Are ultrasound always sure?
By misshoney
@misshoney (973)
Philippines
May 23, 2009 12:15pm CST
I am six months pregnant and I just had an ultrasound today. The results say my baby is probably a girl. I am happy but just wondering if most ultrasounds are accurate. Someone told me that if the result of an ultrasound is a boy, then it is certain but if it’s a girl, and then there is still a chance that it could be a boy. What do you think? Anyway I am not so worried as I think I will have another ultrasound next time.
4 responses
@muncierebel (730)
• United States
22 Oct 09
Well, I'm sure the baby has been born now. Was the ultrasound correct?
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
25 Jul 09
So did you have a baby girl? If so or a baby boy congratulations. I had an private ultrasound scan at a clinic when I was 17 weeks pregnant. They said 'boy' and the other ultrasounds confirmed that. He was a boy and now he is two years old. I saw a fetal medicine expert for a detailed ultrasound scan. He said 'girl' at 16 weeks pregnancy. All my later scans said the same thing. My daughter is now a month old. However I have one friend that was told she was having a girl but she had a boy. I met a lady on a bus that had that same experience as my friend. On an ultrasound at 16 weeks a boy and a girl look similar, after 20 weeks they look different. Therefore an ultrasound at 20 weeks usually says the correct gender.
@k1tten (2318)
• United States
23 May 09
The ultrasound my mother had when she was pregnant with me wasn't quite accurate. I was supposed to be an Eric Justin but it turns out I was an Erin Jasmine when I was born. lol. So they are pretty accurate but sometimes they can be off just a bit. Congradulations by the way!
