"pink or blue" blood test just told me baby boy...

though due to all the inaccuracies with the blood tests i still have a glimmer of hope for a girl. my 12 week ulrasound is monday & i understand there is a zero chance of seeing gender, however i have my level 2 ultrasound in 4 weeks & that will tell me absolutely boy or girl. i will post then so you guys can keep tabs on these companies promising 99.8% accuracy. i took the at home blood test at exactly 6 weeks post conception so i may have done it too early due to total excitement !  ps. after seeing a news story on couples who cannot conceive, it truly put things in perspective for me : at 36, i am pregnant again after ttc for only 2 months. wow, how blessed am i.

not sure why you would even waste your money on that test - but i wouldn't trust any result you get from a company like that. 

i was burned by them and i hope you weren't too.

actually i hope i was burned by them since that would mean i was carrying a girl ! i ordered the "at home gender kit" after i found out the test was in the midst of such contraversy. if my u/s says girl, i believe i would be sooooo thrilled i wouldn't even bother asking for a refund...actually, i still would ! do you think an u/s at 12 weeks can pick up gender ?  enjoy the weekend...

i think 12 weeks is too early.  i would wait until at least 16 weeks.  well good luck to you :)  i hope you get a girl.  can't wait to see what your u/s says! :)

Hi,

I am new to this board and I have just recently taken the "pink or blue" gender test.  They had a lot of problems getting me the result because of the power outages in California, and other reasons.  They had two inconclusive results and on the third try they told me boy.  I was extremely sad because I have two boys and was hoping this was my girl.  I am holding out hope that the test was wrong.  Somehow I doubt is was but what I was wondering was does anyone out there realize that boy DNA can linger in the moms blood for decades after deliverly?  This can be a reason for all of the women being told boy and turning out to be really having a girl.  Really what I want to know is can anyone elaborate on this??

Thanks

hi there.

they told me i was having a girl - and i had a boy.  so i dont think the test works at all!!! 

It looks like we are due within a month of each other.  I"m due around Feb 21st.  That stinks that you got a wrong result.  Seems like that is the trend with those tests.  I hope mine was wrong.  I should have just waited for the u/s.  My gut has been telling me girl but Pink or Blue says boy.  We'll see.....

it would totally make sense about male dna being in our bodies after carrying boys - i find out 8/24 if this "accurate test" is correct . i took the stupid test at 6 weeks post conception, i wish i didn't take it but it was so exciting to find out so early. i will definitely post my results & i so look forward to calling them for my 200 bucks ! if they were right, then i get a third son & have to forfeit my money, what a double whammy !!! i hope his little ears could never hear all his mommy's whining about how this better be a girl or else - he could totally guilt me into anything when he's older ! but i still hope my little guy is really a little girl so i can just quit this obsession with having a daughter...i'm actually annoying myself at this point. wish you the best :)

We are soooo much alike.  I knew about the test possibly being wrong and still held out hope that it could be correct.  They had so many problems reading it in the first place that my husband and I were like "What's up with this place".  I got 2 "inconclusive" readings before they said it was a boy.  I fell into a deep depression for the weekend and cried a lot.  Then I started to realize that if it is a "he" then he is my gift and I should appreaciate him.  But....I am still crying a lot.  I feel so bad about that but I am grieving the possibility of never having a daughter.  I can't wait to hear if your sono says girl.  I will be so excited that it could happen for me too.  Have you had a gut feeling that this is a girl?  If you google "Y Chromosome lingering in mothers blood" you will see lots of articles on the whole DNA thing.  I only looked it up after I got my result.  Now I have a little hope. 

I don't agree that there is a zero chance of seeing gender at a 12 week sonogram.  With both of my boys, the "little boy parts" were totally clear at 12 weeks.  You just have to convince the doctor or technician to take a look.  If they do see boy parts, it's pretty likely its a boy, but if they don't see anything, it can still go either way.   Good luck.... I hope you get your baby girl!

Lori

Well, that is reassuring.  I am really anxious to know at this point.  I wish I had just waited to find out through ultrasound.  I wouldn't be questioning anything once I SAW "it". 

let's see if you still think we're so much alike after hearing this...over the past 6 weeks i have read many of the posts from other pregnant women or who just had the "wrong" baby. a common theme to most is that a daughter is required for a close, nurturing relationship especially when she's a grown up herself then there will be endless trips to the beauty parlor & shopping malls. and the flip side is that our sons leave the home & we never hear from them again ! from my world's experience i have 2 brothers with my favorite calling my mom 2-3x a day to discuss politics, the day's events, his kids (he's 41) & my other brother has to be hunted down by her. i have 2 close friend's who have almost nothing to do with their mother's yet each of their husbands are extremely close with their own moms. this preconceived notion that the absence of a daughter leads to loneliness in our older years is a complete fallacy. so far i have such an intimate, close, nurturing relationship with both my sons (12,5) & i wouldn't accept anything less, nor will i ever -& with a pre teen that jumps when i try to run my fingers through his hair, it's hard work ! but that's my point exactly. we all get out of our children what we put into them & as an overbearing jewish mommy i will demand  my son's affection, attention, & respect until the day they bury me !! i want a daughter because i want the experience of raising each gender. it's not what i can potentially get from her, but what i have to give as a mother. so either way, boy or girl, i have something to give. i don't intend to diminish anyone's desire for a specific gender b/c i want a girl too, i get it. i just question the level of need some have for a daughter - it sometimes appears to be filling a void that no child should ever be burdened by. by the way, sons are amazing...they grow before your eyes, and turn into the strong brave men all of us chicks fall in love with. i admit it, i am hopelessly madly in love with my sons.

wow, i just went to the National Institutes of Health website & found this:

"Fetal cells have been found within a mother's circulation decades after she has given birth. This intermixing of very low levels of fetal or non-self cells with the mother's own cells is called microchimerism"

holy crap would that put an end to the credibility of these blood gender tests. no matter what my baby is i really wasted my dollars.

Yes, I agree with you.  In my experience, my brothers want nothing to do with my mom (but that can be because she is a very negative woman who is really hard to understand).  My husband on the other hand is a big time mamas boy and I love that about him.  I can understand why he is because his mom is GREAT!!  I love her and hope I can be that kind of mom when I'm older.  I have a great relationship with my mom but it wasn't all going shopping and hair bows.  It was the opposite.  She only wanted boys and cut my hair short and was never into girly thing.  I guess since I have so much of that to give and never had it growing up is why I want a daughter so bad.  My boys are my heart.  I love them so much it hurts.  I can accept another one into my heart.  Actually, if I had it my way, I'd have 10 but my husband would end up in therapy for life.  He wants me to be happy and thats why he wants a daughter but he is thrilled to have boys.  I just want to know what it is like to raise a girl even though I know it will be hard in the teenage years.  I'll keep everyone posted with all this drama.  Thanks for listening.

Yeah, that is what I found too.  Although, just so you know I did dig a little deeper and I found that it is stored in the white blood cells not the red (newer) blood cells.  So, it is possible that they do look at just red blood cells but who really knows??  I can't wait for your U/S so I can start wishfully thinking.