i paid to find out the gender and got crappy shots! Is this really...

[byebeautiful]

i have 3 boys and yesterday we had an ultrasound, baby was not cooperative at all!!! was curling in a ball, then had its ankles crossed. We got a few quick glimpses between the legs and she said it was a girl. But looking at these pics i am ify about it! Does this look like a girl to you?


http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx156/byebeautiful/d7354c3d-d703-4eed-9f54-9b8a7626440b_zpsafa6ed3f.jpg
http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx156/byebeautiful/girl2_zps178beffa.jpg



The first one you cant even see 3 lines. The 2nd one she said those 3 dots are the labia. I thought id just see 3 lines, im so confused. I really have no idea what im looking for or at when it comes to a girl scan lol.

[Angelone]

Looks kinda girlie to me... I I'm no expert but no sign of anything else lol x

[Violet_]

I think that's a girl. Pretty sure you'd see scrotum and/or penis if it where a boy. Do you have another ultrasound coming up again soon?

[byebeautiful]

yep i have one at 20 weeks. I am just so upset that i paid all that money and didnt get any clear gender shots :( I went just to find out the gender and left not feeling confident. Although she seemed confident, but i have 3 boys, never seen a girl ultrasound so i dont even know what im suppose to be looking for other than 3 lines lol

[Violet_]

Hope you don't have too long to wait until your 20 week scan. I know how you feel, except I didn't pay, I had a medical reason for needing an ultrasound at 15 weeks, and tech thought it was a girl. But I'm not sure either. I also have three boys. So now I'm holding out for my 20 week ultrasound, which is now three days away! Scary. I'm not really sure what to expect when I go in there. Hope it's a girl as I have kind of got my hopes up now.

[nuthinbutpink]

Looks like a girl to me.

[byebeautiful]

Thanks ladies! I will be 17 weeks tomorrow, so i still have a few weeks to go until i have my anatomy scan, and i am seriously debating about paying again and going somewhere better, lol. Isnt that crazy? I cant wait now! lol. I hope you get your girl!

[Cinss]

I agree you got crappy shots, but it does look like a girl to me.

[WantingPink]

I am sorry. I just had a 15 week private scan and I understand where you are coming from. I did get some great shots however, if I didn't then I would have been unhappy also. I can't really make out much from your scan other than I don't see any boy parts. I am like you though I wanted to see the girl parts not just lack of boy parts. Maybe lovemy4 will chime in??

[Violet_]

I can totally understand how hard it is to wait and needing to KNOW. If we were in a better financial position then I would have paid to get confirmation earlier. If you can then I don't see why not. The stress and anxiety caused by not knowing is very hard to live with day and night for weeks on end. You want to get your hopes up but then have to keep pulling yourself back from getting excited just in case. It's a really hard place to be.

[Jadis]

It certainly looks like a girl to me! Did you sway or have a preference?

[Butterfly Spirit]

Thanks ladies! I will be 17 weeks tomorrow, so i still have a few weeks to go until i have my anatomy scan, and i am seriously debating about paying again and going somewhere better, lol. Isnt that crazy? I cant wait now! lol. I hope you get your girl!

Nope it's not crazy, because it sounds like you really wanted great pics that you could cherish and absolutely KNOW without a doubt what the gender was. When I had my elective gender scans at 14 wk 4 days the girl was really young.. younger than me, and she didn't seem that great. She saw the nub and at one point we all saw one shot of the legs open and there was nothing there. She took some crappy pics and she determined girl but was not able to see an underneath shot so she let us come back free of charge. The next week was the answer, absolutely no doubt. He was an OB and he'd been doing gender scans for years, and he took his time and took some very good pics for us. He even said out loud "It's my job to take really good pictures" If we could have afforded it we would have gotten the DVD but I had to have a gender reveal party instead. She was so dang adorable on the U/S.. It's so dang neat when their whole body fits on the screen! And those pics of her are my favorite. I had several ultrasounds because she was positioned so low.
But anyway....
For your peace of mind it's worth it, and this point in gestation is precious!!! So I say do it. It looks like your DD to me! :cheer:

[3boyshopingforpink]

I had an elective scan at 16 weeks with our DS3 and it was so obvious he was a boy !!! That looks very different to my scans - congratulations on your girl :)

[byebeautiful]

Thanks ladies! I got a buncha shots that I don't even.know what in the world they are. So frustrating. I've never had a stubborn baby during a.scan ever! So it was so frusterating, I wanted to.cry. she did let me go an hour over my time because the baby was so stubborn. she wasnt gonna let me leave til we knew the gender. That's why I went there.

I did not sway, my last boy was a failed sway. This pregnancy was an oopsy.

[Kiara]

Looks like a girl to me:)

[WantingPink]

Thanks ladies! I got a buncha shots that I don't even.know what in the world they are. So frustrating. I've never had a stubborn baby during a.scan ever! So it was so frusterating, I wanted to.cry. she did let me go an hour over my time because the baby was so stubborn. she wasnt gonna let me leave til we knew the gender. That's why I went there.

I did not sway, my last boy was a failed sway. This pregnancy was an oopsy.


If you do go for another scan I would ask them if they can't determine gender can you go for another scan. I called two places and the first place I called and asked this question they said "well we have never had that happen". That set off a big red flag in my head because I know (like your experience) that baby doesn't always cooperate which makes me think they are just guessing because they don't see boy parts. The second place I called I asked the same question and they said of coarse I could come back in for a second scan. The tech that did my scan took a lot of pride in never having an incorrect gender. He also really took his time getting a really good potty shot before telling us the gender. He said he would rather us come back then to get a gender wrong.

I can totally understand where you are coming from. For me it was worth the money not to have to stress about the gender. It was weighing heavy on me and I know that can't be good for me or the baby. I say if it is stressing you out, keeping you up at night (like it did me), making you have crazy dreams, distracting you when you should be focused on other things then get another one done!

[glory]

I paid for a gender scan early and she got a really good shot and was very thorough and I still didn't believe it. I think that it will just be hard to believe until they are here that you are getting your DG!

I also think that these places that just do gender are really good at it, it is all they look at. I was wary cause I had only had ultrasounds done for anatomy and NT testing, never just a scan because! So it felt less 'professional' but in a way I think that it was cause I was comparing it to other scans.

Your pics do look girly! I had my fetal anatomy (TWICE and the tech would not give me a definite answer) so I went back and paid for another scan and had it confirmed, I still won't believe it till she is born.

Good luck and well done!

[fish2012]

hey doll,

this sucks, i booked my gender scan before i realsied there were two in there and i'm now thinking i'll probably end up in the same position as you ;-S

I can understand why you want to go back maybe call them and ask if they could try again? if you were in there an hour sound like they tried pretty hard so frustrating after you've syked yourself up to find out.

i do agree with the other girls thou i think if it was a boy you'd be able to see something boyish ;-)

[wilma_five]

looks girly

[byebeautiful]

Thank you ladies.

Glory- I was thinking maybe it wE just me being in denial and that's why it didn't look that great to me but ny husband even feels the same way...he said he disnt really get what we were looking at. But then again we have never seen a girl ultrasound ever! So we had no idea what to look for. I posted these pics on an ultrasound website and the tech said girl, it just Jang 3 lineage because of the angle the baby was in won't show 3 lines fron that angle. she said they do not news to see 3 lines to see a labia. Which the baby was in a weird angle so that is why we didn't get great shots. I am starting to believe jts a girl but dobt wanba get nysekd too excited!

[lovemy4]

Looks like a girl to me! Congrats :)

[The Anchor]

I'm guessing girl...GL!