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OB: Good, Bad, Or Ugly?From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)Wed Aug 17 07:16:07 2005
Kit makes it womb with a view BY MAGGIE HABERMAN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Forget about sonograms and amniocentesis tests - a new take-home kit allows expectant moms to find out their baby's gender as early as five weeks into their pregnancy. "People just want to plan ahead, and this allows them to plan ahead even further," said Sherry Bonelli, president of pregnancystore.com, the online outlet selling the Baby Gender Mentor. Parents who buy the $25 kit get a tool to prick their fingers for a small blood sample that is sent to a lab in Massachusetts. For $250 in lab fees, the results come within 48 hours. The lab techs identify the baby's DNA in the mother's blood. If there's a Y chromosome found, parents can start buying blue onesies; if there isn't, it's pink wallpaper for the nursery. Bonelli said she has sold thousands of kits since they became available in June. Some couples want to prepare siblings for the arrival of a baby; one engaged couple wanted to coordinate their wedding favors with their unborn child's sex, she added. But some bioethicists fear that since the test is taken while the embryo is so unformed, some people will use it to end early pregnancies if they don't get the boy or girl they were hoping for. http://www.nydailynews.com/08-16-2005/city_life/story/337700p-288375c.html art
-- art fougner, md
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