A week-by-week decision guide to prenatal testing in Thailand, covering screening, diagnosis, carrier testing and ultrasound, and how to choose between them.
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How NIPT determines fetal sex, how accurate it is from 10 weeks, the recognised causes of discordant results, and the clinical reasons it matters.
What carrier screening covers, the difference between targeted and expanded panels, and the non-genetic preconception tests that matter just as much.
What microdeletion syndromes are, why professional bodies disagree about screening for them, and how to decide whether an expanded NIPT panel suits you.
When Group B Streptococcus screening is done in pregnancy, which swabs are taken, what a positive result changes, and why GBS is not an STI.
Which STI tests can genuinely return results in hours, which cannot, and how express PCR testing works in Bangkok.
How HIV testing works in Bangkok, the difference between rapid, fourth-generation and RNA tests, and when a negative result can be trusted.