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Anonymous User · 1 person watching · posted 10 months ago

Can you find out what colour a baby is before birth?

I'm pretty sure that my baby is my partner's but there's a slight chance it could be someone elses. Is there a way to tell what colour the baby's skin will be before birth?

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Corinne Mirkazemi · 1394 points · 1 respark · posted 10 months ago

I don't believe there is any way of checking what the baby's skin colour is before birth, at least not yet. It might be worth talking to your Doctor about this because there are options of paternity tests before birth. The two prenatal DNA tests I've come across are amniocentesis and CVS (Chorionic Villus Sampling). Amniocentesis is a procedure that uses a thin needle to draw out amniotic fluid which is then tested. It can be performed between the 14th and 20th week of pregnancy.

CVS is sampling of the little finger like protrusions that are in the uterus called villi. The chorionic villi have the same genetic makeup as the fetus so it allows for DNA testing. This test can be done earlier on than amniocentesis, from the 10th to 13th week of pregnancy.

Reference (a great source of more information for you): American Pregnancy Association (www.americanpregnancy.org/prenata ...)

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