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Re: Gender Determination From: Penny Guzman (maxcruzing@erols.com) Sun Sep 26 17:56:11 1999 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: James S Smeltzer MD: "Re: Policy re: Fetal gender" Previous message: Administrator: "E-Commerce" In reply to: Lynda: "Re: Gender Determination" Lynda, As a sonographer, I am always careful to tell patients that sonography is not 100% accurate in determining the fetal gender. With that said, I have been very certain many times that I have clearly identified fetal gender as early as 13 weeks gestation. (If is was a male only!) I was able to follow most of these patients until delivery and was 9 for 9. But if I can not clearly see the genitalia, I do not try to guess. GOOD LUCK! I hope you have a wonderful pregnancy and enjoy your soon to be baby! Penny -----Original Message----- From: ultrasound@obgyn.net [mailto:ultrasound@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Lynda Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 4:57 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND Subject: Re: Gender Determination At Fri, 12 Jun 1998, DRoss38040@aol.com wrote: > >In a message dated 6/9/98 7:22:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, alderman@flash.net >writes: > ><< Who among us hasn't felt dreadfully uncomfortable when informing parents of >thier baby's > gender...only to have them express indignation, tears of disappointment, or >even anger. >> > >We always have to be careful what we say to the patient anyway. They are >often staring at my face, trying to figure out if everything is OK. > >I've had tremendously strong reactions when I've told people they were having >twins! Some laugh, some scream, some do both, and one cried through the >whole exam and told me she had no family in this country and her husband had >just left her! One thing about ultrasound that I really like, actually, is >that we are in kind of intimate contact with our patients and sometimes have >some great interactions with them. It's so much better than just stuffing >them into machines or squashing them under machines (like I used to do in Nuc. >Med.), and telling them to hold still for eternal lengths of time. > >Choosing ultrasound for a career was one of the smart things I've done in my >life. Hi, I am 12wks pregnant with a very much longed for ivf baby. We had our nuchal translucency scan at 12wks and 1day and I asked the sonographer if there were any way that he could tell the gender at this early stage. We lost our baby boy in a car accident 2 years ago. I had totally convinced myself that we were having a girl. Anyway, the sonographer categorically said we were having a little fella. He even gave us a photo of his "manhood". Both myself and my husband were over the moon, as we had never even dared to hope that we would be having another little boy. The thing is, other people that I have told have said that he must be wrong as it is impossible to see the gender at this early stage and even if he did, it still could be a girl. I don't know whether to be excited at having a boy or just to calm down and wait till the 20weeks scan. Could you tell me if you or anyone else has been able to tell the gender this soon, doing a nuchal scan and if they have been correct. Don't get me wrong, we will adore any child we are given, but if I were totally honest, I would adore to have another son, followed by lots of babies of any gender at all! I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks a million Lynda Sackett -- Yours truly Lynda Next message: James S Smeltzer MD: "Re: Policy re: Fetal gender" Previous message: Administrator: "E-Commerce" In reply to: Lynda: "Re: Gender Determination"

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