Intelligender test how does it really work

Between , and , kits had been sold in Australasia, he said. Portnoy firmly rejected suggestions the kit could lead to more abortions on the mistaken basis a baby was a certain gender.

The Commerce Commission said it had not received any complaints about the product in the past 12 months. A spokeswoman said it could not comment on IntelliGender specifically as it had not investigated the kit.

Jan White, general practitioner council chair at the New Zealand Medical Association, said the association could not comment on whether the tool can or did work.

The association would recommend parents confirm their baby's gender with their maternity care provider using proven diagnostic methods, she said. A manager at the Wyndham St, central Auckland Chemist Warehouse said stocking decisions were made in Australia and referred comment to head office - which has yet to respond to questions from Stuff. Baby gender check kit described as dangerous waste of money. George Block , Nov 14 Un-boxing a controversial home gender verification kit.

Women taking the urine test should do so first thing in the morning before having their first urination. The IntelliGender prediction kit was inspired by two moms but the actual product was developed by professionals who claim to have isolated specific hormones that can be detected with chemicals.

The test has been in the news and reality TV star Kendra Baskett used the Intelligender test to predict the gender of her baby boy. The test was accurate for her but will it work for everyone? Not according to many professionals in the field.

While the notion of a home kit that works as accurately as a sonogram is very appealing, it just doesn't seem to be the case with this product. The developers of the product note that the product is designed to be "for fun" rather than a method that should replace accurate readings in sonograms.

The company states that the product is not percent accurate in its Frequently Asked Questions section. The key to discovering whether the product really works or not is science. While Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Jeffrey Ecker, is more than willing to examine the science behind the kit, the makers of the product are not accepting the offer, according to Lipka's article. He also writes that City Attorney Dennis Herrera is demanding proof of the company's claims.

While gender prediction tests are fun, medical technology is more accurate. The good news is that you can be fairly sure of the gender of your baby at 20 weeks after having an ultrasound , and most definitely after labor and delivery. Gender Prediction Predicting gender has been a subject of fascination for women for generations. Intelligender is a urine-based gender prediction test touted to predict gender as early as 10 weeks.

The question then becomes, does Intelligender work? Are there any studies into Intelligender accuracy? Is it legit or just a sad monetary preying on the desperation of pregnant women to know the gender of their baby just a smidge early.

Use of Intelligender is then as simple as peeing in a cup just like the pregnancy test you took to confirm your pregnancy. So why are soon-to-be parent be so eager to find out whether their "Sammy" is really a "Suzy" a few months early?

So, it's not surprising parents would want this test. But some say the issue could get dicey if the test findings led to a decision about whether to carry on with the pregnancy. If she takes the test at 10 weeks, and it's not the sex she wants, she may want to terminate and try again," Parks said.

The makers of the gender prediction test say they "categorically disagree" with the idea their test may prompt an increase in sex-selection abortions. IntelliGender says out of "hundreds of thousands" of e-mail inquiries, only two have inquired about using the test as a vehicle for sex-selection. Anti-abortion groups, already concerned about women opting to keep babies based on hair and eye color, are now worried about gender-selection, too. While the test is available for sale in 11 countries, IntelliGender does not sell the test to India or China.