Science & Genetics
The mathematical probability of a baby being biologically male or female at conception.
What is 50% (or 1 in 2)
This iconic Marvel character famously told his daughter, "I love you 3,000."
Who is Tony Stark (Iron Man)
The approximate fruit size of a baby at 8 weeks of pregnancy, right around the time early DNA testing becomes highly accurate.
What is a raspberry
According to a famous 19th-century nursery rhyme, this is exactly what little girls are made of.
What is sugar and spice and everything nice
This woman laughed when she was told she would give birth in her old age, and later named her son Isaac, which means "laughter."
Who is Sarah
The specific biological chromosome pairing that indicates a baby is female.
What is XX
This classic Nintendo character is the official ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom and goes by the full name "Princess Peach Toadstool".
Who is Princess Peach
This is scientifically proven to be the very first human sense to fully stimulate and develop in the womb.
What is touch
In early 20th-century American marketing, this color was actually recommended for boys because it was viewed as "stronger and more decided."
What is pink
This New Testament mother visited her pregnant cousin Mary, causing the baby in her womb to "leap for joy.
Who is Elizabeth
The type of male chromosome that the SneakPeek Test actively looks for in the mother’s blood to determine if the baby is a boy.
What is the Y chromosome?
The artistic name of the white, female kitten who wears a pink bow in Disney's 1970 film The Aristocats.
Who is Marie
The medical term for the fluid that surrounds and cushions the developing baby inside the gestational sac.
What is amniotic fluid
An old wives' tale claims that if a pregnant mother is carrying her baby "high", she is most likely having this gender.
What is a girl?
These famous twin brothers struggled inside their mother Rebekah's womb before birth; the firstborn came out red and hairy.
Who are Jacob and Esau
The cellular building blocks that pass through the placenta into the mother's bloodstream, allowing for early DNA testing.
What is fetal DNA (or cffDNA)
In Star Wars, this hidden planet is where Padmé Amidala secretly gave birth to the twins Luke and Leia.
What is Polis Massa?
This giant land mammal holds the biological record for the longest pregnancy, lasting roughly 22 months.
What is the African Elephant
In European folklore, this long-legged bird is famously mythologized as the delivery creature that brings newborn babies to their parents.
What is a stork
In the book of Exodus, this mother hid her three-month-old baby boy in a basket made of bulrushes and pitched it with tar to save him.
Who is Jochebed
The term for identical twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits into two.
What are monozygotic twins
The name of the main, literacy-powered character in the children's educational show Super Why! who uses the alter-ego "Whyatt Beanstalk".
Who is Super Why
By week 18 of pregnancy, the baby develops a unique set of these on their tiny fingers, which will remain the same for their entire life.
What are fingerprints
The ancient civilization that used a pregnancy test involving wetting bags of wheat and barley with urine to predict both pregnancy and the baby's gender.
Who were the Ancient Egyptians
This Old Testament figure's name literally translates from Hebrew to mean "drawn out of the water."
Bonus: The biological chromosome pairing of the newest member of our family.
Who is Moses
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