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I would not recommending getting an u/s at 14 weeks for gender. Both male and female genitalia looks THE SAME up till 16-18 weeks. SO if they tell you 1 gender I wouldnt go telling anyone cause it can totally change. I just had an u/s on Mon and I am 16weeks pg. She was pretty certain baby A was a girl, but she said she didnt want to even guess on baby b..I personally wouldnt trust an u/s before 18weeks for gender..but thats just me..GL

On one of my baby boards, one lady found out it was a boy at an u/s at 14 weeks. Saw the penis and everything. How shocked she was at 20 weeks to find it was a girl who is now 3 years old. How weird to honestly believe you are having a certain sex for 6 weeks and then finding out otherwise. She actually went through a mourning stage because she felt she lost her son. With my twins, we found out at 20 weeks and that was after having an u/s done at every single visit. My OB wouldn't try to even find out until then.

I know it's a big shot in the dark that early. I am nervous about going through the up and then down and then up again if the gender changes from 14 weeks to my 20 week. I absolutly wont be telling anyone that it is a "for sure thing" I used to work with a gal in a hospital who had three girls already, and pg with her fourth and had many u/s telling her that #4 was also a girl. Then, one week before she was scheduled for her C sectiion, she had one of thoughs fetal photos done in a shopping center and they saw that it was a boy! She delivered a boy and what a shocker (at least she had a week to prepare for a boy). I am fine either way it goes. I thought it would be a fun thing to ponder over at the reunion. More importantly to me is this whole experience, for this is going to be our last child and I am already feeling kind of sad about that. I love being pregnant and then nursing an infant and to think that this is the last time for me in this stage of life. ( on Oprah last week I heard something that came from Demi Moore in an interview with her that made me cry and think that "that is soooooo true" she said, "A child really only is ours when it's inside of our womb. Once the birth is happening, it's all about letting go little by little".) This is so true and as I watch my other three children grow and become more and more independant at their verying stages of life, that they are letting go. I am trying to savor all that I can and so hope that I don't make too many mistakes as a parent (like none at all would even be possible, lol). Sorry, I got off on a tangent. You know how it goes with these darn pregnancy hormones, LOL! Thanks for your input. I would love to hear more early u/s gender thoughts.