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Re: Fetus....male?...female? From: Dianne Walkup (dwalkup@uswest.net) Tue Jan 16 23:13:45 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Aladona@aol.com: "ClickView Integration with Equipment" Previous message: James S. Smeltzer, MD: "Re: Alpha Thalassemia" Maybe in reply to: Dr Fazeel uz Zaman: "Fetus....male?...female?" Next in thread: AKJENNINGS@aol.com: "Re: Fetus....male?...female?" Greetings, I can understand why you do not admit the gender of the fetuses you ultrasound. I live in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and we routinely tell patients the gender of their fetus if they desire to know. Having a boy child is not as necessary to the culture here, and there is no stigma attached to girls. I do often encounter a patient or husband who is visibly disappointed at a female, but I also see the opposite. If fathers are disappointed about not having a boy, I tell them about my daughter who is a crack shot with a rifle, loves to hunt, fish, and explore the wilderness, is studying Astrophysics, is about to get her pilot's license, and is beautiful in hunting garb or an evening gown. Girl's can do anything boys can do, and in this country many of them even retain their father's surname when they marry. This little story calms many men, and helps them start to bond with their little one. Dianne Walkup, RDMS, RDCS mitakuye oyasin >----- Original Message ----- From: Dr Fazeel uz Zaman <fazeel@atd.hazara.net.pk> To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND <ultrasound@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:20 AM Subject: Fetus....male?...female? > 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 > Next message: Aladona@aol.com: "ClickView Integration with Equipment" Previous message: James S. Smeltzer, MD: "Re: Alpha Thalassemia" Maybe in reply to: Dr Fazeel uz Zaman: "Fetus....male?...female?" Next in thread: AKJENNINGS@aol.com: "Re: Fetus....male?...female?"

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