And its not what they told you it would be? Any one know the percentage or the liklyhood of this happening?
2006-09-02 20:11:02 · 14 answers · asked by feel_n_learn 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
doctors will always tell you that there not 100 percent sure of the sex but most of the time if they get a clear look at baby they are right. but if you have an inexpericend tech doing the ultra sound she may not see the penis or mistake something for one but i dont think its all that common anymore.
2006-09-02 20:14:54 · answer #1 · answered by heather d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Years ago this did happen on a more regular basis, but with the ultrasound that they have today it does not happen very often. But.... no matter what type ;of equipment they have there is always a percentage of error either on the part of the operator or the equipment it self. There are times when the baby's ubical cord can get wrapped up between there leg to the front side which could be thought to be a boy. And this can and does happen. I would say it falls about 2% of the time. This would be the least of my worries. If I wirer you
2006-09-03 03:42:15 · answer #2 · answered by meow333323 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have the percentages, but know that it sometimes happens. They said that sometimes the boy gets hidden, and sometimes the girl is swollen, giving wrong readings. Of course, the farther along you are, the more accurate it should become.
Do they have any plans to do a 4D sonogram or ultrasound on you? Those are suppose to be more accurate, where you can actually see the baby itself. Click on the link below for more information.
2006-09-03 03:59:16 · answer #3 · answered by ♫☼♥ ≈ Debbi ≈ ♥☼♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the precentages of the whole thing but it does happen. Mostly with them telling you that you are having a girl and you are actually having a boy. It happened to a friend of mine but the best way to avoid it is to have the ultrasound done after 24 weeks.
2006-09-03 03:34:17 · answer #4 · answered by ashez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the percentage but I know it happens all the time. We were told two years ago that my daughter was having a girl. The doctor said it, the ultra sound said it, the nurse said it. We had a wonderfull pink baby shower and name picked out for a little girl! Well, the day arrived for the arrival! And we got a nice shock- He is a boy! His name was pickle (nickname still is), for two days! Because he looked just like his daddy only "pickled".
2006-09-03 03:22:32 · answer #5 · answered by Carolyn T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My brother and sis in law had to cope with this exact dilemma.They were told the baby was definitely a boy and then when the time came the baby was most definitely a girl. Long story short: they had lots of blue stuff to return including an entire nursery full of blue furniture!
2006-09-03 03:18:55 · answer #6 · answered by Belle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually asbout 1/50. they will tell you its probably a girl if they can't see a penis on the ultrasound. that's why its always best to get a second ultrasound. But my daughter had 3, and they couldn't tell the sex. it turned out perfectly, because we all wanted a girl and she is beautiful, but a spoiled brat.=;-)
2006-09-03 03:19:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My understanding is that they're very sure if it's a boy (because they saw something), but if they say it's a girl...it could still be a boy (because they didn't see something).
Just ask your ultrasound tec how sure they are. With my baby, she's like, "oh, he's definitely a boy," and clearly showed me why she thought so.
2006-09-03 03:14:38 · answer #8 · answered by applesoup 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes the cord gets in the way making a definite answer hard.
2006-09-03 03:16:55 · answer #9 · answered by darcys_wifey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because an ill placed shadow can look like a penis on ultra sound shadows, and a hand or leg in just the wrong spot can also disguise a penis, its not a perfect science, didnt they tell you that???
2006-09-03 03:40:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