The scan technician that did mine last year said that she couldn't write BOY or GIRL, but, if I wrote it down on a piece of paper she could tick a box, but she wasn't allowed to physically write the words. I was pregnant through the height of covid last year, fella wasn't allowed to come to scans so thats why I asked, and ultimately did that. I don't know if it's just because of covid that she did it, but she did say she was getting asked more and more because partners at that time weren't allowed in for scans.I do think they probably knew the gender. Did she at some point mention having the gender written down in an envelope? (Someone said that on here anyway but I don't know for sure). You can only have the gender written down in secret at a private scan which you pay for. Hospital staff that do the NHS scans you are given for free are not usually allowed to write down the gender. They can only tell you what they think there and then during the scan. Why else would you pay for a private scan to obtain the gender of your baby in an envelope if you then plan to never look at it?