Gender scan NHS

You mean for like a gender reveal party? I’m sure if you ask the Sonographer they will be happy to. I didn’t have it done, but I’m a Radriographer and some of my colleagues are Sonographers and I’ve heard them say they have done that in the past.

@Ana hey hun yes that’s what I mean as I don’t want them to tell mysel or my husband as we are having a gender reveal and just want the gender put in an envelope so we can give it to the person who will be decorating for the gender reveal party

No, they don’t tend to write the gender down incase they are wrong, and then liable. But I’ve heard it depends on the sonographer, some do, some don’t. Mine did not and explained why (the above). I had a private scan a few weeks before, so I knew the gender already.

This is what we did. We said if she was sure, then to write it down and she did it for us. We weren’t sure as she seemed very strict! I then took the paper to the balloon place to do the balloon. That way it was an absolute surprise for all of us xx

I would Highley recommend doing your gender scan private. I'm so glad I did and she made it so special for us when we found out. Obviously she explained politely its never 100% but it was just so beautiful how she revealed the sex to us. You also get what you pay for. I had my 20 week scan with NHS few weeks after and the sonographer was so rude! I asked him if he could confirm the gender and he gave me this long speel about how it's not 100% and they can't be held liable. He said he would try confirm the sex of the baby if its in the right position but it's not guaranteed so may not be able to tell me the sex. If that was my first time finding out as a first time mum I would have been devastated. I know it's not 100% but he didn't need to speak to me like I was just a number on a tick sheet box. This is meant to be a special moment for mummies and patient, empathy and care should always be at the forefront. I'm not saying everyone has that experience but that was my personal experience.

It’s tricky with the NHS sonography because their primary job is to check for anomalies rather than gender and even if they are pretty certain what the gender is, they might not write it down because it’s not 100%. I had my gender scan at a private clinic and although I found out the sex there, they offered to write it down before they told me! Maybe go to your NHS scan, see if that’s something that they will do and if they don’t you can usually get next day appointments for a private scan xxx

Private will write it down. I haven’t come across an NHS that will do that for the reasons people posted above incase they are liable as it isn’t 100% certain. I’d recommend private xx

@Shradha never mind what I said 😅 I’ve asked my friend who is a Sonographer and she said they don’t do it for all the reasons above.

Nhs don’t write it down for you unfortunately as it’s technically not a gender scan it’s an anomaly scan and they’re not always 100% (what we were told) so we went private. My hospital had signs up saying they won’t write it down but are happy to tell you. Xxx

Despite what everyone else has said, my nhs did write it down. We had booked a private in case they didn’t. It’s worth try x

My hospital has a sign up in the waiting room saying they do not take part in gender reveals nor do they write it down so please don’t ask. After seeing that at my 12 week scan I booked a private gender reveal scan at 16 weeks

Not at this hospital but my NHS hospital doesn’t write down, they only tell you verbally. We had a private scan at 17 weeks to find out the gender as a written surprise