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Re: HCG levels can detect sex of baby on 1st Dr. visit?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:58:24 -0600 (CST)


At Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Anonym wrote: >
>I heard on the news last nite that Dr.'s are working on a way to detect
>the sex of a baby on the first Dr.'s visit by calculating HCG levels in
>the pregnancy. They state the higher the HCG on the first visit then
>it's most likely a girl, and the lower the level then it's most likely a
>boy. Have any of you out there heard of this? I'm just curious....I
>don't see how this is possible. Thanks for the replies!

The key words are more likely a girl and more likely a boy. They didn't say there was a level where it was one or the other.

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