I've heard people say that their baby girls were mistaken for boys during an ultrasound. I was just wondering how they can mistake a girl for a boy. What are they seeing that makes them think it has boy parts?
2007-02-23 14:34:53 · 12 answers · asked by stacy l 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
My guess is the umbilical cord.
This has never happened to me. I have 5 kids. 3 boys and 2 girls
2007-02-23 14:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by JS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, ultrasounds aren't crystal clear pictures... they can be pretty deceiving, since human error is a pretty big margin.
They look for 3 lines 'down there' to indicate a girl.. on a boy, you'd think it would be pretty obvious with the penis and balls, but sometimes things like the cord being in the way, or even in between the legs, could be misleading. I'm not completely sure how they could confuse boys as girls, but I've known it to happen a few times...
Hope that helps!
2007-02-23 14:39:21 · answer #2 · answered by beccalynn14bb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An umbilical cord between the legs. Mattering on the angle, it can be mistaken for a penis. More often then not, ultrasounds are pretty accurate, but they're never 100% correct.
2007-02-23 14:37:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can be just about anything from placement of the umbilicus to a finger. An ultrasound of a male infants genitalia doesn't quite look like that of a little boy's penis. Remember this is at about 17 weeks of gestation...even a newborn is more developed than a 17 week fetus.
2007-02-23 14:40:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it's the umbilical cord between their legs. Or it could just be a "bubble" in the picture. I think with the newer ultrasounds, this won't be as likely.
2007-02-23 14:38:32 · answer #5 · answered by BB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my experience, it's more likely to mistake a boy for a girl than the other way around.
2007-02-23 14:39:53 · answer #6 · answered by sweet pea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The female genitals on an unborn baby are swollen so that could be part of it. There's also the umbilical cord too. That, or the techs are just dumb!
2007-02-23 14:38:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ultra sound is not 100% accurate and babies look the girls before the genitalia appears. and like the others said it could be the umbilical cord or a limb.
2007-02-23 14:45:03 · answer #8 · answered by mish 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess the umbilical cord could have gotten in the way. That's the only thing I could think of.
2007-02-23 15:51:20 · answer #9 · answered by Angela 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might just be a foot? an arm? the umbilical cord? It could be all sorts of things.
2007-02-23 14:38:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