A couple of folks who have had NIPT testing after they crossed 11 weeks have found out the sex. It's typically done between 11w-14w but you could do it later than 14w as well.
Edit to add: If you don't do the NIPT testing then sex is typically determined at the 20 week anatomy scan. Doctors can sometimes guess the sex before that, but I think they are more confident at 20 weeks when they can see everything more clearly.
We just found out. Check out the company SneakPeak. They have at home kits of no location near you if you want to know. Can find out as soon as weeks they say.
Diagnosed PCOS 2013
7th Round of Fertility treatment (Femara + Ovidrel + IUI) 12/14 = BFP. DS born Sept.15 Natural BFP Feb 2017. DD born Oct. 2017 Natural BFP Aug. 2019, EDD April 2020
I am hoping to find out at my next appointment... which is Thursday! I will be 12 weeks along. With my other 3 kids they we able to tell us between 12-16 weeks along. I am crossing my fingers for a girl!
I always thought I wouldn’t want to find out but now that I’m pregnant I want to know! I haven’t bought a single baby thing because I want to know the gender. My SO was always very on board with finding out as well until recently he decided he doesn’t want to know! What!!! So we’re going to have to hash this one out! I think since I’m the pregnant one I get to decide. 😆
Regardless the soonest I could find out would be my anatomy scan at 19 weeks. Sometimes they won’t tell you then or can’t determine so I’d just have to convince a doctor at work to give me a quick scan! (Perks of working on a maternity ward)
I think it would be fun to do a cool little gender reveal party but not sure what or how!
We're not finding out unless we accidentally see something we can't unsee at an ultrasound. I don't want knowing to influence what we buy for baby. I've fully told friends and family that they're welcome to buy "gendered" clothes or toys for our baby ahead of time and whatever we're given we will use no matter who comes out of there. I love blue and pink on all babies!
We're looking at a BOY! I'm really excited since we lost our son and had been really excited for a boy. But also nervous this kid will feel more compared to his lost sibling than he would if they were different genders. We know we won't act like that, this kid is a totally different baby and we are so excited. But it is nice that we can use some of the baby boy stuff we bought last time and think of both of our sons. Also, DH is the last boy in his family so I love that his name can continue. My mom had also ALWAYS wanted a boy so she will be thrilled, and my best friend just had a son and my other friend is doing IVF with a boy so I really wanted a son to grow up with them. I keep thinking I heard the person wrong and made it up, but I know I didn't
TW: 1 infant loss 8/17: Our daughter was born 8/18: Our daughter kicked open heart surgery ass 2/19: We lost our son to Prader-Willi/Paradoxical Vocal Cord/ Noonans at 6wks old 4/26/2020: EDD for baby #3!!!
My 3 sisters and I were all pregnant at the same time this past year (I had a April 2019 baby too). My sisters all tried the sneak peek test and they were all accurate. I did a 16 week ultrasound and a 17 week ultrasound (just because the tech wanted to be certain), and was told I was having a boy... only to find out at my anatomy scan that I was actually having a girl.
This time, I'm trying out the sneak peek test. I should be getting the results emailed today. But, even though everyone I know who has used it has received accurate results, I'm not planning to "announce" or reveal gender until after the 20 week scan to confirm this time. (I will let y'all know what the results are, though!)
I did the SneakPeek test at 9 weeks and it said Girl. NIPT "confirmed" girl at 13 weeks but I guess you never realllllllly know until the A/S or, you know, birth.
It's a boy!! My husband has known the nipt results for the last two weeks and I wanted to wait and do a little reveal with family. So I've been dying to find out¡💙💙
@babyrummom I still have my blue light filter on my phone so I thought you went through all the trouble of a sex reveal and they made you a green cake 😂. Congrats!
We're not finding out (if we can help it), but have been having fun testing out some old wives tale predictors.
So far we have:
Carrying high (girl) or low (boy): Boy Pregnancy acne (girl) or clear skin (boy): Girl Feeling hot (girl) or cold (boy): Boy Baby's heart rate typically under 140 (boy) or over (girl): Girl Craving sweets (girl) or salty/sour (boy): Girl (lately) Chinese & Mayan gender charts: Girl Lots of morning sickness (girl) or okay (boy): Boy Ring test: Girl Partner gaining sympathy weight yes (girl) no (boy): Girl Legs/ankles swollen (boy) or normal (girl): Girl Feeling clumsy (boy) or graceful (girl): Boy Pregnancy dreams (baby will be opposite of what you dream they are): Girl Frequent headaches yes (boy) or no (girl): Boy Urine colour light/dull (girl) or bright yellow (boy): Girl Moody (girl) or mellow (boy): Girl Baking soda test: Girl
TOTALS: Boy 5, Girl 11
Some of these will probably change over the course of the pregnancy and ultimately none of them are predictive, but it was fun to do!
@babybison I would be so sad if I paid all that money for a cake only to have a green cake! Haha!
@korthouse I made a sign with a lot of them as part of my gender reveal and I was 6/4 predicting boy from the ones I did! It was a boy! I thought it was a girl and was wrong! The wives tales are fun to do!
