Expert: There is no scientific basis and it is illegal to sell and use
\”It only takes one minute to determine the gender of the fetus. It\’s amazing!\” Recently, netizen \”Heixiataoren\” contacted the Jinling Evening News online and said that a test strip that can detect the gender of the fetus has become very popular on the Internet.
\”Heixia Taoren\” said that this kind of test paper is called \”Baby Gender Prediction Test Paper for Boys and Girls\” and cannot be purchased directly in China. It can only be purchased through some foreign shopping websites or purchasing agents, and the price is not cheap. It costs hundreds of dollars. \”Two pregnant colleagues in my office also bought these test strips. I don\’t know if they are useful.\”
Subsequently, the reporter found this product on a foreign shopping website. This test paper is called \”Baby Gender Prediction Test Paper\”, also known as \”Baby Gender Prediction Test Paper\”.
When reviewing this test paper, many netizens left messages expressing their curiosity about the principle of the test paper in detecting the gender of the fetus. \”In the past, you had to go to the hospital to check the gender of your fetus (of course, this method has been banned now. Reporter\’s note). This kind of test strip can be used for urine testing. Is it reliable?\”? \”
Netizen test: unreliable
After many twists and turns, yesterday afternoon, the reporter contacted a domestic netizen. She used this test strip when she was more than three months pregnant at the end of last year, and found that she had been fooled.
This netizen’s surname is Tao and he lives in Shanghai. She told reporters that at the end of last year, she heard a friend buy this test strip online. After getting the test strip, the instructions for use are very simple. It is similar to a pregnancy test stick, just use a urine test. As long as you are pregnant for more than 6 weeks, if the test result is blue, the baby in your belly is a boy, and the pink one is a girl, the results will be available in 1 minute.
The examination results showed that the fetus in her belly was a girl. However, at the end of May this year, when the child was born, he turned out to be a boy. \”I bought this test strip just out of curiosity and didn\’t take it seriously. It\’s the same when I give birth to a boy or a girl.\”
Expert: Test strips have no scientific basis
Test results are unreliable. Is it an isolated case or a general case? Is there any scientific basis for this test strip to detect fetal gender?
Yesterday afternoon, the reporter contacted Wu Jinyu, the attending doctor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Nanjing Red Cross Hospital. She said that this test strip uses the urine of pregnant women to detect the gender of the fetus and has no scientific basis. She introduced that the principle of this test strip to detect gender should be based on the difference in hormones secreted by the fetus in the mother\’s body.
However, the difference in hormones secreted by male and female fetuses is very small, and coupled with the interference of the mother\’s own hormones, it cannot be detected using this method. Determining the sex of a fetus based on urine is unreliable. \”
Moreover, selling such products for detecting fetal gender is suspected of being illegal. According to the regulations of the National Population Development \”Twelfth Five-Year Plan\”, severe crackdowns will be made on non-medical practices of fetal gender identification and gender selection for artificial termination of pregnancy.treatment needs.