Can You Find Out The Gender At 16 Weeks And 5 Days
Olivia Luz
Moms to be who undergo amniocentesis a prenatal test that s used to check for certain genetic problems usually around 16 weeks can also find out whether they re having a boy or a girl at that.
Boys and girls genitals develop along the same path with no outward sign of gender until about nine weeks. If you have an amnio at 16 weeks you can find out by 18 weeks. The gender of your baby is revealed at your second scan between 18 and 21 weeks but there s another test people use to determine if it s a boy or girl credit. It is normally possible to tell the gender from a scan after 16 weeks sometimes earlier at 12 weeks if the nub theory is used.
Ultrasounds may reveal sex organs by 14 weeks but they aren t considered fully accurate until 18 weeks. Getty contributor the nub theory. Other people have said they were told at their 12 week scan which seems optimistic to me. But of course many little babies are not accommodating and don t let the sonographer have a good enough look to see if they are a boy or a girl.
Since an ultrasound creates an image of your baby it can also reveal the sex of your baby. However it s not until 14 or 15 weeks that you can clearly begin to see the differentiated genitalia. One accurate way to predict whether you re having a boy or girl is to have an ultrasound which is usually done between weeks 18 20 of pregnancy. The latest research however suggests we can learn the gender months earlier during the ultrasound for the first trimester screen which is performed sometime between 11 weeks 0 days to 13 weeks 6 days of gestation.
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Go with an open mind but dont get your hopes up too much but 15 5 is practically 16 weeks so hopefully you ll be able to find out good luck.
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