finding out the sex

have you/did/will you find out the sex of your bubba or do you prefer a surprise?

wasnt really an option for me as they wont tell you in scotland no matter how much you beg.i did consider paying for a 3/4d scan when expecting my second so i could find out but decided i wanted the same surprise as i had with my first and glad i did.

When the times comes, I suppose I'd quite like to know before-hand so I could think about names, but it really wouldn't make any difference to me either way whether it was a boy or girl! Why won't they tell you in Scotland?

I didn't find out with Robbie but we knew deep down he was a little boy

With Billy we found out and did with Isabella and this lil one too.

Even though Mark is still convinced that this baby is a girl still LOL.

Becky said:
When the times comes, I suppose I'd quite like to know before-hand so I could think about names, but it really wouldn't make any difference to me either way whether it was a boy or girl! Why won't they tell you in Scotland?

its now all hospitals policy due to the number of people given the wrong sex and suing there bums off basically also you are only given one scan up here at 12 weeks unless for medical reasons so most babies are too small to tell the sex at that age

Suing them?? How petty is that!! I thought having a baby was supposed to be the happiest time of your life, who on earth would want to get involved in legal proceedings when they've just given birth?!

Becky said:
Suing them?? How petty is that!! I thought having a baby was supposed to be the happiest time of your life, who on earth would want to get involved in legal proceedings when they've just given birth?!

loads of people apparently.when i was expecting my first ther was a woman in my antenatal class who had successfully sued the nhs as she was told at scan 8 years b4 she was twin boys and gave birth 2 two girls.she sued them for expenses as she had bought and decorated all blue and for emotional distress! id have just laughed and bn glad they where healthy myself

mumof2 said:
wasnt really an option for me as they wont tell you in scotland no matter how much you beg.i did consider paying for a 3/4d scan when expecting my second so i could find out but decided i wanted the same surprise as i had with my first and glad i did.

well i`m from Fife and they told me Amy was a girl even though i new this deep down anyway

I found out with iestyn at my 20 week scan

i moved before i got pg with ella and the hos i went to dont tell you the sex either, i only found out cause i had an amnio they asked me if i wanted to know when having it done and i did

emma1978 said:
I found out with iestyn at my 20 week scan

i moved before i got pg with ella and the hos i went to dont tell you the sex either, i only found out cause i had an amnio they asked me if i wanted to know when having it done and i did

Hi emma, how old where you when you had an amnio, i am 40 in august, and due in sept... Already have 5 girls...We have scan at 12 weeks, and 20 week detailed scan where we can find out the sex....

Buttercup said:

mumof2 said:
wasnt really an option for me as they wont tell you in scotland no matter how much you beg.i did consider paying for a 3/4d scan when expecting my second so i could find out but decided i wanted the same surprise as i had with my first and glad i did.

well i`m from Fife and they told me Amy was a girl even though i new this deep down anyway

il have to move to your area of fife then lol as it must be the only place you can still find out.what hosp did you have your scan at? my sis in law lives over in rosyth and she wasnt allowed to find out with her first either(almost 2 years ago)and has asked this time too but they refused

i found out with kieran as my partner gave me the silent treatment but with this one i dont wanna know we want a surprise ......if i can keep my mouth shut lol xx

dianelj said:

emma1978 said:
I found out with iestyn at my 20 week scan

i moved before i got pg with ella and the hos i went to dont tell you the sex either, i only found out cause i had an amnio they asked me if i wanted to know when having it done and i did

Hi emma, how old where you when you had an amnio, i am 40 in august, and due in sept... Already have 5 girls...We have scan at 12 weeks, and 20 week detailed scan where we can find out the sex....

i was 26 i had it done because when my bloods come back there was a higher chance of ella having downs.

it came back as a 1 in 249 chance of her having it the cut of point is 1 in 250.

I found out with both mine, i do wish now that we had waited for the surprise though

I never really asked with any of my two.

With Kieran I just had a gut instinct from day one it was a boy, so much so I never picked any girls names at all .

And again with Lauryn I wasn't so sure but probably about 90% of me thought it was a girl, again I only picked girls names, hadn't a clue what I'd have called her if she was a boy LOL

I had 20 wk scans with both of them because there's a history of downs in my family. Kieran I could have asked ~ they asked if I wanted to know but I said no.

Lauryn, DH asked if they could tell what it is and the girl said yes but they're not allowed to say, DH said we thought it might be a girl and she gave him a look and shrugged but it looked like she was saying we were right.