Author Topic: Welp...It Seems I'm Having A... (Read 4109 times)

FrizzleFried · « **on:** June 12, 2009, 09:09:19 am »

According to the home test the wife took this morning...within an 82% degree of certainty....

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:11:44 am »

Congrats!

That said, they have home gender prediction tests?

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:23:56 am »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on June 12, 2009, 09:11:44 am

Congrats!

That said, they have home gender prediction tests?

They sure do. I saw it on TV a couple days ago...

Amazing, eh?

Hoopz · « **Reply #3 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:39:35 am »

Congrats!!!!

ChadTower · « **Reply #4 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:40:18 am »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on June 12, 2009, 09:11:44 am

Congrats!

That said, they have home gender prediction tests?

That is news to me too.

Congrats, Frizz.

shardian · « **Reply #5 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:43:51 am »

Congrats on the boy. I stand by my argument that girls are awesome.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #6 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:56:10 am »

Thanks all!

Here is a link to the kits site... We got ours at Walgreens. It claims a 90% accuracy in clinical tests but an 82% accuracy in real-world tests.

http://www.intelligender.com/

saint · « **Reply #7 on:** June 12, 2009, 10:14:56 am »

Woot, congrats to you and the missus! Tell the father I said congrats too, ok?

ChadTower · « **Reply #8 on:** June 12, 2009, 10:16:19 am »

Quote from: saint on June 12, 2009, 10:14:56 am

Woot, congrats to you and the missus! Tell the father I said congrats too, ok?

Oooh. We gotta add that here:

whammoed · « **Reply #9 on:** June 12, 2009, 11:57:19 am »

Congrats!

I wonder what the test is actually measuring for? The only differences that I can think of would be hormone related. Perhaps a little more testosterone if its a boy or more estrogen for a girl...That is if the hormones can cross the placenta and be expelled in the mothers urine. I would think they can. I would guess it's measuring testosterone or one of it's metabolites like DHT since the mother would have a high level of estrogen regardless and it would be more difficult to measure a difference.
Seems the intelligender company won't reveal their method. Trying to keep the copycat companies in the dark I'm sure.

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #10 on:** June 12, 2009, 12:30:34 pm »

Congrats! This means your tax cut may increase!

ChadTower · « **Reply #11 on:** June 12, 2009, 01:11:55 pm »

I can't see their detection mechanism being a secret - everything about the hormones and placenta and such are pretty much out there in medical science. The lab process might be, though. Could easily be that they have come up with a more effective way of measuring whatever it is than anyone has had.

I'm curious, though, if that sort of thing needs FDA approval, since it's not actually going into a person during the test (I assume). I mean it's got a near 50-50 chance of being right no matter what...

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #12 on:** June 12, 2009, 01:20:24 pm »

The test probably looks for traces of, or the absence of, "sugar and spice and everything nice"...it's a pretty foolproof plan, actually.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #13 on:** June 12, 2009, 01:23:11 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on June 12, 2009, 01:11:55 pm

I can't see their detection mechanism being a secret - everything about the hormones and placenta and such are pretty much out there in medical science. The lab process might be, though. Could easily be that they have come up with a more effective way of measuring whatever it is than anyone has had.

I'm curious, though, if that sort of thing needs FDA approval, since it's not actually going into a person during the test (I assume). I mean it's got a near 50-50 chance of being right no matter what...

You're correct in your assumption... the woman pee's in a cup, then uses a syringe to inject said urine in to a 2nd cup that has a powedery chemical in it. You swirl it around for a minute then let it stand for 10 minutes. Green/Blue and it's a boy... Pink/Yellow it's a girl.

shmokes · « **Reply #14 on:** June 12, 2009, 01:52:53 pm »

LMAO. How about some links to their clinical studies. Surely something like this would find its way into the New England Journal of Medicine or some such publication. Who the eff develops a product like this and then uses testimonials rather than scientific results to bolster the claim? Snake oil salesmen, that's who.

