From the article: Could the ultrasound be wrong about baby's sex?
Ultrasound is used to determine if your baby is a boy or girl in pregnancy. Parents rely on these answers, but sometimes they are wrong. One study showed that women who experienced the wrong gender assignment had conflicts in their marriage and even domestic violence. While this is extreme, you can imagine that there is sadness and shock. Have you experienced this? How did you find out they were wrong? And what happened after that? How long did it take to come to terms with it? Share Your Experience
Gender
- I have done two ultra sounds, the first said it was a boy and the second its a girl. Do I go for a third one?
- —Guest Christine
Most Definitely...
- I was told with my first child that it's was a girl. We had a special name for her and when she arrived, she was a he. The doctor was more than sure it's was a girl. Now with this pregnancy the baby wouldn't open up, but the doctor says he think it's a boy. Since I have 4 boys total and on the u/s I can see without a doubt they're boys except the mistake on my first, I'm having doubt about this u/s. I am gonna definitely get a 2nd opinion.
- —Guest mommyofkings
Yes
- I had said by my doctor first time she said it's girl at 14 week but not for sure then at 18 week she said it's boy, but again she was not sure, at 23 week she said it's girl 70% then at 26 week she said it's girl 99%, but I was so much depressed now, then at 27 week I went to some other doctor and she said it's boy. Now I had left the thinking of boy or girl let's see what I brought home after delivery....
- —Guest Alger
Not sure
- I had a ultrasound done by my doctor twice and it was a boy. The very first one he, the nurse and my boyfriend all saw it sticking out. Then the second time I got to see it. When I went to my high risk doctor his technician says she doesn't see a boy. And this happened on April fools day. So now I don't know know what to believe. And I'm not due till July 24th. This would be my boyfriend first son. He has 4 girls. I hope and pray the first 2 were right because I know what I saw in the screen and it didn't show girl.
- —Guest Kimberly
Great either way
- I was told at my 24 Week ultra sound that it looked like a girl, though when I looked at the monitor I was convinced I saw some dangley bits. At the next ultra sound I asked my gynae to check again and again he said it still looks like a girl. Then we kinda settled on it. Hubby was happy and thought of all the girl names he liked, but I kept quiet about the one name that i preferred. Even my 3 year old was thinking up girl names for her little sister and everyone brought pink gifts. Boy were we all surprised when my son was born, lol, I had to stand in line at all the stores the next week to exchange all the pink things, it was great, and I had my pigeon pair. My hubby was over the moon as well and so were the grandparents as he is the first and only grandson to date. And I got to give him the name that i reserved especially for him. Though it took my daughter a while to stop calling him her sister.
- —Happymom11
Wrong Multiple Times
- I was expecting twins, which meant I had a ton of ultrasounds to check for the growth. I had these ultrasound with different techs and doctors, different machines. From 20-34 weeks I was told I was carrying two boys the entire time. Then at 35 weeks, I was told one girl, one boy. Baby A was born and the midwife said, "It's a girl!" and I knew it was right. Baby B was born and she said, "It's another girl!" I did a very fast double take - that was not what I expected. Thankfully my husband didn't want to know, so we hadn't spent a lot of money on clothes or painting the nursery or anything. But that taught me a lesson!
- —Robin
Yes!
- I was told at 20 weeks that I was expecting a girl. You can imagine my surprise when I heard the doctor say, "It's a boy!" I'd had a c-section and couldn't really see over the screen. The doctor dangled the baby near my face but I couldn't see between his legs. I was in shock and I couldn't believe it. Then they gave some pain killers that made me really loopy. I think that made it worse because I kept saying that it wasn't my baby when they brought him to me later, but my husband kept insisting that he was. He even showed me the hospital bracelets with my name on it. I'm really embarrassed by that fact.
- —Rose
