Ohmygoodness I'm stressed out for you! I would drive to my docs office in the morning to get the results but I'm also slightly crazy:)Quote:
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Ohmygoodness I'm stressed out for you! I would drive to my docs office in the morning to get the results but I'm also slightly crazy:)Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebonnet22
Aida- I hope you can get some good nub snaps. People seem to be pretty good at guessing on here. Although since getting some nub snaps myself, I'm slightly nubsessed now! It's addictive ;) good luck.
Belleboi - thank you for making feel better, the thought of driving over there crossed my mind and I'm glad I'm not completely crazy :) btw, my first appointment wasnt until 10 weeks and while it sucked waiting it was nice that I could see the heartbeat and know since the ultrasound was relatively late in the first trimester my miscarriage risks were lower (vs going in at 6 or 8 weeks) .
Here's the shots I got. I am convinced the tech was working hard not to get potty shots or clear nub shots. I don't see a nub in any of these images. I have 20 but these three seem to be the best. The skull looks very girly to me.
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Gorgeous pics :)
Adia you can go either way with this one.
With my 3 sons you couldn't see a nub at this term.
With my girl there was a clear nub. Wich makes me lean slightly boy for you.
I don't feel confident enough to guess off these pics for you adia sure hope its your boy!! I found here and babynub.com to be expert guessers!! Did you get a video? Xx
Adia I don't see a nub either, but what a beautiful little profile:)
I didn't get a video. I knew I ran the risk of not getting good shots but i had hoped 14w5d would be good enough.Quote:
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DH is concerned about me. He has mentioned several times tonight that he's willing to pay $100 next week for gender confirmation. We really don't have extra $$ and I can just wait until my 18 week scan in a couple of weeks. The gender won't change between now and then!
I thought the 3rd pic skull is very girly, but I am a lousy guesser so I shouldn't put too much stock in my guesses.
I could go either way from these because I see a lot of motion distortion. Your first one is the best one nice clear skull where I can actually see the nasal bone where I cant on the others. Its got a nice dip which usually favors boy. The leg distorted the nub in that shot. I can almost see it but the leg just caused too much distortion.
Granted, I haven't read much about skull theory, but I wouldn't put a lot of stock into it. If it were me, I think I'd wait a couple of weeks for my 18 week scan. A little more of ignorance is bliss:) But I totally get wanting to find out earlier too, I think I'd just be weary about doing another U/S after this one didn't really give you any results other than knowing your baby has a sweet profile:)Quote:
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I don't really believe in skull theory either its fun for guessing but not accurate! If you can spare the cash and DH is willing I would go for it, otherwise you might drive yourself crazy over the next three weeks(speaking from my own personal experience) x
Skull theory as far as gender ultrasounds are guesses at best based on an actual sound forensic science. You can easily tell the difference between an adult male and female skull by shape and the "caveman brow" or lack thereof. People decided to try to apply it as an early gender tactic. Without holding the actual physical skull no flesh attached its not as accurate as the forensic science. The brow bone is a dead give away on a lot of shots for male vs looking at the roundness of the skull. My sons for example was very pronounced and undoubtedly male whereas my future daughters skull has a smooth slope instead of the cave in. So there is truth to it but applying to ultrasounds is usually guessing at best. These features can change with ethnicity too. So someone elses sons cave in may not look as pronounced in the younger years but more as an adult or not much at all to the point only a highly trained anthropologist or forensic scientist would be able to tell.Attachment 22793
Congrats on the beautiful baby Adia - sorry I'm not good enough at reading ultrasounds to be of any help!
Great profile pics Adia!
Aida I hope you dont mind , I allowed my self to add little contrast to you baby's picture because I was sure that I saw a nub there , just to make it clearer
I think it's a boy
Adia, I think i can see a bit of a nub in that last pic? If that's the nub then it looks like a boy. I definitely noticed that during my last ultra sound the skull looked both boyish and girly depending on the angle. So I think the skull theory is a little tricky to apply and the exact angle is needed for it to be accurate?
Business Woman and Sarah...thank you dears. You are making me tear up. I appreciate you taking the time and giving me your input. You are incredible to see anything. I can barely see the obvious arm and leg!
I appreciate everyone who has taken time for my pictures. I was hoping they would be more obvious but I took a chance.
