Is there a way to take a paternity test before a child is born?
Yes it could be dangerous and cause you to miscarry.This is what I have found out: Conducting a paternity test before baby is born is a specialized procedure that must be performed by the mother’s obstetrician. The mother must undergo chronic villus sampling, which involves taking a small piece of the placenta, and amniocentesis, which is a sampling of the fluid that surrounds the fetus. There are some minor risks to both the mother and child with this type of DNA paternity test, so it is not recommended for the sole purposes of determining the father. But other options including the testing of the umbilical cord at the time of birth and simple cheek swabs at any time after birth can be arranged well in advance. If the mother is more than 24 weeks pregnant, she must wait until the baby is born to do a paternity test. However, a newborn infant can be swabbed any time following birth, so a paternity test can be started soon after the delivery.
