Types Of Baby Gender Predictor Tests

There are several methods which can be used to predict the gender of your baby before the birth. Many people believe that ultrasound is the only baby gender predictor method. However it is not so. Ultrasound is just one method. Although, ultasound is certainly considered as one of the most accurate medical ways to tell if you are impregnated with a baby boy or girl. It is a sonogram test which is performed twenty weeks into your gestation to tell you the sex of your child.

Another dependable gender prediction test used today is Amniocentesis. Besides determining the geneder of the baby, it helps to detect deformities (if any) in the fetus. The procedure is helpful mainly when the pregnant woman is aged over thirty five years. This is because the child becomes more prone to Down's Syndrome when the mother is over the age of 35. The test is also an accurate alternative to find out chromosomal disorders in the unborn child.

The fetal gender can also be determined by blood tests at home. Manufacturers of blood tests claim that the results of these blood tests are as accurate as those obtained from other baby gender predictor tests such as ultrasounds.

Chorionic villus sampling or CVS is another gender predictor test. In this test a very minute amount of placenta is removed from your uterus during the later stages of your first trimester of pregnancy. The chromosomes of your placenta are then analyzed to predict the gender of the unborn child. The presence of a Y chromosome would indicate a boy and X a girl.

One of the latest gender predicting tests that most would-be moms are opting for are the non-invasive home gender prediction tests. Such tests use a prick of the blood sample of the expecting mother to detect the presence of the Y chromosome. This test must be performed after the eighth month of pregnancy and the sample is sent to a lab for analysis. Most manufacturers claim that the results are 99.9% accurate.

The Chinese calender or chart is another fetal baby genender prediction method that can help you detect the sex of the baby during the early stages of your pregnancy. This method is utilized for predicting the baby's gender based on the age of the mother combined with the month in which the fetus was conceived. But there is no scientific base to this method. It is an ancient Chinese method which is found to be correct in 90 per cent of cases. There are certain other home baby gender predictor methods as well.