When can I find out the gender of the child?

Almost all parents are looking forward to the moment when it will be possible to know the sex of their unborn child. Conducting ultrasound at week 20 of pregnancy with a high degree of probability can determine who will be born. It is by this time that the difference between a boy and a girl is already clearly visible. As the gestation period increases, the signs become more obvious. As for the early definition of sex, then everything is more complicated than it seems.

At what time can you determine the gender of the baby?

The first question asked by pregnant women for the first time visiting a gynecologist is: "In how many months will the sex of the child be recognized?". This is understandable, because every mom wants, as soon as possible to find out who she is wearing in the tummy.

The sex is determined by the so-called sex tubercle, which is present in all embryos. It develops gradually, and by the 12-13th week it is already possible to guess who the mother has in her tummy. Sexual differences by this date are as follows. In male babies, this tubercle is located at an angle of less than 30 degrees with respect to the line through which the spine passes. Girls have this angle, respectively, more than 30 degrees, which is confirmed in the picture of ultrasound.

In addition, to properly install the sex of the baby, you need a lot of conditions. In particular, that the baby lay on his back. Therefore, quite often, especially with the first ultrasound , it is impossible to establish 100% confidence in the sex of the fetus. In this situation, the future mother will have nothing to do but wait until the child turns over and his gender becomes known.

How likely is it possible to establish the sex of the baby?

When parents find out the sex of the child - they are infinitely happy. However, as mentioned above, installing it is not so easy in the early term. Therefore, often when performing ultrasound for the first time, doctors are mistaken. In this case, there is the following statistics: correctly the sex of the child at the time of 11 weeks is determined only in 70% of cases, and already at 13 weeks - in 9 out of 10 cases the doctors make the right assumption. Therefore, the probability that you will know the sex of your baby on the first ultrasound is small.

The majority of existing ultrasound devices in medical institutions are not so high-tech. In addition, during the research, the doctor will not wait until the fetus turns and takes the necessary position. Therefore, most pregnant women have to wait for the time when the period will be 12-14 weeks - then the sex of the child becomes known.

However, even at this time, there is a possibility of error. Therefore, it is best to wait until the pregnancy reaches the 2nd trimester. Here already the doctor with full confidence can tell you the sex of your crumbs.

But, even when the mother becomes aware of the child of what sex she is nurturing, you should not rush with the acquisition of children's things. There are cases when, due to the special position of the fetus in the womb, the fingers of the legs were taken behind the penis. In the end, instead of the expected boy, a woman gave birth to a girl, and was completely bewildered.

Thus, the sex of the baby can be recognized when the pregnancy reaches 13-14 weeks. At the same time, the time may be slightly shifted to a greater extent. It all depends on the location of the fetus. Quite often, the groin is covered with umbilical cord turns, from which the problem of sex determination becomes more complicated. That's why, moms eagerly await the moment when the baby is already starting to turn in the amniotic fluid, and will change its position. This usually occurs by the 14th week of pregnancy. Then my mother gets an answer to her long-awaited question about who has settled in her tummy.