The Boston Globe profiles a home test launched earlier this month that allows pregnant women in the US to know the sex of their fetus as early as five weeks gestation. The test requires a finger prick for a blood sample to be sent to a lab for fetal DNA testing. If the sample contains the Y chromosome then the fetus is male, and the absence of the chromosome means a female fetus.
The test is available for a total price of $275 exclusively at the PregnancyStore.com…
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