Patient's question:
I am 18 weeks pregnant and went to the hospital for an ultrasound. I want to know the gender of my child, but hospitals nowadays don't disclose this information. My friend said they could help me look at the data from the ultrasound report, but I'm worried it might be illegal and that it could affect someone's job. I don't have much knowledge about this, so I haven't shown it to anyone yet.What kind of help do I need: Is it illegal to determine the baby's gender from an ultrasound report?
Doctor's answer:
I think that in our country, it is not allowed to perform non-medical fetal gender determination, and at the same time, hospitals and doctors are not permitted to inform the parents about the possible gender of the fetus. Therefore, the methods of fetal gender determination described online also lack much scientific basis. It is still better to focus the main effort on the healthy development of the fetus. I believe that whether the fetus is a boy or a girl, it is still one's own baby. As long as it is healthy, both the family and the fetus will be happy. If you want to know the gender of the fetus through ultrasound, you need to look at it during the ultrasound examination. The ultrasound report will not show any information about the gender of the fetus. According to national regulations, hospitals are not allowed to identify the gender of the fetus for pregnant women. If you want to know the gender of the fetus, you can only ask the doctor performing the ultrasound examination during the ultrasound to find out.