Gender Surprise Scan
Gender Surprise Scan
Our gender surprise scan is a gender scan that helps keep baby’s gender a secret. Our team will print off a potty shot of your baby’s gender and put that in a gender reveal card that you can open in private. Or you can give that card to the person who is organising your gender reveal.
Our gender surprise scan can be performed between 15 weeks and 22 weeks of pregnancy.
- Keeps baby’s gender a secret
- Print off a potty shot of baby’s gender
- Have a sneak peek of your baby in 4D
- Listen to baby’s heartbeat
- Basic well-being scan to check baby’s health and development
- Well-being report will be emailed to you
- Your scan movie clips and all digital images will be sent to you electronically
- Includes 3 photo 6×4 photo printouts from our photo kiosk
- Extra colour photo prints available
Please note that the basic well-being scan, as part of this service, to check baby’s health & development does not include growth measurements or an estimate of baby’s weight.
Growth measurements can be added as an optional extra to your scan.
15 weeks is the earliest that the gender can reliably be seen on a gender ultrasound scan and gives expectant parents the opportunity to find out the gender 4 weeks earlier than they normally would at the 20 week NHS scan.
If you are interested in knowing the gender earlier than 15 weeks we do offer the SneakPeek Gender Blood Test which can identify the gender of your baby as early as 7 weeks. The SneakPeek Test is a pregnancy blood test and not a pregnancy ultrasound scan. You can find out more at SneakPeek Gender Blood Test.
We also have a range of accessories to choose from balloons, cannons, footballs, scratch cards and gender party decorations.
Gender Surprise Scan
During your gender surprise scan, a special version of our gender scan, the sonographer will show you your baby, pointing out the heart, head, legs and arms. You will be able to listen to your baby’s heartbeat and for an extra fee you can choose to have the the heartbeat recorded and put into a heartbeat bear for you take home. The sonographer will check the well being of your baby and point out the vital organs and show you where your baby is lying within the womb. The sonographer will keep your baby’s gender a surprise and print off a potty shot of baby’s gender for you to open in private or to host a gender reveal. We will also have a quick look at what you baby looks like in 4D at this stage.
After your gender surprise scan the sonographer will choose the two best pictures and print them on black and white thermal paper for you to take home.
If you want extra pictures we can print colour photo prints for an extra fee, you can look through your gender surprise scan images and choose extra pictures you would like us to print. Later that same day we will email to you all your scan pictures, video clips and report.
At Babyvue we perform gender surprise scans any time from 15 weeks to 22 weeks. 15 weeks is the earliest that the gender can reliably be seen on ultrasound scans. 15 weeks is also a good time to have a scan as it falls right in between the 12 week and 20 week NHS scans. It is nice to have a scan to have a bit of reassurance that all is going well while you are in between NHS scans and before you can feel the baby moving.
Gender Surprise Scan FAQs
Our team have answered the most popular questions about Gender Surprise Scan, if you cannot find the answer to your question below then please reach out and we'd be happy to help. When you are ready you can view all of our available appointment times for our Gender Surprise Scan service and book an Gender Surprise Scan online.
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Is this an early gender surprise scan?
Yes, we offer an early gender surprise scans from 15 weeks. This private gender scan (sexing scan) is 5 weeks earlier than your first NHS scan at 20 weeks.
We do offer SneakPeek Clinical Gender DNA test, which is a pregnancy blood test, at 7 weeks which can identify the gender of your baby. You can find out more at SneakPeek Gender Test.
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How can you tell a baby’s gender on ultrasound?
We look in between the baby’s legs to see if they have boy bits or girl bits.
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Is the gender 100% accurate on ultrasound?
No the gender is never 100% accurate on ultrasound. At Babyvue we have a 99.9% accuracy.
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What happens if you can’t see my baby’s gender?
We would try to encourage the baby to move by getting the mother to roll or by going for a walk, drinking cold water or eating something sweet. Usually these techniques work but on the very rare occasion that we still can not see a gender we would book you in to come back another day for a free rescan. It is very rare that we have to book someone for a rescan for the gender it would only happen about twice in an entire year.
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Are gender surprise scans, gender scans, and sexing scans the same thing?
Yes, a sexing scan is the same as our gender scan service. A gender surprise scan is a gender scan where we keep the gender a secret. A potty shot of baby’s gender will be printed so you can open in private or host a gender reveal.
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If I buy the gender balloon do you blow it up?
Yes if you buy a gender balloon we put the correct colour confetti in it and we will blow it up with helium for you.
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How long can I keep the gender balloon before I pop it?
You should pop the gender balloon on the same day we blow it up for you as it will start to go down and will no longer float by the next day.
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Do you have gender accessories?
Yes we sell gender balloons, cannons, footballs and scratch cards.
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Do I need a full bladder for a gender surprise scan?
Yes, a full bladder can help but if it is so full you are uncomfortable it is probably too full and you should go to the toilet and empty it.
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Do you have toilet facilities?
Yes we do.
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How many people can I bring to my scan?
We would ask that you don’t bring more than 5 people with you and if you have a large group you may be asked to wait outside until the scan as our waiting room is small.
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How much does Gender Surprise Scan cost?
Our Gender Surprise Scan service costs £74. You can view all our available times and book Gender Surprise Scan online on our booking system. We understand this is not a cheap Gender Surprise Scan service but we work to keep our fees as low as possible while striving for the highest levels of care and ensuring our trained, experienced medical professionals have a liveable wage.
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How do I book Gender Surprise Scan appointment?
You can book Gender Surprise Scan with us online. We have a very simple and easy to use online booking system for all our pregnancy scans and blood tests. Book Gender Surprise Scan with us online.
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Is this a private Gender Surprise Scan service?
Yes, we run two private clinics in Orpington and in Dagenham offering private Gender Surprise Scan services. For NHS and GP services we recommending visiting www.nhs.uk/nhs-services for a full list of all the available NHS and GP services in your area.
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I have a question not answered here, how can I get help?
You can find more information on our main FAQs page at babyvue.co.uk/faqs, and if you cannot find the answer to your question there then please do not hesitate to contact us, you can find our details at babyvue.co.uk/contact-us.
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What are your terms and conditions?
You can find all of our terms and conditons online at babyvue.co.uk/terms-conditions.
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What's your privacy policy?
Babyvue respects your privacy and follows all relevant data protection regulations including GDPR. You can find our privacy policy online at wordpress-1205789-5025661.cloudwaysapps.com/privacy-policy.
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