MsLady85:Vuja_de: no, i have never heard of it. our tech wouldn't even hazard a guess that early on the sex, we had to wait until our gender scan at 20 weeks Its not a guess tho! They do the actual DNA test with the blood they draw during your NT scan, the Dr said it is 99% accurate, and they even offer you a free follow…
The Cell Free DNA tests are extremely accurate at determining the baby's sex. The test detects the fetal chromosome in your blood. Y chromosome, it's a boy, no Y, it's a girl. It's more accurate than ultrasound because there is no visual interpretation. Either there is a Y chromosome or there isn't. And congratulations!…
The above aside, how early you can find an accurate answer on the sex depends. If you do a DNA test you can find out as soon as the results come back, otherwise the anatomy scan at approximately 20 weeks might clue you in if baby cooperates.
@lavillard I did Sneak Peek. You send them a bit of your blood and they look at the dna. If it has any Y chromosome it’s a boy, if not it’s a girl. 99% accurate and a money back guarantee if they’re wrong. Mine said boy but my husband doesn’t believe it. Haha
It's new to me. It's called a Jack and Jill DNA gender test. When I go in for all my blood work next month this is one of the tests they run. I just got done reading the pamphlet and its says that by 11 weeks there is a trace amount of babys DNA in our bloodstream, and they analyze that to find out the gender. Apparently…
hisbride2be2:While being very accurate, ultrasounds aren't 100% either. But at least the ultrasound gender predictions are based on something physical/factual -- they are actually looking at your baby's parts to determine the sex rather than doing something that has absolutely nothing to do with your child's DNA. ?
I have better things to spend my money on. I also have the ability to wait a few more weeks or so for an ultrasound that would be, you know, accurate. And what exactly do you think your urine can tell you about your baby's DNA?
@strickland8052, this happened to me my first time. It doesn’t mean something is wrong. No results means they didn’t have enough fetal DNA to provide accurate results. They won’t process unless it’s above a certain amount. But man, I know how rough it is to wait and have to re do it.
You can have free cell DNA testing at any point and it's more accurate than NT for trisomy detection. I would also have a major talking to with your OB. Even if it's not "standard" in the practice, if you're high risk it absolutely should have been at least offered.
Both my old OB and my new one won't do those blood tests anymore due to the high rate of false positives. Instead they do a free cell DNA test. Is it possible to talk to your doctor about doing that instead since it's much more accurate?