You Tell Me.
April 09, 2008
Well?
So I made a guess, and my doctor made a guess, and they were indeed the same guess, but after an unhealthy amount of time examining the blurry genitals on random strangers' ultrasounds on Google I am now second-guessing that guess. Maybe. A little. Eh, I think I'm right.
Dear Baby,
Thank you for being all alive and perfect and stuff.
I really really love you a lot, like, wow,
Mama
PS LITTLE KICKING LEGS WANT TO CHOMP NOM.
Peanut indeed!
Aw! A wee-Fee! Congrats on all the healthiness of him (or her, but I bet he's a him)
According to the ultrasounds I had, that "slit" or "line" right where it's located means you are having yourself a GIRL. AM I RIGHT??
(I had three girls.)
Healthy=most important thing! Congratulations!
See, I had a feeling for a boy, but now that picture at the top has me second guessing...girl?
When saw my son on the ultrasound it was SO obvious he was a he, when I saw my daughter, I had no idea what they were talking about: "three dots", etc..(??). Since I don't see clear boy parts, I say girl--But hey, she/he looks perfectly lovely in there.
Girl or Boy, either way, Congratulations!
Oh phew, that means me and my hubby were normal. :-)
As in, we never wanted to find out, but we got a partial glimpse by accident. And then spent 6 months trying to decipher the "blurry genitals on random strangers ultrasounds."
We thought we were right one minute and changed our minds the next, and this went on for the entire remainder of the pregnancy, even when we had the amnio results sitting in an envelope next to us and refused to look at them.
But the wait, and the not being all that sure, was still totally worth it.
Are we allowed to say what we guess? Cos I think you might need to keep Noahs clothing for a second round. :-)
The first one is a boy and the 2nd one is a girl ( and yes I do know it's the same baby!) and then we have a little face and then I don't know but I have only had 6 babies, 8 pregnancies and a hundred and some U/S scans, so really, I have no clue! I am hopeless except it is a real baby and has legs! Whoohoo!
Did you and your doctor think you saw the three lines that herald a girl (which I can kind of make out, if I turn my head just so)? Clearly, your readers are split on the issue. I don't see a third leg...so my guess is girl.
I thought we were guessing boy - but there are some strong cases for 'girl' here.
So are you going to spell it out for us? What was the guess made by you and the trained professional??
OH I KNOW and I did not finish reading the post because I know and I want to guess before going back and reading. It's a girl, am I right!? The tech explained to me the difference when we had our recent ultrasound!
I've heard turtle=boy, hamburger=girl. I think you have a turtle. Are you going to tell us?
I can't tell. What was your guess? I guess healthy baby. :-)
I think the 3 lines in the top picture is a girl. However, you are very early so I think that if it's a boy, the boy parts might just not have descended yet. What's your doc's guess?
Um... Yeah, this pretty much made me cry. Those legs are totally chomp worthy. :-)
Totally a girl. I think all of those who said girl should win a prize.
I've never had a baby, or looked at ultrasound pics before, so I have no idea. I'm going to take everyone's word for it and assume you're having a baby. Although, if it were up to me to guess, I might say spaghetti squash.
Turtle!!
Aww, look at that sweet little peanut. (I'm guessing boy, but I suck a deciphering u/s's) No matter, h/she is just as perfect as perfect can be. Congrats!
THAT IS A VAGINA IF I'VE EVER SEEN ONE!
Hmm. It *sorta* looks like Molly's. I remember being amazed that we could see labia- I thought a female ultrasound was one that was devoid of penis:)
Are you going to share your and the Doc's guess?
(And, oh, Hi. Am new reader and you are not helping with my raging case of Second Baby Lust But Husband Wants Only Child. But am enjoying your pretty blog lots anyway, thanks.)
Wait, I have NO experience with ultrasounds and I can't even tell which part is the head. And now you want me to distinguish GENITALIA? I don't know! I'm getting all panicked just trying to figure it out! It's like showing up for an algebra midterm and realizing you don't even know what x stands for, that you've NEVER known what x stands for. So GIRL! I say GIRL! I guess I have a 50% chance of being right.
It's a . . .
BAYBEE. Yep. Definitely.
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
Girl. No boy. No girl. Can't figure it out either. Happy everything is going well though!
That top pic looks just like one I got with my daughter! GIRL!
Mommy to a 7-month-old girl here, and the first one looks vaguely like labia to me. Overall: inconclusive.
I'm following you closely because I had a c-section with my daughter and probably will have another with baby number two. You're right, the second pregnancy is rarely documented, so thank you for doing this.
Also, SQUEEE YER NEW BEEBEE IS SO PRESHUS! I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!
Yep. I would guess a boy too. That sure looks like a little wingding there.
Great news on the 'perfect' and alive, too.
You are SO having a girl! That's definitely a little v-jayjay ... looks just like my daughter's pics.
Looks kinda like a girl, but maybe a girl whose woo-hoo is a bit, um, stretched out? Or maybe its a boy with a big space between his boys? Hell, I don't know.
Either way, that baby is TOTALLY GORGEOUS (and blurry)!
Aha! I say girl! How does it compare to Noah's ultrasound? It (and by IT, you know I mean genitalia) looks totally different from my son's, where there was no doubt what was hanging (hardy har) out between his legs.
Damn. That IS a tough one. I'd say girl. Hopefully you'll get a better look?
It's a bit early and blurry. But I totally think I'm looking at a vajayjay.
I vote girl!!
I'm guessing girl...or maybe boy..but probably girl...
Please tell us more!
Also, I just ovulated AGAIN.
All I can make out is the freaky...um, CUTE....alien head that all babies have in those ultrasound pictures.
My daughter looked like the one on the cover of "Communion".
I say boy. Congratulations on the pregnancy and the healthiness of it all.
I cannot make heads or tails of the photo. But I will say "girl", just to round out your family with equal numbers.
I think the only thing this ultrasound tells us is that there's a reason most docs wait until week 20 to start checking out the goods...
I'm guessing girl. Congratulations either way on a healthy alive baby and stuff though. :)
Top looks girlish, bottom looks boyish.
Only thing conclusive is that you and Jason decided to find out! YEAH for that. I love the surprise for me - hate it for everyone else.
Clearly - I have never been pregnant. All I can see is baby head??? Nom nom nom baby head though :)
Yep. That's a baby.
I think I missed the notice about the super ultra secret meeting where other girls learned how to read an ultrasound.
FWIW, here's our girl scan: http://blog.kroppel.net/2005/10/miss-skeletor.html
Similar? Maybe...or maybe not. Clearly, though, your baby is a gorgeous, athletic, charming genius already.
Beans & Franks or a Hamburger?
Beans & Franks or a Hamburger?!?
I say hamburger. Nom away!
You're going to make us guess?! Okay, the top one looks girl-ish, and the second one looks boy-ish. Gah. I can't tell. I think I'm going to go with boy, because at my daughter's ultrasounds, I couldn't see anything like that (though the only one I could TELL was a girl was the 24 week one, and genatalia change drastically between weeks 12 and 24). Anyway, congratulations on your beautiful little babyv2.0!
3 boys and 1 girl later - and I still can't ever make heads or tails of u/s pics!
Yay for healthy baby though!
Looks like a baby boy to me. Although I've never seen an ultrasound of a girl now that I think of it. Congrats!!!!! Are we thinking of names yet?
I'm totally going guess "boy" based on a similar scan I got at 13 weeks.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76486365@N00/2400900209/
Either way...yay!
There is NO WAY I could ever decipher an ultrasound.
It's gorgeous, whatever it is.
I'm so happy for you.
I'm gonna guess girl