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After 4 boys, I had to find out this baby's gender ASAP



by Whitney Barthel posted in Pregnancy

With my four boys, I have tried both finding out their gender at the anatomy scan and remaining team green the whole pregnancy. With my fourth son, Charlie, we did not find out his sex until he was born. Unfortunately, at the time I was 100 percent certain he was a girl. I packed my hospital bag full of bows, purple sleepers, and a beautifully soft pink blanket. And, for the small chance he was a boy, one yellow outfit.

I don?t need to tell you I was completely shocked when the doctor pulled out yet another boy. In fact, I pretty much lost my mind.

Of course Charlie is wonderful and I am totally over the shock, but with my current (fifth and final) pregnancy I decided there would be no surprises. My husband and I agreed we would be finding out this baby?s gender as soon as possible. I thought this would mean waiting for the 20-week ultrasound as my insurance does not cover genetic testing. Then, something I have never heard of started popping up all over in the February and March birth boards on BabyCenter Community -- SneakPeek Early Gender DNA Test [note that this is not a sponsored post -- I'm just a fan of the service].
Apparently moms were finding out their babies gender at 9 weeks of gestation with amazing accuracy (almost 100 percent), and for less than $100.
Wait, what"! I had to try this. So, I did.
The test is super easy to order. You can buy it both off the SneakPeek site, or off Amazon.
The blood draw looks pretty e...
Source: babycenter
URL: http://blogs.babycenter.com/

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