Early BFP and gender?

[mummypink]

I didn't get a BFP until I was at least 3 or 4 days late with my first two and that was with branded tests. This time I got a positive at about 9 days past ovulation which is my earliest ever - I'm expecting another boy though! x

[Mrs_P]

Sadly not, there have been a few threads on here about even since my time on here. Some of the earliest bfp's i know of were all little boys to moms swaying pink. Gender does not seem to have any link.

Incidentially this little person is my latest bfp yet!

[True Blue]

Thanks all great to hear all the different perspectives.

[Sway&Wish]

Research has shown significant differences in HCG levels as early as a few weeks following ovulation though.
Maternal serum HCG is higher in the presence of a female fetus as early as week 3 post-fertilization

[XXdreaming]

Ds1 I don't know(I was 2 weeks late before I tested so don't know how early it would of registered), ds2 was 9dpo, ds3 8dpo, and ds4 9dpo, and #5 10dpo gender unknown, I had later bfps but those ended in m/cs, late bfp are bad news for me idk why either

[atomic sagebrush]

Research has shown significant differences in HCG levels as early as a few weeks following ovulation though.
Maternal serum HCG is higher in the presence of a female fetus as early as week 3 post-fertilization

It doesn't matter, you can't tell gender on the basis of HCG tests, early pg tests, or darkness of BFP. I've seen so many people stress, obsess, and either get their hopes up or are crushed by it and it just doesn't work with any reliability whatsoever.

[wannagirl21]

Research has shown significant differences in HCG levels as early as a few weeks following ovulation though.
Maternal serum HCG is higher in the presence of a female fetus as early as week 3 post-fertilization

I had the highest HCG hormone and was sick literally for 9 months and I was having a Boy!!!! so don't know how true that is either and tbh most of the ppl I know who have had boy's where sicker with them then their girls..

[cvd]

I got mine 9DPO and I'm having another boy!

[Sway&Wish]

It doesn't matter, you can't tell gender on the basis of HCG tests, early pg tests, or darkness of BFP. I've seen so many people stress, obsess, and either get their hopes up or are crushed by it and it just doesn't work with any reliability whatsoever.

Agreed - and if you look at the study statistically significant differences didn't occur until more than two weeks post ovulation (let alone these being practically significant).

I had the highest HCG hormone and was sick literally for 9 months and I was having a Boy!!!! so don't know how true that is either and tbh most of the ppl I know who have had boy's where sicker with them then their girls..

Yes, the differences in HCG can't be used to definitely detect gender because the intervals that occur for males and females are overlapping. It is just that girls on average show higher levels.

I was just trying to point out that average differences do seem to show up before 13 weeks, not that an early BFP means girl or boy

[NearlyDone]

7dpo with my boy...the girls were around the same.........this time it was 10-11dpo..really annoyed me becuse i 'knew' i was pregnant but the tests were neg lol......not sure on the gender of this one for another 7 days