https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:46:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2520097 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:46:05 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2520097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Midwife called with the results and asked if I wanted to know. It happened that DH was taking the kids to the playground while I was "making dinner" so I quickly ran out and bought every pink food I could find. When they came home the table was full of everything pink. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2520091 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:36:25 +0000 winniebee 2520091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: no I guess not. I called today to confirm that they didn't want me to do one. Nurse said since doing maternity21 I didn't need NT as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2520073 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:14:54 +0000 delight 2520073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: are you not doing an NT then? I'm not doing IPS with all the blood work, but am doing a 12 week NT scan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2520072 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:14:32 +0000 QBbride 2520072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: it my understanding for NIPT that it is at least 99% accurate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2520069 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:13:27 +0000 delight 2520069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: hmmmm i thought the gender portion of the blood test was 99% accurate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2520068 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:13:01 +0000 Torchwood 2520068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my results via email. I didn't wait for DH, so I made a sign saying "congrats daddy, it's a girl" and put it on the door. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2520067 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:12:49 +0000 QBbride 2520067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When they called to give me the NIPT results I panicked and wasn't sure if I wanted to know the sex so I asked them not to tell me!!! A few weeks later at our anatomy u/s we caved and they told us there. I'm glad we found out together! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2520059 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:07:57 +0000 Mrsbells 2520059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: my OB said its supposed to be 90 to 95% accurate </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519951 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 14:26:39 +0000 JenGirl 2519951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: @winniebee: @ShootingStar: It's true that wrong gender is uncommon, but it does happen. I know two different people that got the wrong gender by NIPS! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519937 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 14:09:10 +0000 cascademom 2519937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a call from my OB where I needed to go on some meds. She wanted me to call the geneticist since it had been a week or so since the test. I called and the geneticist told me the results over the phone. I called my husband and parents with the news of the gender. The geneticist told me that she saw "a lot of Y chromosomes." He was confirmed a boy later during the ultrasound and at birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519919 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:50:48 +0000 winniebee 2519919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: haha that's pretty funny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519909 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:44:13 +0000 Anagram 2519909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I'm high maintenance and asked my OB office to put it in an envelope, then I asked my husband to swing by after work and pick up the results and surprise me with the info when he got home. But he stopped at the store before coming home and bought a random gift to symbolize the sex instead.</p> <p>It was a super cute idea....(but the gift was confusing--I think it was like, a gender neutral toy that he thought seemed girly) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519908 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:42:35 +0000 yerpie110 2519908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We discussed beforehand and his preference was for me to find out ASAP and then tell him. He didn't mind not finding out together. So that's what we did! I found out over the phone and then called him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519900 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:32:41 +0000 ShootingStar 2519900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: It's greater than 99.9999% accurate, at least Panorama is, according to their posted stats.</p> <p>@winniebee: When I found out mine they called and left a message and said everything was good and to call back if I wanted the gender. I called back and asked the receptionist to email it to me. Then I closed my email and turned off all notifications on my phone. Later DH and I went out to dinner and read it together. I think the receptionist thought I was a little weird, but whatevs. It was perfect for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519892 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:27:39 +0000 MamaG 2519892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yah know, I really don't recall discussing this with DH or how I told him after I got the call. I do recall that we went through all of the results first and that was the very last thing. The OB said, so I have one more piece of information how do you want me to handle it. I know she told me, but then I don't remember how I handled it. I'm sure I just called DH and told him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519887 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:21:40 +0000 winniebee 2519887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: @whiskers: my husband will probably say just find out right away and text him, LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519881 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:14:52 +0000 whiskers 2519881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They told me over the phone and then I turned around and called my husband. It'll probably happen the same way again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519880 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:14:48 +0000 hilsy85 2519880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found out and then bought pink cupcakes for dessert that night to surprise DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519878 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:13:35 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2519878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found out over the phone and then texted DH a pink heart. He had an important meeting that day so he couldn't take a call for a few hours and I don't keep secrets long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519865 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:03:53 +0000 Goldengirl 2519865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: thanks... crazy!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519862 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:02:47 +0000 winniebee 2519862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: i know of no one who had it wrong via blood test. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519859 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:01:10 +0000 Goldengirl 2519859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone know how accurate the gender prediction is? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519854 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:58:03 +0000 HazelEyes 2519854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I panicked and said yes, so I found out on the phone. DH wanted me to tell him in person, so before I went home I ran to target and picked up a little dress to give him :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519849 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:55:07 +0000 winniebee 2519849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: a nurse from the office calls....maybe the OB calls if the NIPT results are bad. I'm not sure which. But they do offer both sets of results via phone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519846 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:54:04 +0000 Ajsmommy 2519846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my dr called with the results he asked me if we wanted to know the sex... I wasn't expecting him to ask and was caught off guard (I was a naïve first time mommy!!) but I blurted out yes, and he told me what the "blood work showed" but assured me that it might not be 100% correct bc it was so early. </p> <p>it ended up being correct. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519838 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:49:29 +0000 Goldengirl 2519838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do they tell you all the results at once... the genetics results and gender? Is it your physician who tells you, or someone from the NIPT company?</p> <p>It would be so hard for me to wait to know the gender if I knew that info was available... I'm terrible at waiting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519833 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:46:12 +0000 mamabolt 2519833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked for a callback that I let go to VM and we listened together when DH got home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519831 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:45:45 +0000 winniebee 2519831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: mine is actually almost 3 weeks later....not an NT scan, more of a mini anatomy scan. I'll be 14+1 then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519830 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:44:56 +0000 agold 2519830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my office called with the results, I quickly said I don't want to know the gender. I just want to know the other results. I then I picked up my results from the office and asked the receptionist to put the results in an envelope and also asked her to write gender in a separate envelope. ETA: How exciting that you will get your gender results soon!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nipt-test-and-finding-out-sex#post-2519814 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:39:57 +0000 delight 2519814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My scan will be about one week after results are back. </p>