What is the earliest week possible to see gender of baby?

[Irishmom]

What would be the earliest week you could possibly see an inkling to babies gender? Is it 13 weeks or later?

[lisvna]

Dr Savvas in Cyprus told me 12 weeks. I know a woman in Belgium that claims 13 weeks and in the Netherlands a doctor who claims 14 weeks. They all say its accurate.....

[nuthinbutpink]

It's only as accurate as the equipment, development of the baby at the time of U/s and how good the tech is at knowing what they are seeing. I don't think any doctor would confirm gender beyond the shadow of a doubt at 12 or 13 weeks. If it is a boy, I think at 13 weeks it can be obvious but not all the time.

[Irishmom]

Thanks ladies. I'm just curious as with my 3ds scans it was pretty obvious at my 12wk 5 day scan/13 week scan. Wishful thinking here but say if it was a girl this time around, and you saw the 3 white lines at around 15 weeks would that be a good enough guess or could it still change?

[purplepoet20]

I have heard of more wrong guesses before 14wks. I have noticed a few private scan places that qurantee gender at 14-15wks but most of them say 16-18wks. But it also depends on the machine and the tech.

I wanted to get one as early as possible around 14-15wks but I was afraid of it being wrong and hearing something else later. So I have waited for 17wks with the hopes that it doesn't change at the 20wk scan. It's harder to wait but atleast it will be worth it.

[nuthinbutpink]

Purple- your scan is today!! Good luck!

[Irishmom]

Thanks ladies for your replies. It is our wedding anniversary July 7th and my husband said he would pay for a scan for me as my present, so i was just curious if there would be any point at 15/16 weeks. I have not told anyone and had planned not to tell anyone until i get a gender scan.So maybe i will just have to hide for a little bit longer and wait until the end of July lol.

[Pinkmeup]

A friend of mine had both her pregnancies correctly gender scanned at 9 weeks during private scans in the uk - both boys.