Intelligender in the News

• It Ain't Over: Two Curious Moms Answer The Million Dollar Question - 9/14/2012
• Non-Scientists Use Business Savvy to Launch Med-Tech Product - 3/2/2012
• Lunatus introduces IntelliGender kit in the UAE - 7/12/10 - Lunatus Marketing and Consultancy FZCO, a provider of healthcare products and services and representative of major international companies, has announced the UAE launch of IntelliGender, a urine-based test that allows expectant parents to determine the gender of their baby early in the pregnancy.
  
  IntelliGender's use is similar to that of a home pregnancy test providing results in just eight minutes. Expectant parents curious to know their Baby's gender and are too excited to wait till the 20th week to get a confirmed answer, can now through a simple home-based test get a reliable insight on their baby's gender as early as the 10th week of pregnancy.
  
  "We are thrilled to present IntelliGender," says Dr. Lina Al Kouatly, Managing Director of Lunatus. "It is a novel test, offering expectant parents a fun and affordable pre-birth experience to share the joy of their discovery with their family and friends through a convenient and simple test from the comfort of their homes. At the moment, the most well known method to determine the baby's gender is to wait until the regular 16th week for an Ultrasound scan, a commonly used tool to check the baby's health and development. With IntelliGender, parents can now have an indication on Baby's Gender as early as the 10th week of pregnancy. The Test is very simple and easy to use but we urge expectant mothers to follow the instructions carefully as the accuracy is dependable on proper usage."
  
  Dr. Janeta Atanassova, a leading gynaecologist with over 19 years of experience and the partner of Infinity Clinic in Jumeirah Dubai, agreed that, "Although Ultrasound is a useful technique in determining the Baby's Gender, 95% accuracy can only be attained at the 20th week of pregnancy. It is for that reason that combining IntelliGender with the Ultrasound scan can be an option to provide a better accuracy rate in an early baby's gender detection."
  
  Based on the experiences from her practice, and the general human conventions, Dr Janeta finds that communicating the Baby's gender to the parents can be somewhat tricky, as 100% reliable predictions are unavailable before the 20th week of pregnancy. It is for that reason that she thinks that combining IntelliGender with the Ultrasound scan at the early stages of pregnancy can be beneficial in the baby's gender detection increasing the results accuracy and consequently reducing parents disappointments.
  
  IntelliGender was first developed and marketed in the USA in 2007, and since proved to be a global success. IntelliGender is manufactured in FDA certified and GMP registered manufacturing facilities under strict supervision. It functions by measuring a combination of hormones in the urine that differ depending on the gender of the baby, and reacting to form either green or orange coloured liquid. IntelliGender has shown to have an accuracy of 82%.
  
  While IntelliGender has been proven to be a reliable test, we recommend parents to wait until the healthcare provider confirms the gender prior to painting the nursery or making any financial or emotional investment.
  
  IntelliGender is distributed by Lunatus in the UAE and will be available in all pharmacies from July 2010.
  
  
• KeloLand.com - By Angela Kennecke - One of the first things many expectant parents want to know is whether they're having a boy or a girl.  An over-the counter gender prediction test promises to give the answer as early as 10 weeks after conception.  But is there any real science behind it and does it really work?
  
  Dr. Molly Uhing and her patient, Krystal Den Boer, are due the very same week. But the obstetrician is having a boy and Den Boer a girl, both confirmed by ultrasound.
  
  "They said it was 100 percent girl!" Den Boer said.
  
  While expectant moms can find out the sex of their baby if they want to wait until the 18-20 week ultrasound with 95 percent accuracy, many say it may be worth $35 at the drug store to find out early on if they're having a boy or a girl.
  
  The IntelliGender test claims to give results as early as ten weeks after conception. We asked the two expectant moms to help us see how accurate the ten minute urine test may be. Its creator says scientists have isolated certain hormones that combined with certain chemicals react differently if a woman is carrying a boy or a girl.
  