I am so torn and in quite the slump. I had hoped to feel much better after the scan yesterday but I don't. I may have to take DH up on his offer and go get an elective scan next week to determine gender. The scan yesterday was successful in that DD2 and DD3 were so surprised and excited. I wouldn't have done well with gender determination while they were with me. We only spent about $45 on the scan yesterday. With DH job discount we could get a gender scan next week for about $67 so the total of both scans wouldn't be horrible. Maybe I will do that for peace of mind.
Business....I did the same as you, added contrast and I zoomed in on the pic. Here is what I got:
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yeah you see the same thing I see business woman. It looks like a boy nub but just cant be sure because of the interference.
And yes Sarah it definitely has to be a straight on angle and making sure you can see the full nasal bone like you can in the one good one that business turned the contrast up on. Because that skull looks completely different and you can see the prominent brow bone where the rest look girly. Its all about angle of the ultrasound probe plus angle of the skull
Adia- Ours was done at 14/6 which you may as well say 15 weeks. And we got fantastic proof positive of what was going on in there. Dont stretch your finances to thin if you cant swing it but if you can and it will bring you peace then by all means go for it!
Its better if you take a private scan while you can ..
Stress is not good for you or your baby :)
Gorgeous baby Adia- I can't guess to sex but would do another U/S if you can swing it. I think the peace of mind is worth it.
We decided on a boy name that I love so I now feel totally prepared to see boy in a few weeks. :)
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we did the same Junie! We prepared everything to hear boy and had it narrowed down to 2 names. It helped prepare us for the possibility and the whole time we told ourselves it was a boy to try an lessen the blow. I think DH had more joyful tears than anyone when they said girl.
Well I finally got my Maternit21 results and I'm very relieved the babies are healthy (at least chromosomally speaking). I also found out they detected a Y chromosome - as I suspected. Unfortunately now I'm in limbo and won't know for another 3 weeks whether there are 2 boys or one boy. I never wanted more than one daughter, so I'm not really that upset that it isn't 2 girls. That being said I'm currently petrified I'm carrying 2 boys. The idea of 3 boys under 3 is terrifying to me! I'm so worried karma is going to damn me to having 2 more boys. After having DS, I got asked many times what I wanted next - I stupidly said many times "anything but twin boys". I could kick myself now because it seems that is my destiny. I feel guilty for swaying pink, guilty for wanting a daugher, and guilty for being terrified of twin boys my entire life. I know I will eventually love them and make peace with it, but right now it's hard. Thanks for listening.
Bluebonnet- don't loose hope yet! There is nothing to say your girl isn't in there also. Ive read numerous times that b/g twins are more common. How long until your next scan??
January 20th. I'll be just over 15 weeks. It's a medical scan so I'm not sure if my doctor will spend the time to find out the genders for me or not. I figure I'll go in for my "free" scan and then if she can't tell the genders I'll go in for an elective scan later that week or the next week. I'm trying not to lose hope that it's b/g twins, but it's difficult. I've always longed for b/g twins and it would seem too perfect to be real.Quote:
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Hang in there bluebonnet. I think that your situation is one of the hard parts of the blood tests like MaterniT21. You know a little, but not as much as you really want to know.
B/G twins seem to be SUPER common on gender dreaming with those who have swayed. FIngers and toes crossed that their is a little girl in there too!
The unknown is torture in my opinion!
Bluebonnet everyone understands how you must feel and you must not feel guilty! As you say you would make peace eventually once you know for sure but at the moment you are in limbo and not a nice place to be when you so desperately want something and know that one chance has gone already! Keep smiling and as others have said it's more likely to be boy/girl twins try and keep your anxiety levels down and maybe prepare for boy/boy pick names etc. really keeping everything crossed for a little girl for you but how wonderful to have twins regardless of what they are xxx
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Adia, sorry I can't be more helpful on the gender guessing, but hopefully you'll find out for sure at your next ultrasound. The wait is a killer.
Bluebonnet, congrats on the healthy babies. I would be going crazy in your position. You know you have one boy, but not whether they are both boys. I hope you have your little girl in there! I think everyone here understands your feelings about gender disappointment. I know I do!! Fingers crossed you have done pink in there too!!
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Bluebonnet
Congrats on your healthy babies
I hope there is one pinky in there :)
Bluebonnet I think your feelings are SO natural. Please don't beat yourself up for your fears and we all know that you will love these babies whether they are b/g or b/b twins. That you would prefer B/G seems natural to me. But I bet the relationship between B/B would be pretty awesome too. No matter what you win! Let's hope time flies until you find out.
