Sneak peek early gender test. Experiences with this?

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Anonymous wrote:No one is responding that they've taken it because I'm betting a lot of posters here think it's stupid. Why is it so important to you to know the gender than you can't wait an extra few weeks? Or even wait till 20 weeks? Does it matter that much to you? If I was going to spend money on a test I would want to make sure it was 100% accurate and I would wait until I could get that test. Like pp said you can negotiate an oop rate with the companies now, almost everyone gets the NIPT. My sister in law had her results by 11.5 weeks a few months ago.

First of all, have had a baby in the past 5 years?

Gender is included in the NIPT genetic screening results. The results are sent to you directly via email. The first question they ask is if you want to find out the gender - if you answer no, you are informed that gender is included in the NIPT report so you will need to wait until your next t appointment to see your results with your doctor. If you answer that Yes, you do want to know the gender, you can see the genetic screening results right then and there.

Why would you wait?

It’s stupid to place so much value on being surprised by the gender that you would choose to wait until your next appointment (possibly weeks!) to find out if there’s a genetic issue with the baby. Be an adult.

You are saying the same thing OR was...that it's stupid not to get the NIPT.

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If you take it and the results are female it’s probably accurate. If it comes back as male you’ll have no way of knowing if it’s accurate until you do further testing. I decided against it for that reason.

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I was pregnant this time last year (delivered in Sept) and so many people on my online groups did this. Generally accurate from what I can tell. I did NIPT personally though as it was 100% covered by my insurance. It was drawn at my 10 week appointment and I had to wait 1 week for results.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think I'd bother to find out two weeks earlier than you find out with the NIPT.

Right?! What's a two week difference, for accurate results that have an actual medical upside too?

So you still didn't actually answer my question so I'm not sure why you even felt the need to comment.

But my practice won't even draw for NIPT until 12 weeks. Then it takes 1-2 weeks to get the results so it's not a 2 week difference.

My insurance doesn't cover NIPT either, you can pay a much lower negotiated rate. And not sure why they don't draw till 12 weeks, the standard is 9-10. If you want to do the sneak peak go ahead, but peoples' responses are that a) it isn't accurate and b) will only tell you two weeks earlier. And if you really don't want to do the NIPT and also can't wait till 20 weeks for some reason, you can pay to have an early sonogram at a private place around 14 weeks.

But you haven't taken it so how would you know if it's accurate? And actually I don't think that's the standard because literally nobody I know had it drawn at 9-10 weeks and the earliest was 11. My question was specifically for people to share their experiences with it not a). What they found in google searches or b) their opinions on whether or not I should take the test. I don't understand why you feel the NEED to share your opinion when it has nothing to do with the question asked.

Mine was drawn at 10.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think I'd bother to find out two weeks earlier than you find out with the NIPT.

Right?! What's a two week difference, for accurate results that have an actual medical upside too?

So you still didn't actually answer my question so I'm not sure why you even felt the need to comment.

But my practice won't even draw for NIPT until 12 weeks. Then it takes 1-2 weeks to get the results so it's not a 2 week difference.

My insurance doesn't cover NIPT either, you can pay a much lower negotiated rate. And not sure why they don't draw till 12 weeks, the standard is 9-10. If you want to do the sneak peak go ahead, but peoples' responses are that a) it isn't accurate and b) will only tell you two weeks earlier. And if you really don't want to do the NIPT and also can't wait till 20 weeks for some reason, you can pay to have an early sonogram at a private place around 14 weeks.

But you haven't taken it so how would you know if it's accurate? And actually I don't think that's the standard because literally nobody I know had it drawn at 9-10 weeks and the earliest was 11. My question was specifically for people to share their experiences with it not a). What they found in google searches or b) their opinions on whether or not I should take the test. I don't understand why you feel the NEED to share your opinion when it has nothing to do with the question asked.

Mine was drawn at 10.

Same. I've had NIPT done on both my pregnancies, at exactly 10 weeks. Results back in one week with the first pregnancy and within 5 days for my current pregnancy.

Everyone I know that has had blood drawn for NIPT had it done right around 10 weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think I'd bother to find out two weeks earlier than you find out with the NIPT.

Right?! What's a two week difference, for accurate results that have an actual medical upside too?

So you still didn't actually answer my question so I'm not sure why you even felt the need to comment.

But my practice won't even draw for NIPT until 12 weeks. Then it takes 1-2 weeks to get the results so it's not a 2 week difference.

My insurance doesn't cover NIPT either, you can pay a much lower negotiated rate. And not sure why they don't draw till 12 weeks, the standard is 9-10. If you want to do the sneak peak go ahead, but peoples' responses are that a) it isn't accurate and b) will only tell you two weeks earlier. And if you really don't want to do the NIPT and also can't wait till 20 weeks for some reason, you can pay to have an early sonogram at a private place around 14 weeks.

But you haven't taken it so how would you know if it's accurate? And actually I don't think that's the standard because literally nobody I know had it drawn at 9-10 weeks and the earliest was 11. My question was specifically for people to share their experiences with it not a). What they found in google searches or b) their opinions on whether or not I should take the test. I don't understand why you feel the NEED to share your opinion when it has nothing to do with the question asked.

Mine was drawn at 10.

Same. I've had NIPT done on both my pregnancies, at exactly 10 weeks. Results back in one week with the first pregnancy and within 5 days for my current pregnancy.

Everyone I know that has had blood drawn for NIPT had it done right around 10 weeks.

OP is just looking to hear what she wants. Hey OP- DO WHAT YOU WANT. You don't need to justify yourself to an anonymous board.