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The SneakPeek test is accurate any time from 6 weeks into pregnancy to birth. SneakPeek looks for Y chromosomes in the fetal DNA found in mom's blood. The amount of fetal DNA increases the further mom is in her pregnancy, so the test can be taken with accurate results starting at 6 weeks until birth. Not sure if you're at 6 weeks yet? Use our easy test eligibility calculator to double check.
After removing the collection tube and preparing it to be mailed back to SneakPeek Labs, the device casing can be disposed of in a normal trash bin.
No, for safety reasons, the SneakPeek Snap microneedles are designed to deploy only one time. After a maximum of 4 minutes, feel free to send back your sample even if it hasn't filled to the bottom line. We're often able to provide results using smaller samples, and if not, we'll send you a free replacement device to try again.
Based on research studies, tattoos have not been shown to affect blood sample results or the ability to successfully collect a blood sample with SneakPeek Snap. Using SneakPeek Snap will also not affect your tattoo!
SneakPeek Snap has been tested in different areas of the body, and the upper arm has been shown to be the most successful. Please only use Sneak Peek Snap on the upper arm, following the instruction manual directions.
When the blue button is pushed, tiny microneedles deploy and retract back in under 1 second. Blood is collected through the holes left in the skin via a light suction caused by the button returning to its original position. You never need to see the needles, and they're only in your skin for under a second.
The SneakPeek test is accurate any time from 6 weeks into pregnancy to birth. SneakPeek looks for Y chromosomes in the fetal DNA found in mom's blood. The amount of fetal DNA increases the further mom is in her pregnancy, so the test can be taken with accurate results starting at 6 weeks until birth. Not sure if you're at 6 weeks yet? Use our easy test eligibility calculator to double check.
Yes, you can! SneakPeek looks for male DNA in the fetal DNA found in mom's blood. In the case of identical triplets (or more!), the presence of male DNA means all three babies are boys. The absence of male DNA means all three babies are girls. For fraternal triplets, finding male DNA means at least one baby is a boy, but the test cannot confirm if the others are boys or girls.
To take SneakPeek, you must be at least 6 weeks into pregnancy, which can be calculated using either the first day of your last menstrual period, or baby's estimated due date. This test eligibility calculator makes it easy!
Based on research studies, tattoos have not been shown to affect blood sample results or the ability to successfully collect a blood sample with SneakPeek Snap. Using SneakPeek Snap will also not affect your tattoo!
See Shipping and Results Timeline for more info.
Provide the email address that you'd like the Order Confirmation and Shipping Confirmation with tracking info emails to be sent to.
Please note this is NOT the email address that gender results will be sent to. That email address can be designated during the kit activation process.
Yes, you can! Instructions are provided for both self use and use with a helper. Please note you can only use FEMALE helpers, as male helpers have been found to contaminate the DNA samples, causing incorrect results.
No, unfortunately male helpers have been found to contaminate the DNA samples, causing incorrect results. Please feel free to use FEMALE helpers, following the directions provided in the instruction manual.
We recommend a maximum time of 4 minutes. After that, feel free to send back your sample even if it hasn't filled to the bottom line. We're often able to provide results using smaller samples, and if not, we'll send you a free replacement device to try again.
If your blood is not moving freely enough to coat the test tube in order to mix with the preservative, try tapping the test tube, lid side down, firmly on a flat surface to generate blood movement. Then shake the tube lightly for 20 seconds or until blood coats the tube. If blood is still not moving freely, repeat the tapping with lid side down step, as well as the 20s shaking step, as many times as needed until blood coats the tube.
No, for safety reasons, the SneakPeek Snap microneedles are designed to deploy only one time. After a maximum of 4 minutes, feel free to send back your sample even if it hasn't filled to the bottom line. We're often able to provide results using smaller samples, and if not, we'll send you a free replacement device to try again.
SneakPeek Snap has been tested in different areas of the body, and the upper arm has been shown to be the most successful. Please only use Sneak Peek Snap on the upper arm, following the instruction manual directions.
If no blood is collected, it may be that there wasn't a complete seal with the skin when the blue button was pushed, or the blue button wasn't pushed down far enough, until a "click" was heard. Please try again, holding the device firmly and directly on the skin, and pushing the blue button all the way down to the device casing, until a "click" is heard. If it doesn't work a second time, please let us know, and we'll send you a replacement device.
Have no fear! Your DNA blood sample can stay stable for a month in the test tube, due to a preservative that was included in the tube.
- Schedule a time and location for your package to be picked up through the USPS site: https://tools.usps.com/schedule-pickup-steps.htm.
