Boy or Girl? 16 weeks, not the greatest shots. Help!

[smallandfierce]

Okay, so, here's the deal. At 16 weeks, I wound up in the ER with extreme pain that turned out to be kidney stones. Because they had to do an emergency scan that night, my insurance won't cover the 20 week anatomy scan now, which is ridiculous, in my opinion, but that's beside the point. I was able to get the ultrasound report from the ER, as well as the images taken, to make sure everything looked good health-wise at the least, and everything is as it should be, thankfully.

This just leaves me with the question, of course, of boy or girl. We already have three girls, I'm dying to find out so we can plan for a boy if we need to (since the majority of things we have are not remotely gender neutral ) but it's going to be another month or two until we can budget responsibly to pay out of pocket for another scan. The open leg shots from the ER scan are not all that fabulous, even after three kids I'm having a difficult time spotting the tell-tale lines that would confirm 'girl!' from this angle. Any guesses, experts?

[nuthinbutpink]

First shot looks all boy to me. I can't believe they won't pay for a proper anatomy scan. Did they even check everything out with the baby that they do at the normal anatomy scan? Chambers of heart, brain, etc?

[smallandfierce]

Thankfully I have the report and all of the images from the hospital scan and the heart has four chambers, baby has both kidneys, and the brain is perfect, etc., but it still irks me they won't pay for a scan that, in my opinion, is necessary, I know. I thought the same about that first shot, but the other two threw me since it looks like it was taken from the same 'side' and I don't see anything--but honestly, these angles are horrible, I'm figuring we're just going to have to wait a while longer. Thanks for looking!

[girlmom]

[TTC5]

Girl.

[stacey221958]

Girl!

[ashkash]

I agree with NBP - that first pic looks very boyish to me. I can't tell anything from the others, though. I can't believe your insurance won't pay for an anatomy scan - can you contest their decision? I hope you're able to get another scan, one way or another.

[prayingforason]

I can't tell at all.. the ER US tech didn't say?? I would have to pay for one of those gender scans... sorry