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NT/1ST Trimester Screening
I've heard of several ladies who indicate the sex of their baby was determined during their NT/1ST Trimester Screen ultrasound. I've heard you generally find this out at 18+ weeks. Anyone been able to find this out eariler or at the screening ultrasound? I'm so excited to find out!!
Mine was also done by a specialist and the tech was really cool and talked about eveything, she even told me that she saw no liquid around the heart like I was previously told by my dr office. She even took 4d pics just for fun she said and you could clearly see his manhood. It and she was awesome.
The NT test itself is ONLY a risk evaluation based on the amount of fluid around the baby's neck. It tells you nothing about the babys sex. The NT measurement tells helps access your risk of the baby having chromosome problems if there is extra fluid in the neck area.
The NT test is done between 11w+0d - 13w+6d. If you have a very skilled person doing the ultrasound, then apparently it is possible for that person to see certain things that indicate the sex of the baby as early as that time frame...but it HIGHLY depends on who is doing the ultrasound and how good their equipment is. Like I said, we were at a specialist who is one of 30 doctors in Germany with a certain qualification and of course an excellent machine.
Usually though, it is around the 16th-17th week that the baby's sex organs can be clearly seen by most ultrasound technicians.
The NT test is done between 11w+0d - 13w+6d. If you have a very skilled person doing the ultrasound, then apparently it is possible for that person to see certain things that indicate the sex of the baby as early as that time frame...but it HIGHLY depends on who is doing the ultrasound and how good their equipment is. Like I said, we were at a specialist who is one of 30 doctors in Germany with a certain qualification and of course an excellent machine.
Usually though, it is around the 16th-17th week that the baby's sex organs can be clearly seen by most ultrasound technicians.
I promise I will let you know if the doctor was right about it being two girls, but we dont have the CVS results yet. NT and CVS was done by specialist this past Wednesday, and I have to wait 12-14 days for the final results. That means Monday, the 23rd!
We got the preliminary results of the CVS which said no chromosomal abnormalies :) !!!!! and I asked about the sex because I thought maybe they could confirm that too now. And and she said since they did the chromosome tests, they do know the sex but that she is not allowed to give out that information until I am in 14th week (that is because abortion is legal here up until the 14th week without any reason necessary. After the 14th week you have to have a strong reason like deformity of child or threat to health of mother, etc. So to prevent people from having abortions based on sex of child, they wont tell anyone until the 14th week!)
We got the preliminary results of the CVS which said no chromosomal abnormalies :) !!!!! and I asked about the sex because I thought maybe they could confirm that too now. And and she said since they did the chromosome tests, they do know the sex but that she is not allowed to give out that information until I am in 14th week (that is because abortion is legal here up until the 14th week without any reason necessary. After the 14th week you have to have a strong reason like deformity of child or threat to health of mother, etc. So to prevent people from having abortions based on sex of child, they wont tell anyone until the 14th week!)
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