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| Girl or Boy? | Ultrasound or Sonogram is conducted in order to find out if there is any problem with the baby or pregnancy. With the help of ultrasound you may get to know about such anatomical problems with a baby, as gastroschisis (the opening of the abdominal wall), a placental issue, like a placenta previa, spina bifida,  etc. only a well – qualified and certified ultrasonographer or physician may conduct the ultrasound investigation. Before the procedure takes place you have to drink enough water in order to fill your bladder, which will provide a better image on the screen. However, if your pregnancy term is more than 20 weeks, you may not need to drink water. It is considered to be the most common methods of getting to know about the sex of your developing baby. usually it is possible to tell whom are you expecting somewhere beginning with the 20th week of pregnancy, as only from this period of your baby’s development his or her genitals may be distinguished on the screen more or less clearly. In case if you try to get to know earlier it may be difficult to see, and when the ultrasound is used with the purpose to know the sex of the baby during later terms, it is also becomes difficult, because of crowding in the fetus. If your doctor appoints an ultrasound on a routine basis, your insurance may possibly cover this charge, though it is also possible that it does not. There are cases, when you may have to appoint an extra ultrasound in order to get to know if you are expecting a boy or a girl. This “out of schedule” ultrasound would cost you about $250. However, you are to be aware, that they can not always tell you 100%, and there is a possibility of a mistake, and some offices’ policies prohibit to tell the future parents the sex of their unborn babies.
There are many factors, influencing the accuracy of the procedure, which should be considered during the ultrasound, is being conducted, in order to tell you if you are expecting a boy or a girl. These factors mostly include:
The kind of equipment, applied;
The gestational age of the fetus;
The position of the fetus;
The weight of the mother;
The training and qualification of the person, who conducts the ultrasound, etc.
Genetic Testing may also be conducted in order to determine your future baby’s sex yet before he or she arrives. However, this method is applied in extremely rare cases, because each of them carries some level of potential risk to your baby and the pregnancy duration. The two most widespread genetic tests are the Amniocentesis and the Chorionic Villus Sampling. Amniocentesis is usually conducted after the 14th week of pregnancy, while the Chorionic Villus Sampling may be conducted somewhere beginning with the 8th week of pregnancy. Both of these tests are about 99% accurate. There is some more information about these kinds of analyzes below.
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