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Baby Gender at 16 Weeks: When Can Doctors Tell, What's Legal in India, and What Parents Ask

One of the most common questions pregnant women in India ask after 14-16 weeks is: "Can the doctor tell me the baby's gender?"

Author Ruchira Darda

Ruchira Darda 09 Jun 2026

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Baby Gender at 16 Weeks: When Can Doctors Tell, What's Legal in India, and What Parents Ask

One of the most common questions pregnant women in India ask after 14-16 weeks is: "Can the doctor tell me the baby's gender?"

Round Ligament Pain in Pregnancy: Why You Get That Sharp Side Pain and How to Ease It

You are walking across the room, or maybe you just stood up too quickly from the sofa and suddenly there is a sharp, shooting pain in your lower belly or side. Your heart skips a beat. Is something wrong?

Pregnancy Diet in the Second Trimester: What Every Indian Mother Needs to Eat

By week 14, your morning sickness has (hopefully) eased, your appetite has returned, and your baby is in a period of rapid, intensive growth. What you eat now matters enormously.

13 Weeks Pregnant: Welcome to the Second Trimester - Your Body's Best Chapter

Something shifts at week 13. The fog lifts. The nausea fades. The crushing tiredness begins to ease. You start to feel like yourself again but a version of yourself that is visibly, undeniably pregnant.

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