dumb q on nubs

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Originally Posted by nuthinbutpink

I think some nubs can be obvious and I think if you wait until 13 weeks, it can be VERY obvious if it is a boy. Any nub from 11 weeks is just a random guess on here and the angle doesn't even apply yet and we have a lot of eager moms getting early NT scans.

I think at 13 weeks, it is a solid assumption with the correct view- straight spine and leg out of the way. I see lots of pics that the leg is clearly blocking any nub and many people guess girl because they do not see anything sticking up.

I went to a specialist for my NT scan due to AMA and he told me that it was accurate and he could tell me what it was with pretty high certainty. I was 13 weeks though.

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In retrospect both my 13 week scans with DS 4 and now DD were really obvious so I can believe it. But it was never the angle, it was that DS had penis and nuts and DD had really long bright lines that just looked vag-y with nothing below and nothing really at the far end either, and when the tech did a bottom up shot, there was nothing there at all. I rem. with DS 4 thinking it HAD to be the umbilical cord - nope! I think the angles were all over the place though, because they were moving all the time.

Thanks you guys, I'm glad I'm not the only one struggling with this.

PS - The techs could tell too, even tho they are sworn to secrecy at my doc's office their demeanors gave it away both times.

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Originally Posted by OnlyPraying

I'll be honest, I don't look for angle shmangle at all, but from years of nub-guessing I have learnt that a nub that is "long, straight, and forked" is a girl nub. And a short, straight or angled, blob nub is a boy nub. The deciding factor for me is "long" or "short".

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Interesting, that's very helpful! thank you!

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

Interesting, that's very helpful! thank you!

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you're very welcome! :)

This is a comparison of one of my daughters (on the left) and this baby in my tummy now, a boy (on the right).
See how different they are!!

MMMMMM sorry it is so small :(

TTC5, that was very helpful! Thank you!

If I remember well from IG, Charliecats said ( and she is ultrasound technician, no?) that fork on the nub means nothing regarding gender.

Zivic i do remember that too! I think I read that too somewhere in an article about the "angle of the dangle"....

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Originally Posted by Zivic-Bubac

If I remember well from IG, Charliecats said ( and she is ultrasound technician, no?) that fork on the nub means nothing regarding gender.

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I'm sure she's totally correct,, but long parallel lines seems to mean girl regardless of angle, right??

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Originally Posted by TTC5

This is a comparison of one of my daughters (on the left) and this baby in my tummy now, a boy (on the right).
See how different they are!!

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TTC, I think your pics are awesome in that in your daughter's pic, she's curled up and still has a straight nub so clearly a girl, while on your son's, his back is very straight and his winky is still standing up. I think for most people's pics, the babies are not so cooperative!! It just seems much harder to tell angle when babe is curled up than when not.