Early gender blood test vs gender scan
Want to know if it’s a boy or a girl? You can find out from 6 weeks with a blood test, or from around 16 weeks with a scan.
- From 10 weeks
- No risk to baby
- Results in about 5 working days
- No GP referral
Early gender blood test
From 6 weeks. It looks for your baby’s Y-chromosome DNA in your blood. £125, results usually in 1–3 days.
Gender scan
From around 16 weeks, depending on your baby’s position. You see your baby on screen too.
NIPT
From 10 weeks. Screens for chromosomal conditions and can also tell you the sex, from £295.
Want both?
Our Double Discovery Package (£154) combines an early gender blood test with a timed gender scan.
Keep the surprise
Tell us when you book and we’ll leave your baby’s sex off your main report and send it separately, to you or to someone you choose, like your baker or party planner. Or leave it off entirely if you’d rather wait until birth.
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Book your NIPT
From £295. A 15-minute visit at our Croydon clinic, with no GP referral.