20 week gender scan

I've got my 20 week scan tomorrow we don't want to know the gender. Will it be too obvious at this stage? I'm hoping for a suprise will I have to look away during the scan.

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not at all just inform the scanner you would like to keep the gender a secret and do not wish to know and they will just stay away from the area as much as possible so nothing “ obvious” comes up

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You’re very unlikely to notice it without a trained eye. I had mine on Monday and even when the sonographer was showing us the gender, it was difficult to interpret.

But just in case, I would just let the sonographer know that you don’t want to know the gender and they should respect that and let you know to look away at a certain point if they do need to check anything in that area.

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It really depends what position baby is in. With my first it was so obvious he was a boy, good job I did want to know 😂

My youngest we didn't want to find out, told the sonographer as soon as we walked in. We didn't see anything so it was fine and he was a boy aswell.

It should be fine aslong as you explain to them as soon as you get in there. Good luck! x

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I had a gender scan at 16 weeks and a reassurance scan today at 18 weeks and it was very obvious BOTH times that we are having a boy! I even laughed at the gender scan and said well that’s a boy isn’t it 😂 and you will be 4 weeks ahead of that! So if you really don’t want to know then I would say look away due to chance and wait for your pictures - because if baby does a flip and it’s a boy then you will probs ruin it for yourself xx

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At our gender scan she turned the big screen pff after showing us baby and just had her monitor screen but turned away so we didn’t see anything when she checked for gender x

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To be honest they 20 week scan isn’t actually a gender scan it’s for a lot of other things it’s just a time when they can tell you if you want to know, you will get a scan either way to have a look at the baby’s progress along with other things x

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