Has anybody recieved wrong gender from harmony blood test?

[snish04]

The harmony test is NOT a diagnostic test, a lot of people seem to think that because it's a genetic test that it's conclusive, it isn't. It can be and has been wrong, deal with it. Even when the tests detect trisomies, it's not conclusive, followup tests are done to make the result conclusive... and in a small amount of cases, even some of the trisomies detected by harmony have been wrong.

We are in the same situation as some here, our harmony test came back as a girl (confirmed twice) and yet our baby has a penis. The medical establishment is trying to make sense of it and throwing possibilities around, like turners syndrome (these babies are girls and there's no record of them developing a penis in the womb, that I have found). These babies tend to be small, our baby is growing as expected, no heart issues either...

We believe that in small instances there is an anomaly in the harmony testing as more contradicting sonograms and births surface on the net. Some one is making a terrible lot of money professing accuracy rates when again... it is not a diagnostic test, it's inconclusive!! These companies need to be regulated cos they are causing a whole lot of unnecessary stress.

At this stage we are going with the sonographers and obs - scientists have also recently discovered that fetal dna can be found and stored in the mothers blood for years... we've had two daughters previously... really there's still much about nature that isn't known. So mums to be, if your results are incongruent to your sonogram and all else is measuring to routine? I recommend not to put your faith in the harmony test.

Will keep you posted with our journey.

[atomic sagebrush]

Everything has a margin of error and there is also a human factor to be considered as in, test results could have been mixed up, etc.

I have seen gobs and gobs of inaccurate ultrasounds both for gender and also terrifying people into thinking that something was wrong with their baby that wasn't. I have also seen many false positives with the old school triple and quad screen tests. Even if the Harmony-type tests end up being less than 99% reliable, which they're new, they very well may, they are still better than the alternatives and unlike the CVS/amnio, are non-invasive.

I am sorry that you had a bad experience with Harmony and I will be following your story, snish.

Everyone else, I continue to urge that you have a Harmony-type test done instead of triple/quad screen, amnio, and CVS. And if your ultrasound tech seems to be saying one thing and Harmony another, the Harmony is probably correct.

[atomic sagebrush]

Re fetal DNA, according to my research this matters not if you have had daughters and only daughters. They will not detect a Y chromosome that isn't there if you have never carried a son. I hope you keep us posted because we do want to hear of other experiences that are outside of the norm.

Again, I'm sorry you are having a bad experience but I simply have to reiterate that of the options available, as it sits now with the available information, Harmony-type tests are the best option. Non-invasive and much more reliable than the average person's ultrasound. (you have obviously have had some much more in depth ultrasounds than the average person does).

Now, all you ladies reading this who are clutching at straws and now hoping your Harmony gender result was wrong...or terrified that it was wrong...please be realistic and remember that ultrasounds are wrong all the time and Harmony-type tests are way more reliable. The odds are sky high that your Harmony result is totally correct.

[Atsaukina1]

When is your edd snish? Maybe it was put in the fridge as its not supposed to be fridgerated. How far along are you? 20+ and they say boy on us I'd be likely to believe it but early ones I wouldn't stress it. Please keep us posted.

[marthie]

As some people have already said, nothing is 100%... Here is a very interesting article about a little girl with Y chromosome: https://www.newscientist.com/article...t-on-maleness/