Danielle's Experience with Baby Gender Mentor

August 2005 - Posts

• the results are in...it's a boy-AGAIN!

  I got my  second Accu-Gen results back today. Not only does it tell me that I should be expecting a boy because Y- fetal Material is very apparent, but it told me that there is not traceable X fetal material at all- that there is no way I could be having a girl- even with a vanishing twin a girl is not a possibility for me.  So I am right back where I stareted- confused!  I was just starting to let my heart prepare for a girl AND WAS HOPING THIS SECOND TEST WOULD ALLOW ME TO DO THAT! But, no..... Posted Aug 31 2005, 10:05 PM by daisy girl with 1 comment(s)

• Accu-Gen sends a new kit

  Well, I guess Sherry from the pregnancystore.com contacted Accu-Gen because they called to say they are sending me a new kit....it will be interesting to see what this test, with a new sample, says. And if they labs are so intricate that they can determine if my own mother had a vanishing twin or some other odd factor that could have made my results incorrect the first time- then what is up with me?     The test came and I have sent it back -I'll let you know when the results are in...... Posted Aug 29 2005, 12:00 AM by daisy girl with no comments

• New info....

  The president of the pregnancystore.com finally got back with me again and again told me that the test had never been wrong. Here is her message: and I did write her back again asking to be retested..... I'm so sorry for the confusion this is causing you. Acu-Gen has never been wrong. They have literally tested this test on thousands and thousands of women and have never been wrong and have never had to refund money -- that's how exact their testing is. If you're seeing posts by people that are claiming that their test results were wrong, then those people are not referring to the Acu-Gen Baby Gender Mentor test. There have been tests that have come back inconclusive, in which case Acu-Gen refunds the cost of the test as well as the cost of the kit ($275).   I'll give you an example of how sophisticated Acu-Gen's technology is. Acu-Gen recently told me about a woman where Acu-Gen got conflicting test results. When they ran the blood work, the test result showed she was having a boy. She had an ultrasound done, and it showed she was having a girl. Acu-Gen asked her to submit another blood sample, and when Acu-Gen ran the test result again, it showed she was having a girl. After Acu-Gen talked further with the woman and did more studies on her blood sample, Acu-Gen was able to determine that the woman had a rare anomaly known as chymerism -- it is where one person has two different DNA's -- a lot of time it results in a hemphardite or hermaphradite. What happened is when she was developing in her mom's womb, she had a twin brother who died, and she absorbed her brother's body -- so she literally has male DNA in her body. That's why the lab came back with both male and female test results. Literally her left hand has male DNA and her right hand has female DNA. That's how exact Acu-Gen's science is...   They can actually determine the current fetus' active cells. So even if you've had boys in the past, they can determine and identify your current fetus' DNA.   As you mentioned below, your husband works in a lab, and humans are humans, and occasionally mistakes are made, but Acu-Gen is very thorough in their testing...   Again, I'm sincerely sorry for the uncertainty you're going through. Please keep me posted and let me know after your baby's born in December if it's a boy or a girl :) Until then, think happy thoughts...   I'll wait to hear from you in December.   Take care.   Sherry   Sherry Bonelli Pregnancy Store Posted Aug 17 2005, 12:00 AM by daisy girl with no comments

• A third opinion- a 3d/4D ultrasound

  We went today for a third opinion- a 2d/3d/4d ultrasound and the two techs said without a doubt that the baby is a girl- no ifs ands or buts she is a she- no question! But...I am still not convinced totally...how can this test be so exact and never wrong? Posted Aug 16 2005, 12:00 AM by daisy girl with no comments

• Accu-Gen get back to me

  Apparently, with the test you fill in three circles with blood, but only two are ran and compared- the third is used for reruns, but I was not initially told this when I contacted the lab with my ultrasound results.  After contacting them again, they agreed to rerun the third circle and the results were the same- it's a boy in their eyes and they want me to wait until the baby comes to see. So frustrating...I can't believe they won't rerun the test! Posted Aug 14 2005, 12:00 AM by daisy girl with no comments

• Silver Lining

  In my internet travels I found In-Gender.com and Maureen. I e-mailed her my story and she got back with me with any information she had on the test, the lab and why my results could have been wrong. Just having someone to talk to via the internet has been wonderful and I am so thankfful.  She has givien me information on what is called a vanishing twin- basically where you begin your pregnancy with two, but for whatever reason loose one. Could I have been carrying a boy and a girl and lost the boy?  When this happens the baby can be reabsorbed and this DNA from that baby can be detected in your blood.  This is a reasonable explanation- and both Accu-Gen Labs and the ultrasoound would be right.  I am still in Limbo- I have monogrammed little boy things for this baby I thought was a boy and my 3 year old calls him by name and now I don't know what to tell him. Posted Aug 13 2005, 12:00 AM by daisy girl with no comments

• Miserable...

  I ordered the Baby Gender Mentor test to know early what I am having and now I am told that I will have to wait for sure until I have the baby in 5 months. Now I am waiting longer and I hate this. I have contacted the president of Pregnancystore.com ( where I ordered the test kit from) as well as the lab ( Accu-Gen) - just wait till the baby comes- ulrtra sound techs make mistakes all the time they say. I have been researching on the internet about the test and have found some tid bits on people where the results were wrong, but the company stand firm that they have never been wrong in thousands and thousands of women.  If they are wrong they claim to double your money back so I would think that people would let them know if a mistake was made.  Accu-Gen claims that they have never ever given a refund to anyone.  Do I trust the science or my heart? Posted Aug 11 2005, 12:00 AM by daisy girl with no comments

• Confusion after the ultrasound

  I had  my ultra sound today- just the routine  one you have between 18 and 20 weeks.  In the past this has been a HUGE day for us as this is when we have found out the sex of our babies.But today I left in tears...... My husband and I got to the office -and I must tell you that we have this wonderful relationship with my OB practice. We love them and they love us. We have a long family history, and they know and love me and I love that about them.   So when we got there the ultra sound tech came out smiling and was so excited to see us- " I'm hoping we see a girl today," she said.  I smiled and told her that we already know it was a boy from our accurate Baby Gender Mentor Test, but that we wanted the pictures anyway.  Right away she looked and our cooperative baby had the legs open and she said- "It's clearly a girl!"  After a two hour ultrasound and three physician consults later they still felt the baby inside of me was a girl- clearly. They know me and my heart- I am a girly girl with two boys and they know a little girl would be wonderful news for us- unless they believed in to be a girl in their heart of hearta they would never have told me that they were sure the baby was a girl.  As I left, one of the physicians told me that the ultra sound tech had never been wrong.  And yet, Accu-Gen and Baby Gender Mentor claim that they have never been wrong either... I am a first mistake for someone. Posted Aug 09 2005, 12:00 AM by daisy girl with no comments