PS still too early for any scan to see sex of baby
2007-06-26 02:30:20 · 18 answers · asked by crankystar 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Sorry, but despite what homemade predictors are out there only a visit to a physician can tell you.
2007-06-26 02:38:38 · answer #1 · answered by A M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only way to know for certain is to have a CVS or Amnio test.... but both come with some risk. CVS is usually done around 11-12 weeks, and Amnio is around 16 weeks. Aside from just detecting the gender, CVS and Amnio can detect nearly all chromosomal abnormalities, including Down syndrome, trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and sex chromosome abnormalities (such as Turner syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome). The test is more than 99 percent accurate in diagnosing these conditions. So while finding out the gender is a perk of these tests, I wouldn't make it the only reason for being tested since there is a risk of miscarraige (between 1-2%). To avoid risk, you'd have to wait for a good (preferably level 2) ultra sound. Even then, if the baby isn't cooperating, you might not be able to tell.
A year or so ago, there was a kit that you could order where you could prick your finger, put a blood sample in a package and ship off to a lab that would tell you the gender of your baby (with a money back guarantee too) However the lab (which is local to me) was facing law suits because they were wrong very often AND wasn't giving the money back. "If it sounds to good to be true, it usually is."
2007-06-26 10:09:57 · answer #2 · answered by Karen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no "official" way to predetermine the sex of your baby at this time before an ultrasound. I was told by a lady from Eastern Europe, that the first time you feel the baby kick (feels kinda like a butterfly feeling), at about 4 months, if you feel the kick more to the left side, it could be a boy. Yet, as I said, there is no "official" way of determinig the sex of the child other than by ultrasound-and even then, it depends on the position of the baby at the time, and the expertise of the technician.
Before the ultrasound, everyone had to "wait" til the birth of the child. Even the "way" the child is caried is suposed to seem to determine the sex, but not always.
Congrats, and relax, and take care.
2007-06-26 09:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by SAK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandma used to know if a pregnant mom is having a girl or a boy by looking at her tummy. She says that if it's big and round it's a girl, if it's smaller and a little pointy it's a boy. She's usually right, but maybe it's too early for you to see this.
Yet i do believe that you'll have to wait for some time before you can know, for sure, the gender of your baby through a scan.
2007-06-26 09:44:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry but the only way to tell really is through a scan..I mean you can play around for fun with the gender prediction test but its not 100%
Uh just google gender prediction test and see what you come up with..
Good Luck :)
2007-06-26 09:34:04 · answer #5 · answered by ♥♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no real way to tell the sex of the baby until 15-17 weeks on ultrasound (if then.) Unless you use wives tales but they are normally invalid.
2007-06-26 09:34:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
look online for the chinese gender chart,cross the age you are at the time of conception with the month you conceived and that is supposed to be 90% accurate,dont hold me to that cos its only hearsay,but its worth a try,put your wedding ring on a peice of cotton and hold it over your belly,if it goes round and round you are having a boy and of it goes from side to side its a girl,right every time with me and i have 3 girls,failing that its a case of waiting for your scan,hope you get what you want
2007-06-26 09:44:00 · answer #7 · answered by lisa m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a chinese lunar calendar. It predicted a boy with my first pregnancy and it was right, and now it is saying that I am having a girl but we will see in 19 days!!
2007-06-26 09:35:06 · answer #8 · answered by jessimshepp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chinese Gender Calendars are kind of fun. Congrats.
2007-06-26 09:35:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anyone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know theres an ancient chinese profecy thats been proven something like 98% effective. basically, you take the numer of the month that you conceived, and the age you were when you concieved. if they are both even, or both odd numbers,you are haveing a girl. if one is odd, one even...a boy. i figured it out, and for everyone in my family its been correct. good luck...!
2007-06-26 09:36:05 · answer #10 · answered by corykaresa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