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01-03-2013 at 10:41 AM
Ashleve
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Would you believe it?

I had my NT scan at 13w4d, and my tech told me "it's a boy." Gave me a great pic, and never second guessed his determination. Just "it's a boy."

I know it was early- and I know I will know "for sure" at my 20 week A/S, but would you belive a gender determination at 13w4d?



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01-03-2013 at 10:43 AM
CarolynL8
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I would be hesitant.

My doc guessed boy at 14 wks. we had a great view of the "parts" and even he wouldnt confirm because it was too early.


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01-03-2013 at 10:54 AM
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At my NT scan the tech told us she was 75% sure it would be a girl, but I was very hesitant to get too excited. It was extremely hard. At our 20 week AS she confirmed girl. I committed on her 75% guess and she said that if she is not pretty certain one way or the other she doesn't say anything or says she cannot tell, but there is always a chance that she could be wrong that early.

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01-03-2013 at 10:58 AM
jlaOK
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I wouldn't necessarily believe it.  Our doctor made a guess at our NT scan (I was 12 weeks 5 days) but I'm not totally trusting it.  DH and I aren't even telling people in case it's wrong.  We go in again on the 18th, so I guess we'll see if he was right.

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01-03-2013 at 12:25 PM
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Well, my first pregnancy, I had my NT scan at 11.5 weeks and was told it was a girl, and they are about 80% sure at that point.  It depends on your doctor, though, and how experienced they are.  The one I had was very experienced, told me all the reasons and showed me all the signs that it might be a girl, and made a game out of seeing how often he was right! They are very careful at that stage to tell you not to bank on it, though.

We didn't get a guess at our 2nd NTscan, but I was able to see that this ones "parts" looked the same as the markers that were pointed out to me the first time, so I guessed girl.  And guess what!  I was right!

 So, don't go out and buy all blue stuff yet, but you can dream until your anatomy scan :)  This is the fun part! 

 
01-03-2013 at 1:12 PM
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Go ahead and go shopping for a little boy! :) That happened with DS I was 13 weeks I don't know how many days and I was told "I think its a boy" and she showed me. I asked to see the umbilical cord to because I didn't want her to be confused. Although I was scared to shop because I heard that was too early sure enough at my A/S he was a boy and he still is a boy. :)

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01-03-2013 at 1:52 PM
all1005
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I'd be hesitant as well.  They told me girl at my NT scan, my MT21 DNA bloodwork shows boy.

 
01-03-2013 at 2:33 PM
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I wouldn't paint the nursery blue and buy a whole boys' wardrobe, but I would probably lean towards believing it.... I would just keep it between my husband and myself until we found out for sure at the anatomy scan, and think about boys' names in the meantime!

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01-03-2013 at 3:46 PM
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We had our NT scan at 12w3d, and the tech goes, "I do about 300 of these a year, and I get about 90% of them right... but I don't like to say unless I'm pretty sure." Then he went on to explain what he was looking in determining the baby's sex, and it was pretty darn interesting.

I can't remember exactly how he put it, but said you have to be able to get a good profile view, then look for the genital tubercle, which is present in both sexes at that point. Then he explained how he draws an imaginary line perpendicular to the baby's spine (can't remember what he called the line -- the mid-sagittal line, or something?), and goes, okay, if that line is 90 degrees, how many degrees is the genital tubercle at? If the tubercle is aligned with the spine (0 degrees), or pointed as high as 30 degrees, it's probably a girl. With a boy, it's usually pointed somewhere between 30 and 90 degrees. He said sometimes it's too close to call, so he won't make a guess.

I was just blown away! I thought you had to wait until a penis did or didn't develop to be able to tell, I had no idea there was this whole thing with genital tubercle angles. Wacky!

Anyway, the tech said our baby's was at basically 0 degrees. "I say 90% chance it's a girl," he said, and referred to the baby as a "her" for the rest of the ultrasound.

Of course I'm trying to take it with a grain of salt, but I just thought that was so cool! 


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01-03-2013 at 4:29 PM
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That's really early.  I wouldn't be shopping or painting the nursery.  I know about a month ago there were about 5-6 posts where bumpies had been told one sex at early U/S and then the opposite at their A/S.  

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