How to advocate for yourself during pregnancy. Prenatal test: Chorionic villus sampling CVS. When the ultrasound shows no baby.
Prenatal test: Nuchal translucency scan NT scan. Pregnancy: Taking care of yourself Advice from moms. Up next When can I hear my baby's heartbeat? Popular videos. New to BabyCenter? Join now. Password Forgot your password? Keep me logged in. Chorionic villus sampling CVS is an invasive prenatal test in which your doctor pulls a sample of chorionic villi from the placenta and examines them for chromosomal disorders, such as sickle cell anemia or Tay-Sachs disease.
Doctors can perform CVS as early as week ten of your pregnancy. Like amniocentesis, CVS is only done if your prenatal screenings come back positive. Therefore, it should not be done for gender determination alone. If you decide to go through in vitro fertilization IVF , you can find out the gender of your baby at the beginning of your IVF procedure s.
Additional costs are involved with this screen, but results are produced with absolute certainty. Although you are merely playing a guessing game, you can still have some fun by trying out numerous gender prediction tests. Unfortunately, there is no scientific basis behind these claims. Pregnancy is such a special time in your life, and finding out the gender of your baby can be one of the most exciting parts of the process.
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