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ahh I mean really hoping our first is a boy!

JMP I didn't know they could find out the sex at 12weeks as the genitals are still forming? Wait to see at 18weeks. Whatever the sex of your child, you and your bf will love this child regardless. Just hope for a healthy child and leave the rest to chance. Remember it is the male sperm that decides the sex..tell your bf that one. :)

you shouldn't trust all those tales about how it's a boy if you have no sickness, several of my friends had horrible morning sickness thru out the pregnancy and all had boys. so really, it's just a guess, most of the time :)

I agree with Kristin... its hard to tell the sex so early on. I am kinda surprised the tech would even ask you at this point. When I went in for my 12 week, they said 'no way... too soon'!

I was told the sex of my baby at my 12 week NT scan and it was correct. It really depends upon the skill of the ultrasound technician as well as the doctor and the equipment. We were told that the doctors track record was about 95% correct. Although there are no actual genitalia that can be seen, the doctor told me that if something (forgive me, I don't remember exactly) was pointing up it was a girl and down was a boy or vise versa. I don't know what exactly it was that indicates it.
I would not run out & buy anything, wait until 18 weeks for a truly accurate answer. Good luck, you will love your baby no matter what!!!

I also was told at my 12 week nt u/s that my baby was a girl, and confirmed that at 20 weeks. :) It actually is the genetalia that they are looking at, just not fully formed. the part that will eventually be a penis (pointing up)or a vagina (pointing down) is how they tell. My ultrasound tech said that he had only been wrong a couple times but still to not run out and buy pink stuff. But, now I can!

I'm sad now!! I hope she was wrong!

oh come on!! You can't be sad, this is your baby, girl or boy! who cares! you should be more concern as to whether she's healthy or not! gender is not that important after all. Your baby can feel everything you feel or worry about, don't send the vibes as if she is not as much wanted as a baby boy would be!

Oh yeah I'm being so immature I know. Some of this seems hormonal lol..I know I will love him/her regardless! I guess I just never thought I'd have a daughter! I have three brothers, no sisters and everyone else in my family and his family are all boys I guess I just figured I'd have a boy too like everyone else, I guess I'm just scared and nervous for a girl especially after the hell I gave my mother in my teenage years! LOL..Thanks guys =]

First of all congratulations to your pregnancy JMP!:) Try not to be sad about the news that it might be a girl and instead be happy that you´re expecting. But I can understand that now knowing the sex of your baby messes with your head since you´ve probably thought of a boy even before you got pregnant. The ultrasound technician is probably good at her job but it feels a little too soon to tell whether it´s a boy or a girl at week 12. I´m from Sweden and in the last weeks there has been a discussion about whether you should get to know the sex of your baby or not, since women from Norway come to our country to get that information. If it´s not the sex they want they get an abortion. Isn´t that horrible!? I know you will love your baby JMP whether it´s a boy or a girl. Congratulations once again and good luck to you!

Wow, Salle, i have not heard about this! How are they able to do that, i mean, in most cases you find out the sex of the baby pretty late into pregnancy, like anywhere between 16-20 weeks. Abortions at that stage are extremely complicated!
I am not against them, every woman has a right to choose, but there's a big difference when you get an abortion at 6 weeks when it's just a size of peanut and barely has a heart beat. Having an abortion at 16-20 week point is killing an almost fully developed human! That is horrible!
I seriously think they should not allow doing that at that stage, unless it is emergency and you have no choice but terminate your pregnancy of health problems to you or baby. I'm shocked!

I´m shocked as well! In Norway women can get an abortion at week 12 at the latest without having to state a special cause in order to get it done, whereas in Sweden it´s possible to get an abortion at week 18 at the latest. In an article it says that it should not be possible for the Norwegian mothers to be to get to know the sex of the baby before week 12 because it´s against the law for the ultrasound technician to give that information out. But apparently some women demands to be told and some techs ignore the law which result in that the women come to Sweden to have the abortion. In Sweden we get to do the ultrasound between 17-19 week unless there have been any kind complications with an earlier pregnancy. Then you get to do it much earlier. I agree with you augustmommy3 that an abortion between 16-20 week is way too late.

WELL..for us no matter what the sex we are going to keep the baby lol, I love my moomoo was just hoping for a boy, but will equally love a girl as well of course! I would never ever have an abortion because the baby wasn't the sex I wanted. That sounds totally irresponsible and childish!

i would wait till the 20week ultrasound for a confirmation because at 12 weeks the genitalia is still forming so its still possible that the baby is a girl
i had a 14week ultrasound and the tech did not even attempt to tell the gender

I had my NT scan at 12 weeks and I asked the tech if she could tell and she said she'd look "for fun"...they cannot tell you with any certainty (that is their "disclaimer") before 16 or 18 weeks but she said girl and sure enough it was the same at 14 weeks and then confirmed at 20 weeks. JMP, don't worry as it could still turn out to be a boy, but if not, OMG little girls are soooooo much fun!!!!! Literally it makes me want to cry when I see her interact with her daddy. She melts his heart. I can't imagine what it would be like to have a boy now :)