Re: OB: Good, Bad, Or Ugly?
From: Charlie Chambers (cchamber@gorge.net)
Wed Aug 17 08:54:13 2005
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I think it shows what a rush we are in as a society. Willingness to
spend this kind of money when you will know for certain at delivery.
Also, to date, I can't recall off hand any studies that were 100%
accurate in terms of prediction when using probes for Y chromosome
sequences in maternal blood.
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On Aug 17, 2005, at 5:17 AM, art fougner, md wrote:
> 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
>
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> art fougner, md
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> "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere
> else."
> Lawrence Peter Berra
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