex...


Yeh, you probably have to wait till they are like at least 8 or 9 years old to find out the gender. Hope you have some patience!

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