Have fun with it, though! I suppose I've purchased a couple of lottery tickets in my life which is far more ridiculous (though they're only $1 a pop rather than $35

).

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #15 on:** June 12, 2009, 02:30:24 pm »

Quote from: FrizzleFried on June 12, 2009, 01:23:11 pm

You're correct in your assumption... the woman pee's in a cup, then uses a syringe to inject said urine in to a 2nd cup that has a powedery chemical in it. You swirl it around for a minute then let it stand for 10 minutes. Green/Blue and it's a boy... Pink/Yellow it's a girl.

And if it turns lightly golden...it's a Budweiser.

ChadTower · « **Reply #16 on:** June 12, 2009, 02:34:06 pm »

It would be interesting, if it didn't cost so much, to see if she bought ten tests what the spread result would be.

shmokes · « **Reply #17 on:** June 12, 2009, 02:45:48 pm »

Oh! I almost forgot . . . Congratulations!

RayB · « **Reply #18 on:** June 12, 2009, 02:54:15 pm »

My condolences.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #19 on:** June 12, 2009, 03:01:56 pm »

Quote from: shmokes on June 12, 2009, 01:52:53 pm

LMAO. How about some links to their clinical studies. Surely something like this would find its way into the New England Journal of Medicine or some such publication. Who the eff develops a product like this and then uses testimonials rather than scientific results to bolster the claim? Snake oil salesmen, that's who.

Have fun with it, though! I suppose I've purchased a couple of lottery tickets in my life which is far more ridiculous (though they're only $1 a pop rather than $35 ).

Actually, it's only $29.95 at Walgreens... and my RN sister-in-law actually recommended it as well. Hopefully we'll get 100% confirmation come Wednesday.

Kevin Mullins · « **Reply #20 on:** June 12, 2009, 03:28:21 pm »

Congratulations !!!

(welcome to a whole new world and life as you know it)

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #21 on:** June 12, 2009, 03:30:22 pm »

I just talked to sis-in-law... she said she's had a dozen or so people come in who've used this product... she says the product got 10 out of 12 right... but yeah, it's just a fun thing to do. Now when we go in, we won't be telling the doc what result we got until after he tells us his result...

leapinlew · « **Reply #22 on:** June 12, 2009, 03:35:16 pm »

what game is "It's a boy"? I don't remember seeing that in the arcades.

Congrats dude!

ChadTower · « **Reply #23 on:** June 12, 2009, 03:36:50 pm »

Quote from: FrizzleFried on June 12, 2009, 03:30:22 pm

I just talked to sis-in-law... she said she's had a dozen or so people come in who've used this product... she says the product got 10 out of 12 right... but yeah, it's just a fun thing to do. Now when we go in, we won't be telling the doc what result we got until after he tells us his result...

Well that figure is consistent with the % it gave you, anyway...

shmokes · « **Reply #24 on:** June 12, 2009, 04:06:22 pm »

So wait . . . you paid $30 to find out the gender a week early?

ChadTower · « **Reply #25 on:** June 12, 2009, 04:19:34 pm »

Quote from: FrizzleFried on June 12, 2009, 03:30:22 pm

it's just a fun thing to do.

We've all done things for the hell of it that cost a lot more than $30...

shmokes · « **Reply #26 on:** June 12, 2009, 04:23:10 pm »

I'm just making a bang for the buck argument. Carry on.

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #27 on:** June 12, 2009, 07:31:34 pm »

Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on June 12, 2009, 02:30:24 pm

Quote from: FrizzleFried on June 12, 2009, 01:23:11 pm
You're correct in your assumption... the woman pee's in a cup, then uses a syringe to inject said urine in to a 2nd cup that has a powedery chemical in it. You swirl it around for a minute then let it stand for 10 minutes. Green/Blue and it's a boy... Pink/Yellow it's a girl.

And if it turns lightly golden...it's a Budweiser.

