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@Mrs D: we did bloodwork screening. It was covered by insurance.

Basic genetic testing (100 percent covered by my insurance) revealed the gender around 12 weeks, which was one more reason we chose to do it. It was definitely fun to know so early, but we would not have paid for the early gender test separately had insurance not covered it & it did not include some sort of genetic screening.

Re: genetic testing, we will probably not do this again for future children ... it added a bunch of unnecessary stress when one of us was revealed as a carrier, then required us to do additional testing (which insurance did not totally cover) for peace of mind. It's good to have answers now, but the high cost was NOT FUN!

@Mrs D: personally the peace of mind of getting genetic testing helped me.

With DS I had an elective scan at 16 weeks and with this pregnancy we did it at 15 weeks. It was at Baby Envision and around $80 I think. My doc didn't offer the Panorama or Maternit21 (which is the test their office uses) because I was under 35. If I had the option I probably would of done the genetic test instead of the scan since you find out more information.

I had a scheduled U/S at 16w4d (to follow up on a SCH), and they were able to tell me then, but I would have waited until 21 weeks otherwise.

But my insurance wouldn't cover the early genetic testing because I'm not high risk for any genetic disorders, and I'm not 35+. I totally would have otherwise!

I had Panorama testing done at 10w(?)
The had to request it because I am under 35. Insurance covered it all!

I did Panorama and found out the gender at 13.5 weeks ($25). We chose to do that for the genetic screening info though. Getting the learn the gender early was just a nice bonus!