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June 2023 Moms
expectingmommyof2
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NIPT RESULTS π
expectingmommyof2
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I recently received my results back &β Im truly happy about the outcome .. everything came back negative &β im expecting a baby boy on June 4, 2023 π
- any other boy moms? Share your results &β how many actually had the test and had the sane results at birth?Β
- any other boy moms? Share your results &β how many actually had the test and had the sane results at birth?Β
Re: NIPT RESULTS π
I have joined The Bump and this community specifically for this thread. I have had a highly manageable pregnancy so far, no major symptoms other than extreme exhaustion paired with a seemingly uncontrollable appetite. I am not a nervous or anxious person by any means, but after taking the NIPT yesterday I felt the need to find a current community that is also awaiting results. My interests here lie to three main categories: 1. Autism: My brother and my husbands' brother both have autism. 2. Downs Syndrome: Down's syndrome runs in my husbands family (or so we have been told, yet have never met a family member on his side with DS). 3. My uncle, my fathers' brother, has cerebral palsy.
Lastly, just for fun, I feel as if we are having a boy and somewhat secretly hope this to be true. Would you share your story of if you thought you were having a boy or girl? Also, would you share how long you waited for your results and if you were called or looked at the site for the information?
Strangely enough, my whole adult life 18+, I have felt I would have one child and it would be a boy. My husband and I have definitively decided on one child (we also know we are having a singleton from the Doppler yesterday), now I am just privately day dreaming of if it's a boy or girl. I didn't know I would be so interested or invested in the answer until my blood was drawn for the NIPT yesterday.
@babysmitjboston just want to reassure you that it is totally normal to be nervous or impatient about NIPT results, and many of us can relate. I also just want to make sure you have clear expectations: NIPT can screen for chromosomal differences like Down Syndrome or Trisomy, but NIPT can't tell you whether your child might have autism or cerebral palsy. Both of those conditions are diagnosed in infancy or even early childhood. Just want you to know the limits of the test!
Thanks for the clarification and reassuring words, I am only referencing the little knowledge science has about Fragile X and its' link to autism. My brother was not diagnosed with autism until 2.5 when he began to show symptoms.
Regarding having a boy, did you think you were going to have a boy or girl? Any fun or interesting story to share about it?
As far as gut instinct to what baby's sex is and being right or wrong... with my first two, I had a dream in my first trimester where I had a baby wearing blue pants. They felt very mothers intuition to me, so I had a feeling they were boys. Then when I had my 20wk anatomy scan with my first, they said girl! I figured the dream was nothing and moved on. Two weeks before I gave birth,Β I woke up from a dream that it was a boy again and turned to my partner and said... what if the baby's not a girl? Lo and behold, today I have two sons haha. I always trust my baby dreams now! At 10+ weeks I've got nothing this time around yet... can't wait for that first dream and to feel like I have any inclination one way or the other. Right now I have nothing to go on!