Due in December/January/February 2013/14

[Smiley13]

Welcome Am3A!
Has anyone used (or planning on using) the "tell me pink or blue" fetal dna test? I am debating on ordering it. I KNOW I shouldn't as I have my ultrasound in about 17 days (counting down!) but I'm tempted. Just curious about your experience with it if you used it. I REALLY need to stop obsessing over the gender!!!

[afy]

Welcome Am3A!
Has anyone used (or planning on using) the "tell me pink or blue" fetal dna test? I am debating on ordering it. I KNOW I shouldn't as I have my ultrasound in about 17 days (counting down!) but I'm tempted. Just curious about your experience with it if you used it. I REALLY need to stop obsessing over the gender!!!

Smiley I really wanted to do that but I dont know if its available in the UK!
I have obsessed over gender over every symptom, over every difference from my last pregnancy and still really believe it's a girl!!

Ooooo the waiting kills, is your scan a private gender scan? Mine is on Thursday it's 2 more sleeps away...

[meeks32]

For anyone in Australia this seems to be our version of the gender DNA test. Anyone done it? http://www.easydna.com.au/content/in...section_id=117

I am so tempted. It's $339AUD though!

Oh, just saw our one is a urine test. I doubt there is anything in the urine that tells you boy or girl!!!

[Smiley13]

Smiley I really wanted to do that but I dont know if its available in the UK!
I have obsessed over gender over every symptom, over every difference from my last pregnancy and still really believe it's a girl!!

Ooooo the waiting kills, is your scan a private gender scan? Mine is on Thursday it's 2 more sleeps away...

Wow 2 days! So exciting! Good luck! Can't wait for an update Yes mine is private at 16 weeks. Wish I could go sooner! The DNA test would cost $175 USD and I really can't justify spending that but I really want too.

[meeks32]

Actually the USA one is more like $300USD, because the $149 special they are advertising doesn't include some things, so the next cheapest is $209 but that doesn't include return postage. The only one that includes return postage costs $300+. BUT to get those prices I had to enter into the checkout part and select Australia for shipping. Probably different.

Can't justify that either! At $175 I was temped because that's the price of an early gender scan in my area anyway!

[meeks32]

Omg the only private ultrasound place near me (1.5hrs drive) doesn't do private gender scans! Wtf?? How annoying!

Apparently they don't think it's reliable until 18-20 weeks anyway (at which stage you have a scan regardless).

Obviously they are wrong since plenty of places in our larger city (and around the world) offer it at 16 weeks. But those places are 3.5hrs drive from me, EACH WAY.

[grace03]

Waiting in the waiting room for my films and to get one more pic of bubs who appears really healthy at 19.5 weeks , already confirmed its my fourth boy ( which I know from a private 16 week scan ) and the little girl in the waiting room has the girl name I really wanted and have seen everywhere I hate the universe for rubbing it in grrr !
Happy he is healthy but really wanted to be one of the stories I have been reading about on the net where they were wrong

[grace03]

Omg the only private ultrasound place near me (1.5hrs drive) doesn't do private gender scans! Wtf?? How annoying!

Apparently they don't think it's reliable until 18-20 weeks anyway (at which stage you have a scan regardless).

Obviously they are wrong since plenty of places in our larger city (and around the world) offer it at 16 weeks. But those places are 3.5hrs drive from me, EACH WAY.

That sucks Meeks mine was right at 16 weeks they should let u have one and just agree to not take it as 100% ? Long drive for the other ones could u make it a night away with hubby ?

[meeks32]

Waiting in the waiting room for my films and to get one more pic of bubs who appears really healthy at 19.5 weeks , already confirmed its my fourth boy ( which I know from a private 16 week scan ) and the little girl in the waiting room has the girl name I really wanted and have seen everywhere I hate the universe for rubbing it in grrr !
Happy he is healthy but really wanted to be one of the stories I have been reading about on the net where they were wrong

Oh grace, so sorry, yes I remember having some hope with ds2 that my scan would be wrong. I imagine with #4 that hope would be amplified. I'm sorry it didn't go the way you hoped, and the universe is sure not making it any easier! That's so wrong! So typically something that would happen to me too, with the waiting room name scenario. At this point all you can do is laugh right?

[meeks32]

That sucks Meeks mine was right at 16 weeks they should let u have one and just agree to not take it as 100% ? Long drive for the other ones could u make it a night away with hubby ?

Not really, my mum has moved interstate again and hubbies parents are too far away too so nobody to babysit, and trust me, taking my 2 boys overnight to the city is my idea of living hell, let alone having to keep them from breaking things in an ultrasound clinic while Dh and I try to concentrate on emotionally charged gender news. Sigh.

Does anyone else feel that sometimes their boys are just so hard to manage? Mine are 2 and 4, having a 'naughty day' today. Nightmare. I have barely sat down, its all 'get down from there', 'stop hitting your brother', 'yes you can play dress ups .... Why is the entire bedroom covered in clothes? Pack that up', 'eat your food, don't flick it/mash it/stick it up your nose', 'stop yelling', 'stop being rude' etc etc

Urgh! Have built them a sheet cubby, played dress ups, you name it, still being difficult and ds1 (who never stops whinging) is whinging extra because he's getting over a tummy bug.