Finding out gender....Are they ever wrong?

Message edited 2/22/2012 9:56:30 AM.

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Sorry...my ipad won't let me edit text...

What I wanted to say was that I am exactly 18 weeks with twins and I went for my bi-weekly visit (considered high risk) and asked if I asked if they could rell me the sex of the babies. Both the tech and the doctor said both are boys but I only definitively saw one for myself! How accurate are they at this point? I don't want to make announcements if I'm not sure, but they seemed confident. What do you think?

Re: Finding out gender....Are they ever wrong?

They can and have been wrong!

Personally I would wait until the 20 week anatomy scan and until they can print pics and show me the goods.

Even still, I have sono pics and confirmation at 3 different sonos and I still wonder if they're correct! lol!

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I would say at 18 weeks you're good to go...its definitely more rare to be told boy at that point and end up with a girl...

Of course it does happens where a doctor/tech is wrong..but i think you're good to go..i feel like with boys, its very easy to tell at that point.

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they were wrong with my cousin 4 years ago. they told her it was a boy. She painted the nursery blue and got all blue stuff and when the baby was born it was a girl.

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I was told boy at 17 weeks and didn't believe it either bc I didn't see the goods myself. But.... I had them double check at my last sono at 25 weeks and we were confirmed boy. If they seemed sure at 18 weeks, I'd say you probably have .

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My friend was told at 17 weeks and due to other reasons had another u/s at 22 weeks only to find out it was a ! She was born a girl, so the first one was wrong.

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I know one person with twins who had an ultrasound around 16-18 weeks and was told . At her Level II a few weeks later, she found out she was having . It probably doesn't happen often, but there's a possiblity of being told the wrong sex.

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yes this happened recently to my cousin actually. they told her she was having a boy, her shower is this weekend. she just found out last week they made a mistake and its a girl! I don't know how the sono tech missed that one!

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My good friend was told their baby was a girl... and was reconfirmed at her 20 weeks appointment, but at her last sono (at 36 weeks) they changed it to boy! AFTER her shower!

So, it happens.

I understand your wanting to be certain, I didn't believe that both babies were boys bc I didn't see anything on the Baby B, like I saw on Baby A... I would wait until you see "it" for yourself.

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Posted by menmyboys

My good friend was told their baby was a girl... and was reconfirmed at her 20 weeks appointment, but at her last sono (at 36 weeks) they changed it to boy! AFTER her shower!

So, it happens.

Re: Finding out gender....Are they ever wrong?

Posted by menmyboys

My good friend was told their baby was a girl... and was reconfirmed at her 20 weeks appointment, but at her last sono (at 36 weeks) they changed it to boy! AFTER her shower!

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Thanks for all the responses! I guess only time will tell. It's just so funny because DH and I were dead set against finding out, but then at 16 weeks we changed our minds. On that visit, my OB said a boy and a girl but he was a bit unsure of the girl so he said it was like 70/30. Then this week at my 18 week visit (with Dr. Kofinas who is a very good perinatal doctor) it was confirmed that the 1 was a boy, and I clearly saw it for myself, and that the other was in fact a boy - but I still couldn't see anything! That baby is low-lying and positioned at the far end of my tilted uterus so it's always hard to see. Yet, Dr. Kofinas said definitely boy..... I really wanted to announce the news to our family but I guess I'll just wait for my next visit.