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I didn't have an ultrasound early by choice, I had an early anatomy scan because I previously had a baby girl with a heart defect that I lost at 21 weeks, so they wanted to do an early anatomy scan to check the lower organs and see how the heart was developing with this baby. Or else I'm sure I would have waited for the normal 18 weeks scan, but I had to ask the tech to check the gender this time or it would have bugged me for 2 more weeks, at least I feel that it's more likely a girl, but I will wait until 18 weeks to be sure, that's why I'm asking the question... if anyone had the same experience, some people say 16 weeks is pretty accurate, some people say it depends on the technician, angle of the baby, etc. Just wanted some opinions to see what most people thought! :) Hoping all my future scans show girl as well because I am already so excited! :)

I had my gender scan at 16 weeks, was told I was having a girl. Had scans at weeks 20, and 29, she's still a girl! (:

Why don't you wait for 18 weeks to be sure? My doctor normally will not scan before 18 weeks... :)

Yea it wouldn't be a problem but modern girl clothes are not just a plain pink outfit, most say things like 'daddy's girl' or 'little sister' or have bows and frills and sparkles as well as girl patterns and not to mention that I bought a few dresses as well and I definitely wouldn't be putting my son in a dress. I kept receipts for all of the brand new clothes and I'd just return them and get boy clothes if it happened to be a boy. I have not bought any furniture or anything in pink, just a bassinet so far but it's gender neutral. I did buy some used clothes which I wouldn't be able to return, that's all I'm concerned about, I'd have to sell it all to get money back. I am hoping it's a girl though because I really wanted a girl. :) Thank for the input though ladies. :)

With the technology today they are retry accurate. It is rare for them to be wrong but it can happen. My husband has a friend from college who was told she was having a boy and had a girl. Sometimes the girl is really swollen at the time of the scan. I think if you have three clear lines you are safe to say its a girl.

With our first we were told girl at the doctors office but at the scan it was pretty obvious it was a boy. We planned for a boy but had a neutral outfit with is at the hospital just incase. This time around we are very confident it's another boy as we have one to compare to and they are almost identicle!

Techs can never be 100% sure, and I have heard of people who have had the Tech identify the "bits" incorrectly. Still, Techs are more experienced in reading scans than the average person, so do take what we guess as just that - a guess.

That said, there's nothing wrong with a boy wearing pink, or a girl wearing blue - colours don't have genders and, in fact, in the 1900s pink was marketed to boys anyway, so it's really just our own generational bias that we're contending with. :)