Ingender.com » Community » Blogs » Maureen Login     Register    

Gender Selection News

Boston Globe reports Baby Gender Mentor accuracy is questioned

Published Monday, October 17, 2005 6:20 AM
It's a learning and adaptation processes for all of us, including myself, including all the women out there.
Dr. C.N. Wang, Acu-Gen Scientific Director
I wonder if any of the women who bought the Baby Gender Mentor test realized they were signing up for a "learning and adaptation process". Acu-Gen claims to have already conducted a study of 20,000 women over 14 years.
by Maureen
Filed under: ,

Comments

# April said on Monday, October 17, 2005 8:47 AM

I was alerted to this article by my coworkers, and was very suprised to learn that the test has only been on the market since June! I had the test done in August, about 13 weeks into my pregnancy, and it said I was definately having a girl. I was so excited! I had the name picked out, made a website, and started buying clothes for my little girl. At my ultrasound a couple weeks ago, I was shattered to find out its a boy, most definately a boy! I checked the baby gender mentor website, and I will get a 200% refund once I have the birth certificate, but I'm very skeptical now. The article in today's Globe said 4000 people have used the test since June, and only 4 refunds have been given. But I can't help but wonder how many babies could have been born, if the test just came out a few months ago? I chat on an online board with other pregnant women, and there are definately more than a dozen other women in my situation, just on one board alone, just waiting to get a birth certificate. I would be interested to know if any lawsuits come up in the meantime....
April
Boston, MA

# Maureen said on Monday, October 17, 2005 9:31 AM

Hi April, If you haven't aleady, please click on "Forums" at the top and see some posts from other women who have had ultrasounds that do not agree with their results, I hope it will make your feel better to talk with some other women who are going through the same thing.

# Adrienne said on Monday, October 17, 2005 12:16 PM

So what they are basically saying is that because I know there was never a "vanishing twin" then there is probably something genetically abnormal with my child because 4 ultrasounds conclude that acu gen was wrong! Thanks to them for making us pregnant women even more worried than we already are about the health of our unborn babies!

# Momof4girls said on Monday, October 17, 2005 7:15 PM

I beg to differ with this statement by Dr.Wang

"But it has given only four refunds so far out of a total of more than 4,000 tests done since this summer, said its scientific director, Dr. C. N. Wang. That is precisely the number of false results one would expect with a 99.9 percent accuracy rate"

Here is my issue, have all 4000 of these women delivered? If not than that means the stats are not 99.9% We would need to know the number that have delivered. I am no math whiz, but correct me if I am wrong. For example, if only 25 women have birthed, than that means it is only 84% accurate right? So basically we WERE his test market.

# Gender Selection News said on Friday, January 13, 2006 6:38 PM


No, you're not accidently reading "The Onion" by mistake, this really happened.
Baby Gender Mentor...

# Gender Selection News said on Friday, February 17, 2006 10:29 PM


No, you're not accidently reading "The Onion" by mistake, this really happened.
Baby Gender Mentor...