  "I was a little bit unsure. My first assumption testing for hormone in the urine, but I can't medically come up with hormone testing. We haven't ever scientifically proven that urine from a pregnant mom of boys is different from a pregnant mom of girls, but we'll give it a good try and see," Uhing said. 
  
  Ten minutes later, the women's gender test results were clear.
  
  "It came out a girl!" Den Boer said.
  
  Den Boer's color was bright orange, indicating a girl and Uhing's test came out green for boy.
  
  "It was correct for both Krystal and I. I was really surprised and it looked good. I am having a boy and that is what it showed," Uhing said.
  
  We wanted to see if those kinds of results happened every time. We asked KELOLAND News Health Beat reporter Kelli Grant, who's expecting a baby this month, to take the test too. Grant found out the sex of her baby at 18 weeks.
  
  "I felt like it was a girl. I just had that feeling, you either feel it or you don't. I remember when I did find out in the ultrasound room I yelled, 'I knew it!'" Grant said.
  
  So when her IntelliGender test came back, the results were disappointing.
  
  "It really kind of took my breath away a little. I'd be fine having a boy, but I was expecting it to be orange and say it's a girl," Grant said.
  
  IntelliGender claims an 80 percent accuracy rate, which means it's wrong for one out of every five women.
  
  "I have very few weeks left.  The room is done, clothes are washed and all the pink is there. I'm a little nervous, but I have to trust the ultrasound that's almost 100 percent accurate," Grant said.
  
  "I'd be hesitant to tell anyone to paint a nursery or buy a pink car seat based on a $30 test. But I don't see any harm in it. I don't see any problem for pregnancy and it makes it kind of fun," Uhing said.
  
  Pro-life groups worry the tests will prompt more abortions if people don't like the results. The company doesn't even sell the kits in India or China because, in those countries, having a boy is preferred.
  
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• Action3News.com - Omaha, NE - There are plenty of old wives tales on how to tell if you're having a boy or a girl, now it may be as easy as walking into a Walgreens or Target and buying a kit.

  Oh boy, or girl! Now, there may be a way to find out a baby's sex sooner. Ultrasound, meet ultra handy Intelligender®. The over the counter home gender kit can apparently predict the sex at six weeks.

  So we're testing it's claims with the help of mother to be Amanda Jochum. "I had a huge feeling that it was a boy," says Amanda Jochum. We put that instinct to the test. First, the home kit. I'll spare you the details on the process, just know it's similar to taking an at home pregnancy test. The test matches up with Jochum's instincts turning a dark green color for boy.

  So, if you can get a handy dandy home kit for 29.99 really what's the need to come into a hospital and see a doctor? "If it sounds too good to be true, maybe that's what we're looking at," says Dr. Sonja Kinney who's an OB/GYN for UNMC. She's skeptical of a box that predicts a babies sex, especially so soon. The earliest a doctor will look for a sex on an ultrasound is 16 weeks, that's two months later than the kit's prediction claims. "I think as a fun almost gag gift to give someone that's terrific."

  Kinney chalks it up as a novelty item, but it was right according to our one test. We checked it against Jochum's ultrasound. "This is the picture of the boy parts," says Jochum showing me the ultrasound picture. 

  And as I mentioned earlier the test color and the actual color the liquid is an exact match for a boy. So what would our expecting mom do if the kit came back girl? "Call my doctor and have another ultrasound today."

  If moms can't wait for that ultrasound, the colors green and orange may help determine blue or pink. Still, experts say don't go shopping based on this box.

  The company claims the kit is 82 percent accurate. If you'd like to read more we have a link posted above.

  Reported by Molli Graham, mgraham@action3news.com

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  Reality Star Kendra Predicts Baby's Gender with At Home Test
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  The Early Show - A Boy Or Girl? Learn Gender Sooner
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  CNN - Pregnant with girl or boy? At-home test may tell you
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  Dallas Morning News - Test at home for baby's gender at 10 weeks of pregnancy
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  CBS 11 TV - At-Home Test Predicts Baby's Gender: Does It Work?
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