I promised myself I wouldn't get my hopes up, and wouldn't look at the stats, etc but today I saw that BD once 4+ days before O has a great positive girl rate (and a terribly small sample size of 10 so it could mean nothing) and since we BD either 4 or 5 days before O of course now I have just a teensy bit of hope but I'm trying to just focus on my boy name and the fact that it is really probably most definitely a boy. A few more weeks to go, we should know by V-Day when I want to go public on FB....
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Blue bonnet we have all been there honey and I can't sugar coat it for you the wait plain sucks! I am hoping its your b/g twinnies in there and I would be very shocked if it wasn't cause your sway was ah- mazing!!!! But I always think its best to mentally prepare for the outcome of b/b ! Big hugs XXXX
Lurker sorry! I never look into these threads but could not help it when I saw the word twins in the New Forem replies bar. This was me exactly 3 years ago. I could have written this post word for word minus having the tests done to find out genders before scan. I really hope the other twin is your girl and if it is not then try not to worry. Having three boys when two are twins means you get alot less flak due to the twin thing. Everyone loves twins. My twins are the best, I wouldn't change a hair on their head now that they are here. I'm totally smitten by them.Quote:
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If they are trying to confirm number of placentas like I suspect from a thread of yours a couple of weeks ago then they will look at gender because obviously B/G twins couldn't share one.Quote:
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It is nice that the ladies in your due group can imagine how you must be feeling. It was torture not knowing leading up to that scan.
Going by Statistics, so fact, twin boys are the least common type of twin.
I can't wait to hear how you go. Goodluck.
Thank you for all the support ladies. I feel so terrible even writing these things so it makes me feel so much better to get them out with a group that understands. I tried talking to DH about it last night and he is trying to be sympathetic, but he just doesn't get it. I think he's frustrated because I'm the one that wanted another baby (he was fine with just one kid) so obviously I should be fine that twin boys was a possible outcome of having another baby. We have settled on our twin boy names (I refuse to even look at girl names or even consider them!), and I do think it helps to cope and try to imagine them as sweet little boys like DS.
1+2+3 boys - I read your blog post last night and really enjoyed it. It's nice to read from others that have BTDT.
Bluebonnet, I am having the same fears as you! I have 3 boys and am very scared of having 5 boys now :/. I know I will love them no matter what but the comments from people are horrible! Already getting the comment thwt they are both boys and that my DH side doesnt make girls ughh I hate the ignorance.
Happy that your babies are both healthy, now hoping you have a girl in there too!
Bluebonnet I really hope you have a girl in there! Hope your pregnancy remains healthy too!
I keep having baby gender dreams and I'm only 6 weeks :/
Also my morning sickness has kicked in. Today I can't stomach any food with a lot of flavour. Plain toast is now my friend!
I wish I could think of a great boys name to help lessen the blow if it is one but I just can't find one! My other 2 boys were easy and had decided as soon as I found out I was pregnant. I just have girl names which I never had before.
Happy new year everyone !
I realy hope we all gonna have our desired gender in 2015 😃😃😃
Thanks for thinking of me Christi. I had a rough day yesterday but finally booked a gender scan for Saturday. Sometimes, sanity has a price tag on it. DH is not pleased but I am going alone. I will have a strong emotional reaction either way and I need to be alone to maintain some composure.Quote:
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In the mean time i am trying to visualize myself being where I was 7 years ago lying on a table with a u/s tech at my side and her telling me "its a girl" BUT making my immediate reaction completely different than it was last time. I keep calling the baby by the girl name we have picked and I may even browse online for some cute girl clothes to really get my mind into a girl mindset. If my expectations are set on a girl then it won't be a horrid cliff of disappointment to fall off. If its a boy, it will just be a massive surprise and I'll worry about that reaction at the time if I need to.
Honestly, one of the most challenging thing I am worried about is other people's criticism of our lives, (GD is right there too), but the facts of our life aren't really set up for another child. Most people I know only have 2 kids. I am almost 40 and DD1 will be 16 soon. I am a full time student and we live partially on student loans because of turmoil with DH job in the last few years. He will switch careers when I am done with school. So I am old, I will be raising kids until I am almost 60, I will have twice as many kids as most people and I can't afford it...not the smartest move from a critical standpoint. And, if its another girl, I know people will think "if you were just going to keep having girls, why go for #4?" Ugh....clearly I need to vent this morning...
I just had my 12 week scan. Tech was barely away from the head for more than a sec. Only gave me this one full shot. I'm hoping girl but not feeling optimistic :( any guesses? Hand was up near face.
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