At-home test tells pregnant women if it's a boy or a girl
source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/09/gender.prediction.test/index.html
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Expectant mothers can determine whether they're carrying a boy or a girl as early as 10 weeks after conception, according to an over-the-counter gender prediction test by a Plano, Texas, company.
IntelliGender, the creator of the "Boy or Girl Gender Prediction Test," say scientists isolated certain hormones that when combined with a "proprietary mix of chemicals" react differently if a women is carrying a boy or a girl.
It claims that within 10 minutes of taking the urine test, a mother will be able to tell her baby's gender. The specimen will turn green if it's a boy, and orange if it's a girl.
The gender predictor test boasts a 78 to 80 percent accuracy rate, according to the latest IntelliGender report.
Some say the issue gets dicey when a parent makes a decisions about whether to carry on with the pregnancy after the results are revealed.
"Say a woman has three daughters and wants to get pregnant one last time to have a baby boy. If she takes the test at 10 weeks, and it's not the sex she wants, she may want to terminate and try again," said Jennifer Parks, co-director of Loyola University Chicago's Programs in Health Care Ethics.
What do you think? Is gender selection more likely to occur if women know the sex of their baby earlier?
IntelliGender, the creator of the "Boy or Girl Gender Prediction Test," say scientists isolated certain hormones that when combined with a "proprietary mix of chemicals" react differently if a women is carrying a boy or a girl.
It claims that within 10 minutes of taking the urine test, a mother will be able to tell her baby's gender. The specimen will turn green if it's a boy, and orange if it's a girl.
The gender predictor test boasts a 78 to 80 percent accuracy rate, according to the latest IntelliGender report.
Some say the issue gets dicey when a parent makes a decisions about whether to carry on with the pregnancy after the results are revealed.
"Say a woman has three daughters and wants to get pregnant one last time to have a baby boy. If she takes the test at 10 weeks, and it's not the sex she wants, she may want to terminate and try again," said Jennifer Parks, co-director of Loyola University Chicago's Programs in Health Care Ethics.
What do you think? Is gender selection more likely to occur if women know the sex of their baby earlier?
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bexnorts
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The packaging makes it appear to be part of a child's 'Doctors & Nurses' game!
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bexnorts
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Skyscraper08
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I think this is could be dangerous, as many parents have strong hopes for a certain gender child, at spceific periods in thier life.
I agree that if a couple has a family of 3 children, all of whom are girls and they are trying for their fourth child to be a boy, then it could result in frustration and they will abort the child.
No doubt, that this thing will be inaccurate, which doesn't help.
- 2 years ago
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Skyscraper08
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twitterbot
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@theotherhoff on twitter says "Pregnant with girl or boy? At-home test may tell you"
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