2006-10-25 18:47:34 · 20 answers · asked by estkijedsco 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
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2006-10-25 18:50:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The doc SWORE when my mom was pregnant w/ my brother that she was having a girl. I also had a friend who was told she was having a boy and had a girl. So they are not always right.
"Ultrasounds can't be 100% accurate for the sex of a baby because the penis or testicles may be hidden. Or the umblilical chord or something else may look like a penis. It is the best way to tell the sex though. And it is probably more accurate on the other things because those are tested in a different way. With measurments of the body part or other more accurate ways. The sex is determined just by what the person giving the ultrasound sees."
2006-10-25 18:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by mystique_dragon4 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're really pretty good, especially if the baby is cooperating, but there is a small chance that they can be wrong.
Out of all the dozens of babies that I know, only twice do I know of that the ultrasound was wrong. The best friend of my college roomate was pregnant, and only had one ultrasound. She was told she was having a boy, and when she delivered, she had TWIN GIRLS! Apparently, when they thought they were seeing a penis, they were really seeing part of the other girl!
And the other time, my boyfriend's parents were expecting their fourth child. They were told it was a boy, and were planning to name their second son after the father, and they thought it was a joke when the dr said 'It's a girl!' They ended up still naming her after the father, her name is Randi, but I have heard her mom mention that she kind of wished they'd called her something else.
My own ultrasound told right away that I was having a boy, and I sure did. But just in case, we picked out a boys name and a girls name.
2006-10-25 19:05:44 · answer #3 · answered by Queen Queso 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One hundred per cent. Ultrasound uses sounding devices much like the sonar in submarines and vessels and the principle is much the same. To map terrains using bouncing or echo of sounds.Ultrasound, when used by an expert, can "map" an unborn infant in its mother's womb, thereby providing an accurate image of its features, which include, its sex organ.
2006-10-25 18:53:20 · answer #4 · answered by ruben 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some people will say they are very accurate but personally i say they aren't i have 4 children and each time i asked the sex of my babies it was wrong just luck i had the sense to buy neutral coloured stuff i'd have been stuck if i'd brought loads of pink stuff then had a boy lol
2006-10-25 23:58:13 · answer #5 · answered by rosierotweiller 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well looking at my ultrasound I am having a boy no mistake about it.
2006-10-25 20:08:28 · answer #6 · answered by gecko7804 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Ultrasounds do their job right, its the technicians that read the ultrasounds that can screw it up. I had one @ 19 weeks and they were right.
2006-10-25 18:58:27 · answer #7 · answered by Tiijah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i had a friend the ultrasound says she will be having a girl but she had a boy!
2006-10-25 18:55:48 · answer #8 · answered by Diet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my daughter had 3 ultrasounds and all 3 times she showed herself to be a little girl.
2006-10-25 18:51:27 · answer #9 · answered by bassetluv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the baby is a boy, it's easier.
Very accurate for males only.
2006-10-25 18:49:36 · answer #10 · answered by Classy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
girls can b tricky with my third child i had 2 ultrasounds and both time's i was told a girl so i went and bought everything for a girl but when i went to have her she turned into a he and the doc said that the umbilical cord was probably covering his "thing".
2006-10-25 19:09:39 · answer #11 · answered by stephanie d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