AmberR:The first is a potty shot, I was 15 weeks 2d at the time. Can anyone else guess please, I cannot tell if the parts are under or above the bladder, could that be a hand with fingers????
That looks like cord to me. If you follow the direction of the lines, you can see the rest of it continuing toward the top right of the image.
I don't see any gender clues at all in either shot.