re: please help!! i need ur input...

I went at 20 weeks and they couldn't tell. My baby wouldn't open its legs. The lady said she THINKS its a girl but wasn't very positive at all....so Im not going by what she says. But my SIL who went when she was 18 weeks, found out she was having a girl. I am going to get a 3D ultrasound September 20th I will be 30 weeks so.

yeah if i cant see it then when i come home im just gonna pay for another ultrasound..i just hope the baby cooperates so i know before i go home lol

Quoting Brittany(soldiers_wifey):“ sooo me and my husband just had to fight with the ultrasound people to be able to get an ultrasound before ... [snip!] ... be GREAT!!!!! thank you ladies!!! ps i leave on the 6th for home thats why we pushed to know the sex... before i see everyone”

The reason they generally wait for 20 weeks is so they can also see the baby's anatomy a bit better - They thought my son might have a kidney problem at my 20 week ultrasound....(turns out he's fine!   )

That ultrasound isn't done just so we can tell if it's a boy or girl - the doc is also checking the size of their head, looking at the arms, legs, fingers, and toes as well as baby's insides - like thier heart, brain, kidneys, stomach, bladder, and is making sure everything is developing normally... That's why although alot do it earlier, most try to make us wait until 20 weeks.

Quoting Brittany(soldiers_wifey):“ why is having a full bladder supposed to help????”

They always have me empty my bladder before the ultrasounds...so idk

i found out at 14 weeks... so no i can be done, but tech the US are to see how the baby is growing so in all reality she can be a total bitch and say she doesnt have to give that info... but i'd be nice because when you do go to the US you dont want to give you hard time and lie and say oh we can tell

Quoting yeahimliz:“ They always have me empty my bladder before the ultrasounds...so idk”

When you're farther along, you don't have to have a full bladder...  

I had to have a full bladder for my 20 week, but at 28 weeks, they told me to empty it.

Quoting Brittany(soldiers_wifey):“ yeah if i cant see it then when i come home im just gonna pay for another ultrasound..i just hope the baby cooperates so i know before i go home lol”

Thats what I kept telling myself, was I hope the baby cooperates. But my baby has always been so active at my ultrasounds I have had 5-6 ultrasounds. So the baby was moving around just not opening the legs. lol. But its cool cause my husband said its ok to get a 3D one to know for sure, even though we have to pay for it! Its gonna be worth it. We were supposed to go last saturday for the 3D, but my husband woke up sick so had to reschedule it, soonest they could get me in was September 20th   But I will be 30 weeks and the baby will have more fat on it and be more defined! Well good luck at the ultrasound!

Quoting Pinky37anahaf:“ When you're farther along, you don't have to have a full bladder...   I had to have a full bladder for my 20 week, but at 28 weeks, they told me to empty it.”

I had my first ultrasound at 12 weeks and I sat there with a full bladder then when they called me they told me to empty my bladder! Then I had the ultrasound...

Quoting trhjrh06:“ Thats what I kept telling myself, was I hope the baby cooperates. But my baby has always been so active ... [snip!] ... 20th   But I will be 30 weeks and the baby will have more fat on it and be more defined! Well good luck at the ultrasound!”

my baby is very active too...at the first ultrasound the baby was moving all around...and then today finding the heartbeat was hilarious bc we kept having to find it again bc he/she was moving ALL around..at one point the heartbeat was over by my right pelvic bone and then it switched all the way over to my left pelvic bone lmao

I think she was just being a bitch! I found out @ 17 weeks with my daughter & 19 weeks with my other & it was very accurate.

Quoting Brittany(soldiers_wifey):“ my baby is very active too...at the first ultrasound the baby was moving all around...and then today ... [snip!] ... one point the heartbeat was over by my right pelvic bone and then it switched all the way over to my left pelvic bone lmao”

lmoa Thats funny. Its crazy. I remember looking on the screen and just seeing the baby move all over the place!And when we go to the doctor with the heart beat monitor they use it takes them awhile to find they go all over my belly its funny. But I know I have a healthy active baby!

Quoting yeahimliz:“ I had my first ultrasound at 12 weeks and I sat there with a full bladder then when they called me they told me to empty my bladder! Then I had the ultrasound...”

Was your 12 week a probe?

My 8 week was... you don't have to have a full bladder for a probe.

If it wasn't a probe, you're lucky... that was not comfortable...

Quoting Pinky37anahaf:“ Was your 12 week a probe? My 8 week was... you don't have to have a full bladder for a probe. If it wasn't a probe, you're lucky... that was not comfortable...”

I guess I got lucky...it was a reg ultrasound and my girls showed up perfectly =]

Quoting yeahimliz:“ I guess I got lucky...it was a reg ultrasound and my girls showed up perfectly =]”

Maybe since you're having twins your uterus was bigger than normal....
And, you definitely got lucky!!!  

Quoting Pinky37anahaf:“ Maybe since you're having twins your uterus was bigger than normal.... And, you definitely got lucky!!!  ”

Lol...I was totally expecting them to stick a wand up me tho. So i was really surprised when they did a reg ultrasound. Even more surprised when i was 2 lil babies on the screen =]