- Drop off your package in a USPS bin or in your mailbox. Be sure to check pick-up times to ensure your sample isn’t exposed to extended periods of below 40°F temperature.
Provide the email address that you'd like the Order Confirmation and Shipping Confirmation with tracking info emails to be sent to.
Please note this is NOT the email address that gender results will be sent to. That email address can be designated during the kit activation process.
We've got you! Because inconclusive results can happen with any type of lab testing, we'll set you up with a retest kit completely on us if this happens. Retest kits are always sent with the same collection and shipping method as your initial test and we'll always make sure your new sample gets same day priority processing, with results in your preferred email inbox by 8pm PST/11pm EST the day of delivery to the SneakPeek Lab.
We'll let you know in your sample update email when a retest kit is scheduled to ship. If you prefer not to retest, that's alright! Please just send us an "Inconclusive Refund" request email by 1pm PST/4pm EST the day of your shipment. If we aren't able to locate your order for the new package, we'll reach out to touch base with you for a shipment the next business day.
- The sample may have clotted (some clotting is normal, though a bit of extra clotting throughout the vial may make it tricky for us to separate the DNA to analyze fully).
- Our 30 day preservative solution may not have distributed enough to get into all of the nooks and crannies in your vial after closing the tube up and mixing (for any sample, the best way to mix after shutting the tube fully is by rotating the sample gently starting from all the way upside down to all the way right-side up ten times).
- The sample may have had a slightly lower volume (If you collected a volume smaller than the 500μl we ask for, please still send this in! Most smaller samples are still successfully processed).
- There may have been a very small amount of contamination during collection and we want a second peek for accuracy. Us having confidence in your result is just as important to us as it is to you!
- By chance, your sample may have just not gotten to us with enough total DNA! This happens every once in awhile with a collection and a retest almost always does the trick.
- SneakPeek's DNA tests only analyze baby's gender. No baby or maternal disease or health information is analyzed from the DNA sample.
- After the test is complete, your DNA blood sample is disposed in compliance with federal clinical standards.
- SneakPeek only shares your results via the email address you provide or to comply with quality and safety regulations.
- Refer a Friend is open for anyone to join, send a $10 off coupon link to friends and family, and receive 10% in commission for every sale made.
- Affiliate Program allows brands to promote SneakPeek DNA tests on their websites. For every sale generated, 10% or higher commission will be paid.
The SneakPeek test is accurate any time from 6 weeks into pregnancy to birth. SneakPeek looks for Y chromosomes in the fetal DNA found in mom's blood. The amount of fetal DNA increases the further mom is in her pregnancy, so the test can be taken with accurate results starting at 6 weeks until birth. Not sure if you're at 6 weeks yet? Use our easy test eligibility calculator to double check.
After removing the collection tube and preparing it to be mailed back to SneakPeek Labs, the device casing can be disposed of in a normal trash bin.
No, for safety reasons, the SneakPeek Snap microneedles are designed to deploy only one time. After a maximum of 4 minutes, feel free to send back your sample even if it hasn't filled to the bottom line. We're often able to provide results using smaller samples, and if not, we'll send you a free replacement device to try again.
Based on research studies, tattoos have not been shown to affect blood sample results or the ability to successfully collect a blood sample with SneakPeek Snap. Using SneakPeek Snap will also not affect your tattoo!
SneakPeek Snap has been tested in different areas of the body, and the upper arm has been shown to be the most successful. Please only use Sneak Peek Snap on the upper arm, following the instruction manual directions.
When the blue button is pushed, tiny microneedles deploy and retract back in under 1 second. Blood is collected through the holes left in the skin via a light suction caused by the button returning to its original position. You never need to see the needles, and they're only in your skin for under a second.
The SneakPeek test is accurate any time from 6 weeks into pregnancy to birth. SneakPeek looks for Y chromosomes in the fetal DNA found in mom's blood. The amount of fetal DNA increases the further mom is in her pregnancy, so the test can be taken with accurate results starting at 6 weeks until birth. Not sure if you're at 6 weeks yet? Use our easy test eligibility calculator to double check.
Yes, you can! SneakPeek looks for male DNA in the fetal DNA found in mom's blood. In the case of identical triplets (or more!), the presence of male DNA means all three babies are boys. The absence of male DNA means all three babies are girls. For fraternal triplets, finding male DNA means at least one baby is a boy, but the test cannot confirm if the others are boys or girls.
To take SneakPeek, you must be at least 6 weeks into pregnancy, which can be calculated using either the first day of your last menstrual period, or baby's estimated due date. This test eligibility calculator makes it easy!
