When Can You Find Out The Gender of Your Baby

When Can You Find Out The Gender of Your Baby

Of course one of the most common questions we always receive is about When Can You Find Out The Gender of Your Baby ?. While many expectant parents do not want to know the gender of their baby until it is born, many more are very anxious to know

One important note about trying to determine the gender of your baby using an ultrasound, is that your baby may in fact be turned the wrong way, and the technician may not be able to determine what the sex is. Keep in mind that aside from genetic testing, none of these methods above is entirely fool-proof, which is why many expectant parents decide to just wait until the baby is born to learn the gender.

There are many different tests that can be performed in order to discern the gender of a baby. These tests are performed at different stages of the pregnancy and depend on different variables.

Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a test that is performed to find chromosomal abnormalities, but can also tell the sex of a baby. This may be performed between 10 and 12 weeks.

An amniocentesis checks for abnormalities in the fetus, using a long needle that gathers amniotic fluid, and may be performed around 16 weeks.

A level three ultrasound is only performed when it seems complications may be present in the fetus, but can also show gender as early as 12 to 14 weeks. A level one ultrasound is performed on most pregnant women between 18 and 20 weeks. This is the most common time to find out the gender of a baby. The heart rate of a fetus can be heard as early as eight to 10 weeks. It is believed that a higher heart rate indicates a boy, but this method is not accurate and should not be taken as truth.

The gender of a baby may be known out as early as 10 weeks but may not be discovered until the regularly scheduled ultrasound and even then, the position of the baby will determine whether the genitals can be seen or not.

You can read my previous article about Baby Gender Predictor