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Gender Blood Test at 8weeks?

s_jewell

An independent ultrasound clinic has a blood test they can do starting at 8 weeks that they say is 99.1% accurate. They don’t describe the process on their website; they just say that a trained phlebotomist performs the draw. Has anyone tried this? If so, were your results accurate? What was the blood draw like?

Thank you!

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m

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It’s the sneak peak test I’m assuming. It detects fetal DNA in maternal blood. If a Y chromosome is detected they assume you are having a boy. In the absence of a Y chromosome (X chromosomes only), you are having a girl. The clinic setting and a phlebotomist drawing your blood reduces the risk of contamination with male DNA and getting a possible boy result that is false.

m

m • Aug 9, 2020
Also, you don’t need to pay extra to get results faster. Everyone I’ve known that’s done it has gotten their results in 72 hours or less regardless of if they paid for the fast-track or not, so don’t waste your money!

Ke

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I just had it done. It's just like a regular blood draw, its quick. And then we paid extra to get next day results. So the next day we got the results and it says were having a boy 💙. I did mine at 11 weeks

Ly

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If you haven't had a dating scan yet I'd wait atleast two weeks. It's very common for people to be up to two weeks earlier than they think so if you did it at 8 and we're really 6 then you might not have enough fetal dna

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s_jewell • Aug 9, 2020
Thank you. I’m not there yet, but I have my first ultrasound on Friday. I’m just trying to see if the $130 on the blood test is worth it.
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