Why...oh...WHY Did I have to look?

12 week potty shot is not reliable at all. Useless as a matter of fact.

I keep hearing that, I just looked and saw nothing poking out in between the legs and three little dot/lines and of course my mind went crazy :)

Can/do boys have the "three dots/lines" starting out as well with nothing in between the legs? If it were a boy wouldn't there be SOMETHING there? I don't have the potty shot I looked at available but here is the profile pic...I don't think you can tell a lot from it, though. I am wondering if the skull looks more boyish...


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I think early on both boy and girl could have three dots/lines. For a girl the middle dot/line becomes the clitoris. For a boy it becomes the penis. I don't see a nub in this shot. I think maybe you had this pic up in the ultrasound board.

Time will tell:)

THanks for the input. I've only ever had boys and never knew enough to look at Nub/skull/potty shots early on to get any clues. I thought maybe someone else would know if boy U/S can have three lines/dots as well as girls :)

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Can/do boys have the "three dots/lines" starting out as well with nothing in between the legs? If it were a boy wouldn't there be SOMETHING there? I don't have the potty shot I looked at available but here is the profile pic...I don't think you can tell a lot from it, though. I am wondering if the skull looks more boyish...


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Boys and girls have identical genitalia at 10 weeks (both have girly-bits). It's only at that point that the Y chromosome kicks in and begins to make testosterone that causes the girly-bits to turn to boy bits in boys. This process is barely started at 12 weeks and cannot be distinguished from a potty shot.

I would stop obsessing over these pics hun. Focus on your life and don't worry about what she has going on. :)

I'm good with my life, thanks :) I asked more for my own info. I like knowing things and have no idea how the gender thing progresses during pregnancy. I went blindly through 3 pregnancies, barely looking at ultrasounds (which I have since pulled out to see what I can see) and since this will be my last pregnancy, I probably ask too many questions, but I'm more curious. (thanks to this site) Kinda want to know what to look for when I get my nub pics and THOSE, I will be obsessing over...I don't think I'll be able to help that. LoL Thanks for all your knowledge, it's appreciated!

Ok sorry, didn't mean to offend in any way! Happy to explain, just never sure if someone is really uptight or just curious. :)

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I feel you. I wanted a little girl the first time around and shortly after announcing our pregnancy my husbands cousin announced they were pregnant with a girl. First girl in his family in DECADES. Jealousy reared its ugly head that they got the girl they wanted. To make matters worse because of the rarity of girls in the family their child was the star and still is for all the attention and our DS is off to the way side. But that is ok because he does n't need such petty people in his life. And because fate hates me guess who just announced they were pregnant again while we have been secretly TTC... And with the amount of zyrtec and vegetarianism in that house they are likely to get another girl oh joy here we go again >_< So dont feel bad we all have those thoughts it just comes with the territory of wanting something with all your being.

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yup they just announced today like I mentioned in the post from a few weeks back, its a girl. Here comes the ugly green jealousy monster lol

aww :( Well I hope you get your girl as well. It is hard seeing others get our dream, when it seems so hard for us to get it for ourselves. GOod Luck!