Gender Error?

[jennybaby]

My old college roommates (I lived with an engaged couple) had a baby a month ago. At her 20 week check-up, they said it was a boy. All of the sonograms said boy. The baby came... surprise! It was a girl. I didn't know that still happened! Anyone else ever heard of gender errors still happening?

[gwenshack]

Huh! Well that must have been a shock! Congrats to them. :flower:

[DanDanNoodleBowl]

I had an ultrasound today and got a glimpse between the legs and the ultrasound tech said " well, it looks like something is sticking out like a penis, but it could be a swollen labia"

Maybe it happens alot!

[SkippyNXC]

It typically happens the other way around more often... b/c some less than stellar ultrasound techs will take the lack of a penis as confirmation that it's a girl... generally when these errors occur, it's due to technician error/incompetence. at least that's what my OB's office said when i asked what the chance was that the gender was wrong on the u/s (tho what we saw at the u/s was quite clearly a penis)

[brendalin]

One of my friends in High school had a little sister that was idnetified as a boy and ended up being a girl... that was years ago though. I figured with how advanced everything is now a days it wouldn't happen very often.

[lalaland13]

It happened to someone I know a couple years ago. Throughout, he and his wife were told it was a girl. Then the baby comes out, and it's a boy.

[Kirby]

Yikes! I am really hoping that this doesn't happen to us!

[FFC]

THIS is why I had SO many U/S's! I wanted to make sure and triple sure Katie was a girl. Yes, it happens a LOT. The U/S tech isn't even allowed to say "Yes, it's a boy/girl". They have to say what it looks like or what they think it is. If they say "It's a ___" they can be held liable for misinformation! :)

[Smurfette]

THIS is why I had SO many U/S's! I wanted to make sure and triple sure Katie was a girl. Yes, it happens a LOT. The U/S tech isn't even allowed to say "Yes, it's a boy/girl". They have to say what it looks like or what they think it is. If they say "It's a ___" they can be held liable for misinformation! :)
Our tech typed on the u/s "Two Girls, One Womb" at my request after she had ID'd their girl parts. Today was the 2nd time a tech told me that my Smurfs look like girls. 10w 6d is way too soon to see gender but she put a circle on the bottom where the peter would be, zoomed in, looked at me and nodded. I didn't say anything. I'm 3-0 for making girls. :heart:

[f77g4]

Happened to one of my old coworkers about 6 or 7 years ago. She was told she was having her 2nd boy and it ended up being a girl.

I think this is why if I ever get preggo I don't know if I could find out the sex cause I still wouldn't want to decorate one way and then it be the opposite.

[Smurfette]

We're not going to find out. Obviously DH wants a pair of frat boys - I want another set of sorority sisters. We have a bet going. The odds are in my favor seeing how I have 3 girls already.

He bet me a new surfboard that we'll have all boys.
I bet him a new bed that he won't be able to wait until their born AND that they'll be girls. The bed and the surfboard are approx the same price and things we do not need. :coolblue: