Mochagirl's 12W4D U/S - UPDATE: IT'S A GIRL!!!!!

[Mochagirl]

Nice! Thanks, nicoler! I'll never get tired of people telling me my baby could be a girl!

[Mochagirl]

I updated elsewhere, but I thought I'd mention here too that the u/s place got back to me, and they'll do a gender scan at 16.5 or 17 weeks, but without guaranteeing the results. It's only a 2D scan - how accurate do you think the results will be? Should I go for it?

[nicoler]

I would think that as long as the tech is experienced - which I would trust he/she would be - they should be able to tell. As Canadians, we see those ultrasounds from the US all the time with 16 week gender shots that are clear as day. I had a private scan at 17 weeks and it was clear as day that my little guy was a HE. Maybe girls can be trickier? As long as there isn't a bunch of cord down there, you'd think they should be able to tell.

I bumped your post over on IG as well. If you are so inclined - you could alter your title to try and get Nicholerh's guess. She is a tech and accurately guessed my little guys tricky nub a couple years back. She's still pretty active over on IG and it seems like she rarely gets it wrong (or will at least give you a percentage guess of how confidant she is).

[Mochagirl]

Thanks for the advice - maybe I'll try that.

[My Fabulous Children]

Thinking pink!!!

Good luck xxx

[DoulaMama]

This is why I think it's a I REALLLLLLLY hope I'm right!!!! Can't wait til your next u/s!!!

[Myloves]

Nice! Thanks, nicoler! I'll never get tired of people telling me my baby could be a girl!

That's good, because I still think it's very likely you're having a girl!

[zanacal]

That's great about the potential 16/17 week ultrasound! I had mine done at exactly 16 weeks and it was very clear. They've also only ever looked at the potty shot in 2D, even at 27 weeks! I would definitely go for it!

Have you asked Coldwater or Foxy to have a look at your photos - both techs?

[zanacal]

PS - I just looked at your thread on IG and there are no photos on there?! Also there are no guesses and I thought you had some. Is it IG gremlins at play?! Seems odd!

[Mochagirl]

Weird...definitely sounds like IG gremlins - last I looked there were a couple of pages of responses! A few people have said they can't see the pictures, but I have no idea why because everyone else can see them.

Thanks again everyone for all the encouragement. I'm really scared to get my hopes up - I feel like I need to protect myself by assuming it'll be a boy until proven otherwise. I had a very, very strange birth dream last night where at the last moment I decided to have an unassisted home birth. All went well - it was an almost painless labour (I wish!) and I gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Then...this is where it gets weird. Fast forward to two days later and I suddenly realise I'd gotten busy with the other kids I'd completely forgotten about the baby and hadn't nursed him even once! After a frantic search for him, we found him in the same room I'd given birth in (in my Mom's house, for some reason), and he was a DOLL and not a baby! The whole dream freaked me out.