Baby Gender Test – Some Kits That Can Help

As an expectant parent, you may be contemplating a baby gender test. Current technology is still limited to amniocentesis and CVS testing as being the most accurate testing protocol that is capable of providing gender confirmation. But these two tests are not without risk to the fetus and are used in connection with detecting any genetic disorders based on family history or the age of the mother-to-be. They are generally never offered as a means of gender testing for its own sake.

Many parents want to learn their baby’s sex beforehand for a variety of reasons and don’t want to wait until the sonogram for results. Of course, there are the kindly relatives and curious strangers who offer their unsolicited opinion, but that’s what they generally are, just opinions. With the new baby gender test kits now being sold on the market, there’s a possibility that the wait may be over.

Certainly, the ultrasound sonogram is the most popular and currently most useful baby gender test available. The rate of accuracy is still not 100%, but it’s about as close as you can get short of undergoing amniocentesis or CVS testing. The ultrasound is just about routine for most pregnancies, but for the most accurate results, the 20-week range or mid-second trimester is the best time for determining the baby’s gender.

For those who don’t want to wait, there are early gender detection test kits are now on the market. Designed to detect the presence of male or female DNA material or other proprietary criteria as early as five weeks of pregnancy, these are highly touted as being the answer to the far-off ultrasound exam. However in terms of accuracy, the jury is still out.

The two most popular baby gender test kits are the Intelligender and Pink or Blue early gender tests. They are certainly worth a try if you’re curious. At this point in time, you should probably take the results with a grain of salt and wait for your doctor’s t confirmation.

The Intelligender baby gender test works in similar fashion to a early pregnancy test. Just as with a pregnancy test, the mother-to-be’s urine is tested and compared to an included color matching guide. Results are available within ten minutes. While the test kit itself is not expensive and can actually be accurate, bear in mind that false positives are not uncommon. Your results should be confirmed by a doctor to the degree possible.

Pink or Blue is an early pregnancy testing kit that is packaged along with a gender testing kit. The baby gender test is optional and requires a separate payment to the lab where you must send your sample to.for testing. This test kit claims to test DNA,, which theoretically should be more accurate than urine testing. While the pregnancy test is not expensive, the additional cost of the gender testing is around $200,