Patient's question:
Recently, a friend of mine got pregnant, so I wanted to find out if it's a boy or a girl. But someone said that NIPT (Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing) can determine the sex of the baby. How does NIPT determine the sex of the baby?Doctor's answer:
Non-invasive DNA testing can determine the gender of the fetus, but the government regulations prohibit hospitals from informing pregnant women about the baby's gender. The results of non-invasive prenatal testing indicate that low-risk does not necessarily mean a definitive diagnosis, and there is still a possibility of misdiagnosis. Even for high-risk pregnant women, it is not advisable to hastily terminate early pregnancy; subsequent invasive prenatal diagnosis can still be performed. Invasive prenatal diagnosis includes procedures such as amniocentesis, cord blood sampling, and chorionic villus sampling, which are primarily used to prevent the birth of Down syndrome babies.