And if you skip the second cup, its a Miller Lite.

hyiu · « **Reply #28 on:** June 12, 2009, 08:34:56 pm »

Congrats !!!

Ummon · « **Reply #29 on:** June 12, 2009, 08:52:32 pm »

I wonder if he'll have Flinstone feet like in the picture there.....

hypernova · « **Reply #30 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:24:31 pm »

Are you willing to bet that in prematurely buying tons of gender specific clothes and room decorations?

shmokes · « **Reply #31 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:34:14 pm »

Talk about bad choice of words Hypernova.

saint · « **Reply #32 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:48:41 am »

Maybe hedge your bets before buying clothes Frizz...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526582,00.html

Quote

NEW YORK — Six New York City mothers are suing the makers of a baby gender test that touted its product as "infallibly accurate," saying the test results they received were wrong.

In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the women claimed they received incorrect results from the $275 Baby Gender Mentor test by Acu-Gen Biolab Inc., of Lowell, Mass.

ChadTower · « **Reply #33 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:16:14 am »

That one does say it's infallible... seems a stupid claim to make.

Fordman · « **Reply #34 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:48:43 am »

Congrats on the Boy!

Just dont buy one of those $30.00 fetal heart monitors.

Its just a rip-off, playing on the pregnant hormones of women. The 'I just gotta hear his heartbeat' hormone that all women get. They dont work unless your in a soundproof room and you'll probabaly hear the mother's heartbeat before Jr's. We bought one and the doctor laughed and told us we got suckered! He said it isnt near strong enough to pick up the hearbeat through the 'sack', uterus wall, layers of mama fat and skin.

The booklet inside says you need to be in a soundproof room and 'use special care to enjoy this product' whatever the hell that means!

Again, Congras on the Boy!

Fordman

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #35 on:** June 16, 2009, 04:04:34 pm »

Quote from: saint on June 16, 2009, 08:48:41 am

Maybe hedge your bets before buying clothes Frizz...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526582,00.html

Quote
NEW YORK — Six New York City mothers are suing the makers of a baby gender test that touted its product as "infallibly accurate," saying the test results they received were wrong.

In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the women claimed they received incorrect results from the $275 Baby Gender Mentor test by Acu-Gen Biolab Inc., of Lowell, Mass.

Different company... and 82% accuracy seems be about 18% away from infallible...

shardian · « **Reply #36 on:** June 16, 2009, 04:17:29 pm »

Quote from: Fordman on June 16, 2009, 09:48:43 am

Congrats on the Boy!

Just dont buy one of those $30.00 fetal heart monitors.

Its just a rip-off, playing on the pregnant hormones of women. The 'I just gotta hear his heartbeat' hormone that all women get. They dont work unless your in a soundproof room and you'll probabaly hear the mother's heartbeat before Jr's. We bought one and the doctor laughed and told us we got suckered! He said it isnt near strong enough to pick up the hearbeat through the 'sack', uterus wall, layers of mama fat and skin.

The booklet inside says you need to be in a soundproof room and 'use special care to enjoy this product' whatever the hell that means!

Again, Congras on the Boy!

Fordman

You can rent a hospital grade monitor for like $20/month. We did that since mommy and baby were susceptible to tachycardia...and to ease mommie's concerns.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #37 on:** June 17, 2009, 08:03:33 pm »

Welp...it's confirmed...I'm having a boy!

WunderCade · « **Reply #38 on:** June 17, 2009, 08:54:46 pm »

Congrats Frizz!

Quote from: shardian on June 12, 2009, 09:43:51 am

Congrats on the boy. I stand by my argument that girls are awesome.

I concur.

saint · « **Reply #39 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:54:00 pm »

Quote from: FrizzleFried on June 17, 2009, 08:03:33 pm

Welp...it's confirmed...I'm having a boy!

Congrats man! All kidding aside having kids is the #1 best thing I've ever done with my life.


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