Based on research studies, tattoos have not been shown to affect blood sample results or the ability to successfully collect a blood sample with SneakPeek Snap. Using SneakPeek Snap will also not affect your tattoo!
See Shipping and Results Timeline for more info.
Provide the email address that you'd like the Order Confirmation and Shipping Confirmation with tracking info emails to be sent to.
Please note this is NOT the email address that gender results will be sent to. That email address can be designated during the kit activation process.
Yes, you can! Instructions are provided for both self use and use with a helper. Please note you can only use FEMALE helpers, as male helpers have been found to contaminate the DNA samples, causing incorrect results.
No, unfortunately male helpers have been found to contaminate the DNA samples, causing incorrect results. Please feel free to use FEMALE helpers, following the directions provided in the instruction manual.
We recommend a maximum time of 4 minutes. After that, feel free to send back your sample even if it hasn't filled to the bottom line. We're often able to provide results using smaller samples, and if not, we'll send you a free replacement device to try again.
If your blood is not moving freely enough to coat the test tube in order to mix with the preservative, try tapping the test tube, lid side down, firmly on a flat surface to generate blood movement. Then shake the tube lightly for 20 seconds or until blood coats the tube. If blood is still not moving freely, repeat the tapping with lid side down step, as well as the 20s shaking step, as many times as needed until blood coats the tube.
No, for safety reasons, the SneakPeek Snap microneedles are designed to deploy only one time. After a maximum of 4 minutes, feel free to send back your sample even if it hasn't filled to the bottom line. We're often able to provide results using smaller samples, and if not, we'll send you a free replacement device to try again.
SneakPeek Snap has been tested in different areas of the body, and the upper arm has been shown to be the most successful. Please only use Sneak Peek Snap on the upper arm, following the instruction manual directions.
If no blood is collected, it may be that there wasn't a complete seal with the skin when the blue button was pushed, or the blue button wasn't pushed down far enough, until a "click" was heard. Please try again, holding the device firmly and directly on the skin, and pushing the blue button all the way down to the device casing, until a "click" is heard. If it doesn't work a second time, please let us know, and we'll send you a replacement device.
Have no fear! Your DNA blood sample can stay stable for a month in the test tube, due to a preservative that was included in the tube.
- Schedule a time and location for your package to be picked up through the USPS site: https://tools.usps.com/schedule-pickup-steps.htm.
- Drop off your package in a USPS bin or in your mailbox. Be sure to check pick-up times to ensure your sample isn’t exposed to extended periods of below 40°F temperature.
Provide the email address that you'd like the Order Confirmation and Shipping Confirmation with tracking info emails to be sent to.
Please note this is NOT the email address that gender results will be sent to. That email address can be designated during the kit activation process.
We've got you! Because inconclusive results can happen with any type of lab testing, we'll set you up with a retest kit completely on us if this happens. Retest kits are always sent with the same collection and shipping method as your initial test and we'll always make sure your new sample gets same day priority processing, with results in your preferred email inbox by 8pm PST/11pm EST the day of delivery to the SneakPeek Lab.
We'll let you know in your sample update email when a retest kit is scheduled to ship. If you prefer not to retest, that's alright! Please just send us an "Inconclusive Refund" request email by 1pm PST/4pm EST the day of your shipment. If we aren't able to locate your order for the new package, we'll reach out to touch base with you for a shipment the next business day.
- The sample may have clotted (some clotting is normal, though a bit of extra clotting throughout the vial may make it tricky for us to separate the DNA to analyze fully).
- Our 30 day preservative solution may not have distributed enough to get into all of the nooks and crannies in your vial after closing the tube up and mixing (for any sample, the best way to mix after shutting the tube fully is by rotating the sample gently starting from all the way upside down to all the way right-side up ten times).
- The sample may have had a slightly lower volume (If you collected a volume smaller than the 500μl we ask for, please still send this in! Most smaller samples are still successfully processed).
- There may have been a very small amount of contamination during collection and we want a second peek for accuracy. Us having confidence in your result is just as important to us as it is to you!
- By chance, your sample may have just not gotten to us with enough total DNA! This happens every once in awhile with a collection and a retest almost always does the trick.
- SneakPeek's DNA tests only analyze baby's gender. No baby or maternal disease or health information is analyzed from the DNA sample.
- After the test is complete, your DNA blood sample is disposed in compliance with federal clinical standards.
- SneakPeek only shares your results via the email address you provide or to comply with quality and safety regulations.
- Refer a Friend is open for anyone to join, send a $10 off coupon link to friends and family, and receive 10% in commission for every sale made.
- Affiliate Program allows brands to promote SneakPeek DNA tests on their websites. For every sale generated, 10% or higher commission will be paid.