@DDRGirlie no I've heard others say they can just tell you if there's boy or girl DNA but that would only determine 1 baby. I think to find out the sex of both you have to wait until your anatomy scan
@DDRGirlie, let me elaborate - if they find all female DNA in your blood you can assume 2 girls, if they find boy DNA in your blood you can assume at least one boy. But that doesn't guarantee both are boys, since your blood already has female DNA in it from you. For me having a singleton they can tell me only girl DNA was found in me so it's a girl or boy DNA was found so it's a boy. Hope that helps.
@tripledaggerWed95976@pbandjyummies So then the tricky bit is going to be not reading it on the online portal, which is invariably updated before they call
@DDRGirlie I think it gets difficult when you're dealing with multiples. A friend of mine who is expecting B/G twins had her results show boy DNA, so she knew there was at least one boy, but it couldn't tell her if both were boys.
I've also heard that the results can be skewed a bit from previous pregnancies because they are discovering that all children leave bits of DNA behind in their mothers.
I really dont understand some of the rudeness that have been going on not only on this board but in the whole community!
I really wish that everyone would understand that people will do anything they can to cope with the results of a test that are really hard to sink in, at times. Maybe @LandS2016 is focusing on the sex to cope with her fear! The fact that she mentioned that she is more interested in the sex is because to her it probably does not matter if she has a special baby in there, what matters is how much she already loves that child!
For the person that said that she is only exposing her lack of knowledge, i think no one here can judge anyone bc at some point we all will not have the answer to everything. And is not for anyone to judge what a mom knows or doesnt know, remember does bad advices that people give you? Well i think this just falls into that category! I bet at some point we all lack knowldge of one r6hing or another.
I am a FTM and i come to this community for support and for even some comfort from "strangers" that in a way are in the same boat as i am, but lately all this "hate" have made me really aftaid of sharing and even asking questions. I think that all of this was very unnecessary and i am not here to judge or stick up for anyone. I really wish the harsh comments would just end.
We are all very emotional, and very sensitive and even afraid/worried about our babies' health and instead of offerinf live and support to each other we are offering rocks and pocking with swords.
I want to apologize for everyone else that experienced the rudeness, lack of respect, and lack of empathy.
I really hope everyone's results come back great and normal. And that if unfortunately it comes otherwise, i hope and pray that you have the knowledge and the strength to deal with it.
I really dont understand some of the rudeness that have been going on not only on this board but in the whole community!
I really wish that everyone would understand that people will do anything they can to cope with the results of a test that are really hard to sink in, at times. Maybe @LandS2016 is focusing on the sex to cope with her fear! The fact that she mentioned that she is more interested in the sex is because to her it probably does not matter if she has a special baby in there, what matters is how much she already loves that child!
For the person that said that she is only exposing her lack of knowledge, i think no one here can judge anyone bc at some point we all will not have the answer to everything. And is not for anyone to judge what a mom knows or doesnt know, remember does bad advices that people give you? Well i think this just falls into that category! I bet at some point we all lack knowldge of one r6hing or another.
I am a FTM and i come to this community for support and for even some comfort from "strangers" that in a way are in the same boat as i am, but lately all this "hate" have made me really aftaid of sharing and even asking questions. I think that all of this was very unnecessary and i am not here to judge or stick up for anyone. I really wish the harsh comments would just end.
We are all very emotional, and very sensitive and even afraid/worried about our babies' health and instead of offerinf live and support to each other we are offering rocks and pocking with swords.
I want to apologize for everyone else that experienced the rudeness, lack of respect, and lack of empathy.
I really hope everyone's results come back great and normal. And that if unfortunately it comes otherwise, i hope and pray that you have the knowledge and the strength to deal with it.
Technically aren't YOU judging people by calling them rude and claiming they lack empathy?? You don't know any of these people, yet you are taking a few sentences they wrote on an anonymous, online forum and making a blanket generalization about who they are as people. That sounds like the definition of judgemental to me....
also, the person you are white knighting for came back and called us all jerks. Apparently she's not rude though...
