Mostly I am looking for answers from people who have had this happen WITHIN the past few years. Like, did the picture from your ultrasound completely contadict what you DID have?
2006-10-10 09:41:00 · 8 answers · asked by Jenny B 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
My brother was determined to be a girl through an ultrasound, but he came out a boy.
I do believe it has something to do with when a males testicles drop during pregnancy. If you have an ultrasound before this occurs it can result in a false gender determination.
They do say that ultrasound gender determination is not 100% and to always alow a margin of human error. False gender determination can also be due to positioning of the baby, whether the technician was able to get a clear shot or is just making a personal guess :)
2006-10-10 09:46:33 · answer #1 · answered by twinsin06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Few ultrasound predictions have 100 percent accuracy. In fact, many ultrasound reports do not indicate the gender in the written copy even when the sonographer reports it to the patient. Of course, the accuracy of the prediction will be greater with advancing gestational age, the experience of the sonographer, and even the position of the fetus. As a practical matter, if an ultrasound technician indicates the gender with a high degreee of confidence, it is probably reasonable to only consider names for that gender. There are a few medical circumstances in which knowing the gender is absolutely essential. In these cases, several ultrasounds can be done or often, the doctors will seek to determine the genetic gender through amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling.
2006-10-10 10:13:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NEVER. I have 5 children, ages ranging from 13-4. Now expecting twin boys. Every u/s tech that I've ever had - will look for the gender, show me how they arrive at the gender, even take a picture of the gender before I go home. A penis is a penis. It can't be mistaken for something else. A vagina will be described as "lips."
Any tech who guesses, didn't get a good look, and is guessing by the heartbeat. If the tech doesn't show you the gender on the u/s, ask for a new tech because they don't know what they're doing.
2006-10-10 17:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's never happened to me but I'm an OB nurse. I always have at the very least 2 or 3 patients every year that wind up having the opposite of what the 20 week sono showed.
Sonograms, actually, the people reading them, are fairly accurate, but not 100%.
2006-10-10 10:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by Girl named Sue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend recently had a little girl. She had 2 sonograms, one being a 3D sonogram that told her she was having a boy. Well her little girl was very swollen down there and it kinda looked like a penis when she was born. It's gone now, she's 4 months old, but she was very surprised.
2006-10-10 09:52:07 · answer #5 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My last baby was a boy, on the ultrasound picture they showed us EVERYTHING! Imagine our surprise when our little Braxton turned out to be a Mikayla! It happens.....
2006-10-10 09:43:45 · answer #6 · answered by justwondering 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first child was 'supposed' to be a boy. Surprise! She is now 25 with a daughter of her own.
2006-10-10 09:47:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope -- mine was perfect -- same for my nephew, nieces and several friends kids -- i'm a nurse that worked in labor and delivery for several years and can honestly say i haven't ever seen it happen....the only surprises i ever saw were the parents who didn't want to know until the baby popped out!!!
2006-10-10 09:52:40 · answer #8 · answered by Ducky S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