3% chance of error- Verifi

mrsjg2013

Good afternoon, ladies!  I am so thankful and am feeling incredibly blessed to have received negative results on our genetic screening last night/this morning.  In regards to the sex, I know that I probably shouldn't even been worrying about it, but statistics have NOT been in my favor thus far in my journey to motherhood.  So our Verifi result came back that our LO is a girl.  I was thinking I was getting the Panorama test, which is greater than 99.9% accuracy... the Verifi is 97% accuracy for girls.  I'm having a reveal this weekend for my immediate family and doing a picture for Christmas cards to announce to other family and friends.  Am I crazy to be worried about doing this before my a/s?  Has anyone ever heard of Verifi being wrong?

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mommy0411

I can just tell you from my experience, the verifi said girl and she was definitely a little girl at my 16 week ultrasound  

asglover514

I did the harmony test (I think it's the same as panorama) and they said boy. I was super paranoid it was going to be wrong but he VERY clearly showed the test was right and he was a boy a few weeks later at my a/s. No experience with verifi though.

carlsonbaby2014

You could try to throw some humor in there if it would help ease your mind a little by saying something like "we are 97% sure that we're having a little girl".  That'd be something I would do but I totally get that's not everyone's style.

Good luck with the reveal!!!

DenaMaree

I love @carlsonbaby2014‌ idea!

goldengirl84

@ktlovess Hi! I love your brain! :-B

mrsjg2013

ktlovess said:

I'm lurking from TTCAL, and I am studying to be a cytogeneticist, and wanted to let you know that the Verifi test is 97% sensitive, not accurate. It's actually over 98% (98.4%, exactly) accurate for detecting the sex of babies that are female (and 99% accurate for male, as it detects the presence of the fetal Y chromosome in your blood, which is easier to detect than the absence of one).

So you only have a 1.6% chance that it is wrong.... so it's probably right. Hope that helps.

That does help, thanks @ktlovess!!!  

mrsjg2013

snegde said:

You do realize that Verify is not about the sex of your baby (same for all genetic testing)... I am trying to be kind but seriously side eyeing you since members of this board have found out some pretty scary things about their babies from their results. That's about as polite as I can be. 

Hi @snegde.  I do realize that this post in and of itself may seem a bit overly worried about the sex, but my previous posts about this result were focused on what's truly important- the health.  After just losing a little one to Trisomy 21 this summer, health is of the utmost importance to MH and I, not the sex.  This particular post was simply focused on accuracy of sex because I'm so excited to be revealing this weekend  I would certainly be no less happy about my healthy result if the sex results were wrong.  I guess it's the same as worrying about stretch marks, complaining about morning sickness, etc... all so welcome because of the healthy life we're carrying.  I sincerely apologize if I came across the wrong way.

LuvLoveXo

I will say that I didn't think it was insensitive. I'd also like to add that two of my best friends recently appalled me to the point that I will never look at them the same.

They lost their first baby during their destination wedding after hearing a heartbeat at 8 weeks. They for pregnant again immediately after and when he found it they were having a girl via genetic testing he made it clear that he was not happy. He told everybody that they'd try for one more and if that was a girl he was giving up because he couldn't stomach the thought of having more than two girls.

If that wasn't bad enough his wife, my other friend, said that they'd try for their second soon because they wanted to get kids out of the way. When I reminded her that it was a lifelong duty that they were lucky to have, her response was that they only had to live with them for 18 years and that couldn't come soon enough.

Like I said I am appalled and I am utterly disgusted. It is beyond me how anyone could have this attitude let alone someone who has lost a baby.

mrsjg2013

Big ((HUGS)) @luvlovexo.  I'm speechless...  and I'm sorry that you had to hear those comments.  I applaud you for your response in regards to it being a lifelong duty, and a blessing.  I seriously don't even have the words...  appalled and disgusted are a good start.  

goldengirl84

I think knowing the sex is a great way to bond with your rainbow baby. Boy or girl, you've had your share of bad news and I'm so glad you get to experience the joy of preparing for her arrival.

PinkCamino

snegde said:

mrsjg2013 said:

snegde said:

You do realize that Verify is not about the sex of your baby (same for all genetic testing)... I am trying to be kind but seriously side eyeing you since members of this board have found out some pretty scary things about their babies from their results. That's about as polite as I can be. 

Hi @snegde.  I do realize that this post in and of itself may seem a bit overly worried about the sex, but my previous posts about this result were focused on what's truly important- the health.  After just losing a little one to Trisomy 21 this summer, health is of the utmost importance to MH and I, not the sex.  This particular post was simply focused on accuracy of sex because I'm so excited to be revealing this weekend  I would certainly be no less happy about my healthy result if the sex results were wrong.  I guess it's the same as worrying about stretch marks, complaining about morning sickness, etc... all so welcome because of the healthy life we're carrying.  I sincerely apologize if I came across the wrong way.

This post and your previous posts seemed very focused on the sex of the baby and incredibly insensitive to those who are dealing with difficult news. You weren't worried that their was an error regarding the health of your baby just the sex. I am trying to be kind, I really am, but I can't help but shake my head and I'll just leave it at that. 

I'm sideyeing all of this.

If you want to focus on using the test results to find out the sex of your baby then fine but I find it really insensitive to post 3 different thread on PGAL about the verify results while making specific reference to sex.

I'm so glad your baby is healthy but I'm really sad that you thought it was appropriate to dwell on the 3% margin of error of whether the sex prediction is right or wrong. What really upsets me is that you actually stated that you didn't know how you were going to manage waiting 2 weeks. My heart aches for the ladies who had to wait those 2 weeks and didn't get good news and if you look through the threads there have been very very recent threads about ladies waiting patiently for results that didn't necessarily provide any clarity with regards to the health of their baby.