SHORT ANSWER: No, it's not a good idea to have a gender scan before 16 weeks because your baby's sex organs won't have developed enough to show up on an ultrasound. If you want to know the gender as early as possible, DNA-based blood tests are available from just 6 weeks.

Finding out whether you're having a boy or a girl is a very exciting part of the pregnancy journey, and understandably, many parents-to-be are eager to find out the sex as early as possible.

Here at First Encounters Ultrasound, we offer gender scans starting from 16 weeks into your pregnancy. This is the earliest point at which we can be reasonably confident of obtaining accurate gender confirmation via an ultrasound scan.