Your provider will talk to you about when you can expect ultrasounds during pregnancy based on your health history. Prenatal ultrasounds may be called fetal ultrasounds or pregnancy ultrasounds. If there’s no reason for an ultrasound (for example, if you just want to see your baby), your insurance company might not pay for it. It doesn’t use radiation, like X-rays, to see your baby.Įven though prenatal ultrasounds are safe, you should only have them when it’s medically necessary. Then, the sound waves transform into images that your provider can see on a screen. The sound waves bounce off structures inside your body, including your baby and your reproductive organs. Other times your pregnancy care provider orders an ultrasound after they detect a problem.ĭuring an ultrasound, sound waves are sent through your abdomen or vagina by a device called a transducer. Sometimes ultrasounds occur to check on your baby and make sure they’re growing properly. An obstetrician, nurse midwife or ultrasound technician (sonographer) performs ultrasounds during pregnancy for many reasons. So essentially – a square-shaped little skull for a boy, and round itty bitty head for a girl.A prenatal ultrasound (or sonogram) is a test during pregnancy that checks on the health and development of your baby. For boys you’re looking for a more square skull and jaw because men have lower and more sloping foreheads.įor a girl, the top of the head is rounder and tapers at the top and the cheekbones are less pronounced. This method of gender prediction is based on the shape of your unborn babe’s skull. This method is based on the genital tubercle or the ‘nub’ that babies have between their legs between 11 and 13 weeks. If the nub points up more than 30 per cent, it’s a boy. The theory goes that if the nub is pointing up less than 30 per cent from the spine, it’s a girl. There are entire forums dedicated to the gender prediction nub theory, where you can ask thousands of people what they think you’re having based on your ultrasound and the direction of bub’s genital ‘nub’. However, studies since have disproved the theory (but it’s still fun to see if it’s accurate for you). On the right side of the uterus for a boy and on the left side of the uterus, for a girl. According to a research paper more than 5000 women had an ultrasound at six weeks to see where their placenta was forming, and they had a follow-up ultrasound at 18 to 20 weeks to find out their baby’s gender.Īccording to the study, the side that the placenta had formed on was correct in predicting the baby’s sex around 99 per cent of the time.
Placenta positionĪlso known as the Ramzi theory, this method of gender prediction is all based on the position of the placenta. The labia lips on either side of the clitoris sort of looks like a little hamburger, or three lines. For a boy, you’ll see a ‘turtle’ – the tip of the penis peeping ever so slightly from behind the testicles. A ‘hamburger’ sign will usually mean it’s a girl. It’s pretty much what an ultrasound tech is looking for if they’re checking bub’s gender.
If there’s a clear ‘between the legs’ image, you may be able to spot either a hamburger or turtle (really!). So, here are four ways to ‘predict’ baby’s gender from an early ultrasound. While mums-to-be now have the option of having non-invasive Prenatal Testing at 10 weeks, which is 99 per cent accurate in predicting gender, for those opting for the traditional 12-week ultrasound, there’s a bit of fun to be had in trying to guess whether there’s a boy or girl on board. In fact, there’s one ‘scientific’ method that claims a baby’s gender can be predicted as early as six-weeks, using an ultrasound. And apparently there are clues hidden in that first ultrasound image that may just tell you if you’re having a boy or a girl. The grainy, black and white 12-week ultrasound that makes it all seem so real.
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