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Fetus....male?...female?From: Dr Fazeel uz Zaman (fazeel@atd.hazara.net.pk)Tue Jan 16 10:13:39 2001
Dear friends, Should we tell the gender of fetus to mother/parents, during ultrasound examination. Is somebody aware of any research, where outcome for fetus/mother was bad if gender was known beforehand.......i heard there is one from UK probably. i don't have the referrences. In which outcome (perinatal morbididty or mortality of neonate or mother)was bad from whatever cause...if sex was known (whatever the sex) In our culture, male babies are preferred choice and if mother is told fetus is female, she stops eating drinking and gets depressed with bad outcome. Even at the delivery time shock and postpartum hemorrhage is more common here, if fetal sex F is declared. therefore here even after the birth of a female child mother is not told till she is out of danger of PPH, shock etc. If it is a male fetus, the mother might become over-excited......that is again a stress.i read in newspaper, n some cultures female fetuses are likely to be aborted or even newborn females may be killed (infanticide) What is your opinion and what is practiced there. I'm confused.......I don't tell gender now except to doctor colleagues, if they (rarely) request for medical or other reasons, or if the parents are doctors......Dr. Dr. Fazeel
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