a friend of mine just told me that her doctor offered to tell her the gender of her baby (if she wanted), after she had the 10 week blood test. anyone been offered this, or heard of it? seems crazy to me but she said it is 99% accurate.
My coworker did when she was pregnant last year. I can't remember the name of the test but it was accurate for her. I think she had a cvs though not just blood work.... but I'm not entirely certain. I remember being surprised because the week before she said " hey I'm pregnant" and the next week was " hey I'm having a boy! "
i looked it up. it says the bloodwork detects y chromosome DNA.
so, if its positive, you have a boy, if its negative you have a girl. they run the test on your blood when they are testing for trisomy 13, 18, 21.
wild that people can find out so early. like you said...you barely find out you are pregnant and 5 weeks later you can know what you're having. all from a simple blood test.
im curious to see if it starts being offered routinely.
Yeah, it's the mat21 or Harmony test. They're only offered to high risk or AMA women. The tests are really to check for genetic abnormalities, the gender part is just an added bonus, but the tests are super expensive so your insurance prob won't cover it unless you're high risk.
Yeah, it's the mat21 or Harmony test. They're only offered to high risk or AMA women. The tests are really to check for genetic abnormalities, the gender part is just an added bonus, but the tests are super expensive so your insurance prob won't cover it unless you're high risk.
interesting. well, i am AMA, but i am NOT pregnant. so no one will be offering it to me
i wouldn't be surprised if clinics start offering the test for a fee.
There is a blood test, but not all doctors will do it (my sister's won't). There's also an OTC pee test, but it's accuracy seems questionable.
Well yeah, the OTC one uses urine and there is absolutely nothing in your urine that can tell you the sex of the baby. It biologically makes no sense.
haha! when i was pregnant with my december 2010 baby my husband and i went to a pharmacy to pick up medication for my ear infection. the woman behind the counter was trying to sell us this urine test. she said "ya, it says its got a 50% accuracy rate!" all excited like that was good. i opened my mouth to say something sarcastic and my husband smacked me and said "just let it go". i could see someone buying it as a joke gift or something at a baby shower...but thats about it.
I remember people talking about it on my other bmb when I was pregnant with B. I think it was something that was fairly new and had just come out? Anyway, they never offered it to me but I probably would've went for it had they asked me.
Yep it's crazy! Half of my board knows already but my doc won't offer it unless I'm high risk and as of now I'm not. I'm paaaatiently waiting (ha!) for the 24th to find out at 20 weeks.
Yep it's crazy! Half of my board knows already but my doc won't offer it unless I'm high risk and as of now I'm not. I'm paaaatiently waiting (ha!) for the 24th to find out at 20 weeks.
crazy...it seems like only offered anywhere if high risk.. are that many people really high risk? i dont even remember the cut off age for AMA, either...which i assume is a high number of the people getting the test. im pretty sure id now be classified as EMA (elderly maternal age).
Re: gender at 10 weeks?
I remember being surprised because the week before she said " hey I'm pregnant" and the next week was " hey I'm having a boy! "