Fetal Gender Identity Test Effective?

My daughter flipped out when she found out both of her younger siblings were boys - but we also just told her that was the way things worked out, and God wanted her to be the only little princess in our family. But I understand your worrying about that, and it is very expensive to plan for one sex and then have it be wrong. i would spend the extra $$ on the more reliable test to be sure. I think it is more common to be told it is a girl and have it be a boy than the other way around, but you never know. And I would also just talk to your daughter about how exciting a baby will be and what a good big sister she will be, and maybe not as much about her getting a little sister - then it will be an even better shocker! Good luck and congratulations!

I did one when I was pregnant. It said boy. I had faith in its reliability and bought a few boy things and bantered around boy names. Until my u/s at 20 weeks when the tech was 99% sure it was a GIRL. And it was. So the test was incorrect for me. Save your money... or spend the $20 extra for something reliable.

On my Babycenter Birth board those tests have been about 50% accurate. So save your money and your receipts. A few women on my board who were told girl have had follow up or 3d ultrasounds and found out that they are having boys.

it is very hard to look to look for the absence of something on an ultrasound so it's much harder to confirm a girl. as another poster said the only sure way is an amnio and that involves risk. congrats!

Just so you know, I don't know the reported accuracy of those tests. What I do know is the only way to be certain of the gender is by genetic testing, 2 x chromosomes, girl, one x-one y, boy. Those tests measure hormone levels based on average people. So, most people carrying girls have higher hormone levels than if they were carrying a boy, but if you have higher levels than most people in general, you would get a false positive, etc. Also, every baby is different, in general, boys have lower heart rates in the womb than girls, but my sons was REALLY high and until my sonogram, they thought for sure it was a girl. Also, if your sonogram shows a boy, it's a boy, no question, the problem with a girl is it could be a girl, or it could be a boy that was in a bad position so you could see it was a boy. The other option, which I'm guessing is really expensive is higher grade sonograms, which can show the testies versus ovaries internally (the testies usually haven't dropped yet). Sorry if this didn't help, but I didn't want to you get set on something that may not be true and I really hate tests that are based on averages, since no one is really average!! Congrats on your baby.

call tcc (a college) and ask for a 4-d ultrasound. i think they are free there.

Just wait. You are doing too much and stressing over something that you have NO control over. Enjoy your pregnancy! Congratulations.

A couple I know was quite shocked in the delivery room -- not a place you want a shock -- to find that the girl the ultrasounds had predicted was a boy. They were happy to have a healthy child and of course they didn't mind in the end, but they didn't relish having to tell everyone "Uh, it's Michael, not Michele" for several weeks after the birth and having to answer people's questions about why they'd told everyone they were having a girl.

You sound pretty invested, emotionally speaking, in a girl, but as others have said, the only certain test is amniocentesis, and no reputable ob/gyn is going to order that test unless you need it for medical reasons -- not just so you know gender. Save your money on the drugstore test and spend the remaining months talking up the importance of a healthy baby, and the possibility it's a girl OR a boy, to your daughter. Good luck and think of plenty of names of both genders!

I wouldnt bother wasting your money on the test. If you had an ultrasound @ 7months then I would think its pretty accurate. If not then everything is returnable. Personally I prefer decorating and such AFTER the baby is born to be sure of its sex. That way you dont have to take stuff back and change the color of the room.

I don't know about that test, but I was told the same thing with my first preganancy (90% girl), and I think it was worse to hear that than to not know at all!!! In my second pregnancy I was high risk and saw a specialist. They told me that any tech that can't tell gender these days is not very good or covering their behind!! For what it's worth. Maybe go for one of those 4D ultrasounds and be reassured? By the way, I had two girls!!

Save your money.

The ONLY test that will accurately tell you the sex of your child 100% of the time is an invasive one, like an amnio, where they actually test the dna floating around in your amniotic fluid.

I seriously doubt you want to do one of them just for convenience sake.

Instead, de-emphasize the sex of the baby to your daughter. Spend a lot of time talking about how she is going to be such a great big sister, what big sisters do, etc, and gently add in that she'd be happy if she had a brother *or* a sister, right? That kind of thing.

Not sure how much 'work' you've had to do in planning for a second girl, since you already have one. I'm sure you are re-using all the clothes, etc. Any decisions about decor in the baby's room are not going to be important to the little one for at least a year or two, so you have plenty of time to make any changes if you do end up having a boy.

Since ultrasounds are not 100% sure of gender (they are mainly looking at the health/development of the baby, gender is a perk), not sure why you would need to 'keep your reciepts' either. 80% isn't really that high a percentage of a guess, and there is no 'guarantee' that will get you your money back for guessing the gender wrong.

In the meantime, you have two months to work on a gender-neutral message with your daughter. I would recommend that any close friends and family you've told that the baby is a girl, that you communicate that it is only an 80% guess, so there is a decent chance you could still be having a boy. Anyone who is planning on buying a very pink/girly gift might want to wait until after the baby is born. Talk about boy names with your DH a bit, to get an idea of how you each feel about boy names (don't want to have to think of some under pressure at the hospital right after the birth.)

Better to be prepared and then pleasantly surprised if it is a girl!

Good luck!