Part 3: Due January, February and March 2019

[Eighme]

I was considering doing this test because so many friends have had success with it. I have definitely heard about the contamination thing which is why I have reservations. Did you clean the area really well and under your nails? I’ve heard there shouldn’t even be a male present in the house while collecting the sample!

I FEEL like I did. But I very well may not have. I don't feel like I did it to the best of my ability. No males were present but I had my mother help me and she didn't wear gloves ( OOPS!) and I'm not sure how well she washed her hands. I feel like we were so excited to do it, we probably just didn't take it as seriously as we should have.

We looked up the critical reviews on Amazon and people were getting false results for both genders so I just don't trust it now. I don't know how you'd get female only for it to be a male. The test just tests for male DNA, lack of would mean girl, so how could you get a girl and it's a boy. Stuff like that has me scratching my head and doubting it. There are always variables and things. I just have no idea.

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[Raining]

I FEEL like I did. But I very well may not have. I don't feel like I did it to the best of my ability. No males were present but I had my mother help me and she didn't wear gloves ( OOPS!) and I'm not sure how well she washed her hands. I feel like we were so excited to do it, we probably just didn't take it as seriously as we should have.

We looked up the critical reviews on Amazon and people were getting false results for both genders so I just don't trust it now. I don't know how you'd get female only for it to be a male. The test just tests for male DNA, lack of would mean girl, so how could you get a girl and it's a boy. Stuff like that has me scratching my head and doubting it. There are always variables and things. I just have no idea.

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Yeah, I totally don’t trust it after reading all of that! I’ll be skipping it!

[atomic sagebrush]

Please don't do the at home blood tests. They just don't work. to answer the question of "how could you get a wrong result to be female if it was a male" I suspect it's that they detected mama DNA and mised boy baby DNA. Lab error, possibly not enough blood to thoroughly test. And of course going the other way, male DNA can get into the test via contamination.

Beyond that, I would ask "how do we even know the blood they tested was yours"? One would hope that you could trust an ethical company; however this does not seem to be the case. In addition to the critical reviews on Amazon NOW, they had a different Amazon account originally and took it down because there were so many negative reviews. And when people try to get their refunds, the company is really balky and slow about it. They are also deleting negative reviews off their facebook pace. So the company doesn't even seem to be trustworthy and it makes me wonder how often they are getting people's DNA samples mixed up, or what hapens when they have a lot of tests to process, do they ever get behind and just send people back some answer and figure they have a 50-50 shot at it, or what?

The only things to trust are the blood tests done in a lab where your blood is handled by a trained technician, there is always a chain of ownership as to whose blood it is. And even hospital labs can make the occasional mistake on DNA testing.

It is always possible that the test is correct and the baby is a boy but I would not get upset yet, not by a longshot. FXFXFX.

[ABC.2606]

Hey ladies... How is everyone doing? I feel like our board has been fairly quiet lately

Has anyone used a maternity belt in pregnancy? I'm thinking about getting one. I'm getting big SO fast and I'm already starting to have back pain (which I never really even had the first two times around!). Just wondering if anyone has any positive/negative experiences!!

[simkan]

Hey ladies... How is everyone doing? I feel like our board has been fairly quiet lately

Has anyone used a maternity belt in pregnancy? I'm thinking about getting one. I'm getting big SO fast and I'm already starting to have back pain (which I never really even had the first two times around!). Just wondering if anyone has any positive/negative experiences!!

Yes I used a smiley belt last time. I suspect I'll need it again soon. It was for the baby pressing on a nerve... sort of helped. Probably would have felt worse without it.

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[hopper]

Hi ladies, I've been totally AWOL the last few weeks but finally all caught up. SBB and Cassidy, I'm so sorry you didn't hear what you'd hoped and I hope you are able to find peace with time. It's hard tho. GD sucks!

TP I've been thinking of you. How are things with DH now? Hoping you guys are met each other in the middle xxx

Does anyone have any scans coming up soon? I got my letter - no appt til Oct 5!! I'll be close to 15 weeks but that's ok cause we're going team green anyway!

I've been super super sick. Like reeeeeeal bad. The anti nausea meds are finally kicking in and I'm feeling some relief. I'm 9 weeks now so only a few more first tri weeks to go please Lord!! I'm starting to think baby must be another boy as I'm just as sick as I was on #1 + #2!! Surprisingly I'm ok with that, I think!! I'm really excited to meet this little one, I just feel that despite the obstacles the cycle we conceived he was meant for us!! And I'm really at peace with that! [emoji170][emoji173]

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[SurroundedByBoys]

Def quiet, although I lurk a lot. Been blah. I havent used a belt, even thought I was massive with DS2. This one I havent gained anything, and dont look any different and Im 17 weeks today. Zero complaints haha

[Eighme]

Other than my debocle with the Sneak Peek test. I've been pretty "blah" these days. I'm 12 weeks and just feel like crap most of the time. Nauseous sometimes, but overall, low energy and just no drive to do anything. I keep getting headaches and I've never really dealt with those before.

Hope the rest of you are feeling well and hoping everyone's pregnancy is going good!

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[Pretty]

I’m definitely considering some sort of band or belt as well... I just can’t imagine how I’m going to get any bigger, but obviously it’s gonna happen one way or another. Yikes!! I have an anatomy scan coming up, but I did NIPT so no gender excitement (gosh, I hope! I’m pretty sure I’ve seen nub on regular scans though so I don’t anticipate any surprises!) I’m excited to see LO and make sure everything is going well! Honestly, I’m growing very concerned about how I’m going to look for my baby shower. I walk by a mirror and don’t even recognize myself. Sigh... the joys of pregnancy.

[Raining]

I’m 9 1/2 weeks and the sickness is on another level this week. Constantly nauseated and not much helps. Hoping it gets better soon. My next appointment is in a few weeks and I’m on the fence about finding out gender with nipt. Glad everyone is doing ok!