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Can It Be Too Early For A Blood Pregnancy Test?
Scientists have developed a blood test that can tell the sex of a fetus as early as the seventh week of pregnancy. The new test was 100 percent accurate in predicting fetuses' sex in a recent study of 200 pregnant women in the Netherlands. The researchers say the test will be especially useful in cases where safely determining a baby's sex is important for identifying or managing inherited, sex-linked medical conditions.
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