[dougRN2BE]

I posted this in the OB forum, but for good reason (at least I think) am posting it in the general forum. Hopefully the OB folks will be able to give some technical experience and you all in the general forum might have had experiences as parents in recent years with this topic. I'd appreciate any feedback you have.

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Hello Everyone,

My dear wife is pregnant and she went in for an ultrasound at 12 weeks to see the baby in 3D (a wonderful experience) and it was not with a licensed sonographer, although she claimed to have years of experience.

In any event, she claimed to be able to detect male parts and declared that it was 85-90% certain that we were having a boy. Now, we are completely fine with a boy or a girl (we just want our little bundle of joy to be healthy on arrival), but I am a bit skeptical that she was able to determine the sex at 12 weeks. It seems a bit early to me and I am wondering if any of you have experience with this and might be able to shed some light onto whether 1) it is quite feasible that she did see testicles/scrotum and her assertion holds water, 2) perhaps she did see male parts, but it is too early and her prediction of gender is not as solid as she stated, 3) it is too early to tell, period! or 4) whatever you want to say!

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Doug

[GingerSue]

in my textbook this is what it says
by 12 weeks well-differentiated genitals appear

between 8 to 12 weeks male physical characteristics and production of testosterone

just a start

male and female external genitals appear similar until end of the ninth week

[TazziRN]

Actually, 12 weeks is the earliest the gender can be determined. It's very possible.

[TazziRN]

Oh..........and many congratulations to you and your wife!!!!

[dougRN2BE]

Thanks everyone and thanks for the warm wishes, Tazzi!

Mom got to pick the boy's name. It will be Miles Aiden.

We're super excited.

Cheers,
Doug