I won’t find out until close to Thanksgiving, but I’ve followed some of the old wives tales, so I’ll play along with @korthouse
So far we have:
Carrying high (girl) or low (boy): Higher than DS, so I’ll say girl. Pregnancy acne (girl) or clear skin (boy): Girl Feeling hot (girl) or cold (boy): Girl Baby's heart rate typically under 140 (boy) or over (girl): Girl Craving sweets (girl) or salty/sour (boy): Girl Chinese & Mayan gender charts: They don’t agree. Chinese says Girl, Mayan says Boy Lots of morning sickness (girl) or okay (boy): Boy, but it was worse than with DS. Partner gaining sympathy weight yes (girl) no (boy): Girl Legs/ankles swollen (boy) or normal (girl): Girl Feeling clumsy (boy) or graceful (girl): Boy, but I’m always clumsy Pregnancy dreams (baby will be opposite of what you dream they are): Boy Frequent headaches yes (boy) or no (girl): Girl, but occasional headaches, so I don’t know. Urine colour light/dull (girl) or bright yellow (boy): Girl Moody (girl) or mellow (boy): Girl
TOTALS: Boy 4, Girl 11
I refuse to make an actual prediction, though. I was so sure that DS was a girl.
Re: Gender
Edit to add: If you don't do the NIPT testing then sex is typically determined at the 20 week anatomy scan. Doctors can sometimes guess the sex before that, but I think they are more confident at 20 weeks when they can see everything more clearly.
Natural BFP Feb 2017. DD born Oct. 2017
Natural BFP Aug. 2019, EDD April 2020
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
Natural BFP Feb 2017. DD born Oct. 2017
Natural BFP Aug. 2019, EDD April 2020
Regardless the soonest I could find out would be my anatomy scan at 19 weeks. Sometimes they won’t tell you then or can’t determine so I’d just have to convince a doctor at work to give me a quick scan! (Perks of working on a maternity ward)
I think it would be fun to do a cool little gender reveal party but not sure what or how!
I'm really excited since we lost our son and had been really excited for a boy. But also nervous this kid will feel more compared to his lost sibling than he would if they were different genders.
We know we won't act like that, this kid is a totally different baby and we are so excited. But it is nice that we can use some of the baby boy stuff we bought last time and think of both of our sons. Also, DH is the last boy in his family so I love that his name can continue. My mom had also ALWAYS wanted a boy so she will be thrilled, and my best friend just had a son and my other friend is doing IVF with a boy so I really wanted a son to grow up with them.
I keep thinking I heard the person wrong and made it up, but I know I didn't
1 infant loss
8/17: Our daughter was born
8/18: Our daughter kicked open heart surgery ass
2/19: We lost our son to Prader-Willi/Paradoxical Vocal Cord/ Noonans at 6wks old
4/26/2020: EDD for baby #3!!!
This time, I'm trying out the sneak peek test. I should be getting the results emailed today. But, even though everyone I know who has used it has received accurate results, I'm not planning to "announce" or reveal gender until after the 20 week scan to confirm this time. (I will let y'all know what the results are, though!)
ETA:
We'll see at 20 weeks if this is accurate!
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
So far we have:
Carrying high (girl) or low (boy): Boy
Pregnancy acne (girl) or clear skin (boy): Girl
Feeling hot (girl) or cold (boy): Boy
Baby's heart rate typically under 140 (boy) or over (girl): Girl
Craving sweets (girl) or salty/sour (boy): Girl (lately)
Chinese & Mayan gender charts: Girl
Lots of morning sickness (girl) or okay (boy): Boy
Ring test: Girl
Partner gaining sympathy weight yes (girl) no (boy): Girl
Legs/ankles swollen (boy) or normal (girl): Girl
Feeling clumsy (boy) or graceful (girl): Boy
Pregnancy dreams (baby will be opposite of what you dream they are): Girl
Frequent headaches yes (boy) or no (girl): Boy
Urine colour light/dull (girl) or bright yellow (boy): Girl
Moody (girl) or mellow (boy): Girl
Baking soda test: Girl
TOTALS: Boy 5, Girl 11
Some of these will probably change over the course of the pregnancy and ultimately none of them are predictive, but it was fun to do!
@korthouse I made a sign with a lot of them as part of my gender reveal and I was 6/4 predicting boy from the ones I did! It was a boy! I thought it was a girl and was wrong! The wives tales are fun to do!
So far we have:
Carrying high (girl) or low (boy): Higher than DS, so I’ll say girl.
Pregnancy acne (girl) or clear skin (boy): Girl
Feeling hot (girl) or cold (boy): Girl
Baby's heart rate typically under 140 (boy) or over (girl): Girl
Craving sweets (girl) or salty/sour (boy): Girl
Chinese & Mayan gender charts: They don’t agree. Chinese says Girl, Mayan says Boy
Lots of morning sickness (girl) or okay (boy): Boy, but it was worse than with DS.
Partner gaining sympathy weight yes (girl) no (boy): Girl
Legs/ankles swollen (boy) or normal (girl): Girl
Feeling clumsy (boy) or graceful (girl): Boy, but I’m always clumsy
Pregnancy dreams (baby will be opposite of what you dream they are): Boy
Frequent headaches yes (boy) or no (girl): Girl, but occasional headaches, so I don’t know.
Urine colour light/dull (girl) or bright yellow (boy): Girl
Moody (girl) or mellow (boy): Girl
TOTALS: Boy 4, Girl 11
I refuse to make an actual prediction, though. I was so sure that DS was a girl.
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20