Inspired by the "finding out/telling dh thread" did you find out the sex of the baby

[mtemm]

prior to birth? If it was thru ultrasound was it correct?

 

[ahutton]

We "found out" for both of our kids - and they were correct both times (girls). We decided that we could be surprised now or later - we decided now. That gave us the 2nd have of the pregnancy to debate what each would be named and get a little more prepared.

 

[Serena]

yes, and yes. I wanted to know.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

I had amniocentesis with my second so the doctor had a definite sex of the baby but we did not find out until the birth. I wanted it to be a surprise.

With the first, theydidn't do ultrasound routinely to determine sex, that was 17 years ago.

 

[mtemm]

we weren't going to find out. Then we got a call from my dr. that my tri-screen came back pretty low, so she recommended an amnio. Had an u/s set up for the next day anyway, so she said she'd meet me there and do the amnio if I wanted her to.

I did, and one of my sister's asked if I would find out the sex, since the amnio is 100% accurate, as opposed to the u/s. (I knew somebody whose u/s was wrong). She got the bug in my head and the next day I told my dr. we'd like to know. I had no predictions, but when they told me it was a boy (based on u/s, confirmed later with amnio) I couldn't register it...kepts waiting to hear them say "girl." LOL!

This all happened the morning of 9/11/01...as we were driving home we started calling people and dh's grandmother was watching the Today show...just as everything started happening. I'll never forget that day in more ways than one. I was supposed to rest and take it easy. Ha!

I agree that it is always a surprise...just depends on When you are surprised. Can't imagine it being any more emotional at birth.

 

[KarenB]

Had ultrasounds for both children. For the first, I never asked or wanted to know.

For the second, I don't remember if I asked or if the doctor asked me if I wanted to know. But our "daughter" to be is now our 13 year old named Jeffrey!!!!!! Opps!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!


Karen

 

[Mishetta]

Nope..didn't want to know, either time. That's the best surprise in the whole world!

 

[disneychrista]

Didn't find out with either one. The first time I didn't want to know.
The second time, if they had asked to you want to know I would have said yes. I was convinced the she was a boy, it would have been nice to not go an additional 4 months of thinking she was a boy.
If I was to ever have an other baby (not likely) I would want to know, unless of course the baby's daddy didn't.

 

[MerryPoppins]

I wanted to know with both and both times they were correct.

 

[browneyes]

I had 4 ultrasounds with both of my kids. With both of them, 3 of the ultrasounds, we were far enough along to see if the baby was a boy or a girl. Every one of the ultrasounds were right. My ultrasound pics are pretty clear too. I can see their faces quite clearly and you can see very clearly that they were a boy or a girl, too.

The only thing the ultrasound was wrong about was I had an ultra sound the day before my ds was born. They told me he would weigh about 7 pounds 12 ounces if they had to induce me early. They had to induce me (heck, even I saw from the ultrasound why they had to). He was 8 pounds 12 ounces (and almost 3 weeks early, he was considered a premie because of his gestational age ). They were off by a whole pound.

 

[Gail T AGAIN]

I didn't know but in my heart I wanted a boy and a boy it was. I bought all kinds of boy outfits, I would of been in trouble if I had a daughter.

 

[cgcw]

I knew from the beginning that DS8 was a boy. I just knew.

With DS3, DH had convinced me that he was a girl based on what he "saw" (or thought he saw ) on the ultrasound. Guess that's why he's not an OB!!

 

[wdwnutze]

Didn't find out for my first 2. With my 3rd, I wanted to find out because we had given away everything and I wanted to be prepared. Dh did not want to know so I kept the secret for about 2 months. He finally couldn't wait any longer and had me tell him.

 

[glo]

With my first I wanted a girl in the worse way, and had to find out. DH did not want to know, but eventually relented. When I got pregnant again I was carrying twins, and I had to know. I wanted to be as ready as possible. We knew one was a girl from early on. Always thought the other was a boby, so active. BOY was I wrong...now have three girls and that is it Why mess with perfection

 

[CamColt]

I had to find out both times and they were right.

With DS#1, DH didnt want to know, but since I did, he left the room when the ultrasound tech told me. She did say she wasnt sure because he was in a bad position. A month later I needed another ultrasound because of the bad position he was in so she checked again and was pretty sure this time. Since I didnt want other people to know before DH, I had to lie to everyone and say they couldnt tell.

DS#2, DH did want to know, so I got to tell everyone. This pregnancy had been different from the first so I was convinced it was a girl. Ultrasound tech said "This ones DEFINITELY a boy!". She was right again.

 

[MosMom]

We wanted to know both times but it never happened. We had Mosey in Canada and the U/S techs said it was policy there not to tell anyone due to lawsuits. We had a routine U/S and then one at the emergency room (due to Mo cracking my rib in utero) and they wouldn't tell us either.

We wanted to know with Elliot and the U/S tech did say "I might buy boy stuff if I were you but I would definitely keep the receipts" so she gave us a hint but said she was only 60% certain and that is only 10% more certain than the given 50/50.

It turns out, I didn't need an ultrasound because the draino test worked both times. LOL

 

[tiggerlover]

I sure did! We had tried for 10 years to have a baby so I wasn't waiting any longer. The technician said she was 98% sure that we were having a boy and we had a boy.

 

[tigercat]

Since my youngest is 22 the u/s weren't as good as they are now. The thing is I knew when each of my 4 kids were going to be born (except the 1st because she was induced) and what each of the kids were going to be. The last one was really difficult because he was 2 weeks overdue and according to the u/s he should have been born 2 weeks before my due date. He was very large for me but was born on the exact day I said he would be born.
tigercat

 

[swanmom]

Funny story about making the decision whether or not to 'find out' (I had amnio so we could have.) As we're debating the pros and cons, DH says "You know, for nine months the focus is on you, your changes, your size, your symptoms, your cravings........which is fine with me because you're the one that has to carry the baby and do all the work in labor. But, my one shining moment as the daddy is when I get to call everyone and
shout 'It's a boy (or girl)!' I really want it to be a surprise for me and for them." I thought that was so sweet that we decided not to find out in advance.

 

[Jeafl]

I didn't find out with any of mine. The doctors always knew though since I had 5 ultrasounds with each. There were times when I was alone in the room with my charts and all I had to do was open them and look. I resisted temptation each time and I'm glad we did. It was really fun to be surprised.