@tripledaggerwed95976 I was not defending anyone. All i did was try to communicate that no one needs to be rude to anyone. And that it can be very discouraging to other people to have to see long attacking posts. I am sorry you felt the way you did for it wasnt my intention at all. I dont understand the need to attack and drag situations that are unpleasant. So to me it ends at this. I am not upset or hurt for any comment that anyone has made. If anything we are all just trying to help each other out and motivate each other. I felt really uncomfortable towards all that was said to each other, therefore i felt the need to apologize. Now if you want to keep dragging and nit picking everything i said with only the intention to stir up the pot, go on for it is not my intention to keep putting hay on the fire. Just understand that i was not defending anyone nor was i trying to offend anyone with my comment. I can only control what come out of my mouth not how you understand it.
@andressab thanks for the kind words. Fellow Brazilian here! Despite all that went down here - and I understand both sides of the discussion and do not wish to judge anyone - it did help me make a decision. I'll do the NT scan on Friday and decide on any other tests based on the results. One step at a time. I wish everyone happy and healthy babies independently of your positions here. Sometimes, when we are young and healthy, we do not think anything bad will happen to us and that may cloud our judgement. I was young and invincible once. Somestimes we have been through enough trials and hardships that seeing others' naive insensitivity hurt us personally. I've been on both sides of this situation as well.
Silly question. I'm having twins. Can they tell the which results go with which baby?
I'm not sure how advanced the tests may be nowadays separating the DNA of 2 fetal individuals but historically the test will look for extra chromosomes 13, 18, and 21 in circulating cell-free fetal DNA. For example, if you're having non-identical twins and the test finds chromosome Y, AT LEAST 1 baby is male, but the other may be male or female.
Ugh I moved this message private... which is how you move the drama and sarcasm off the thread rather than lecture everyone on it @andressab ... you have a PM
Re: NT and NIPT scans
I've also heard that the results can be skewed a bit from previous pregnancies because they are discovering that all children leave bits of DNA behind in their mothers.
Fascinating read about fetal DNA staying behind!
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I really wish that everyone would understand that people will do anything they can to cope with the results of a test that are really hard to sink in, at times. Maybe @LandS2016 is focusing on the sex to cope with her fear! The fact that she mentioned that she is more interested in the sex is because to her it probably does not matter if she has a special baby in there, what matters is how much she already loves that child!
For the person that said that she is only exposing her lack of knowledge, i think no one here can judge anyone bc at some point we all will not have the answer to everything. And is not for anyone to judge what a mom knows or doesnt know, remember does bad advices that people give you? Well i think this just falls into that category! I bet at some point we all lack knowldge of one r6hing or another.
I am a FTM and i come to this community for support and for even some comfort from "strangers" that in a way are in the same boat as i am, but lately all this "hate" have made me really aftaid of sharing and even asking questions. I think that all of this was very unnecessary and i am not here to judge or stick up for anyone. I really wish the harsh comments would just end.
We are all very emotional, and very sensitive and even afraid/worried about our babies' health and instead of offerinf live and support to each other we are offering rocks and pocking with swords.
I want to apologize for everyone else that experienced the rudeness, lack of respect, and lack of empathy.
I really hope everyone's results come back great and normal. And that if unfortunately it comes otherwise, i hope and pray that you have the knowledge and the strength to deal with it.
Technically aren't YOU judging people by calling them rude and claiming they lack empathy?? You don't know any of these people, yet you are taking a few sentences they wrote on an anonymous, online forum and making a blanket generalization about who they are as people. That sounds like the definition of judgemental to me....
also, the person you are white knighting for came back and called us all jerks. Apparently she's not rude though...
I am not upset or hurt for any comment that anyone has made. If anything we are all just trying to help each other out and motivate each other. I felt really uncomfortable towards all that was said to each other, therefore i felt the need to apologize. Now if you want to keep dragging and nit picking everything i said with only the intention to stir up the pot, go on for it is not my intention to keep putting hay on the fire. Just understand that i was not defending anyone nor was i trying to offend anyone with my comment. I can only control what come out of my mouth not how you understand it.
@kswiger06 i dont mind your sarcasm.
I wish everyone happy and healthy babies independently of your positions here.
Sometimes, when we are young and healthy, we do not think anything bad will happen to us and that may cloud our judgement. I was young and invincible once.
Somestimes we have been through enough trials and hardships that seeing others' naive insensitivity hurt us personally. I've been on both sides of this situation as well.
For example, if you're having non-identical twins and the test finds chromosome Y, AT LEAST 1 baby is male, but the other may be male or female.
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