Monday
Jan182010
Gender Testing
Monday, January 18, 2010 As many of you already know, my husband and I are pregnant with our first child. As a mom-to-be, I've noticed there are some common follow-up questions people ask when they learn you're expecting... including "is it a boy or girl?"
Gender testing has been in the news a lot recently. Apparently, there is a blood test on the market that can reveal the gender of a child as early as five weeks into a pregnancy. Obviously, this raises some ethical questions. Here's a link to a recent MSNBC article.
I definitely have my own opinions regarding gender testing, but I'm curious to hear what you think. Is knowing more earlier in the pregnancy a good thing or are we taking this too far?
tagged Gender, Pregnancy, Testing, crossroads, sunnygault in health
Gender, Pregnancy, Testing, crossroads, sunnygault in health
Reader Comments (1)
I guess I'm just old fashioned. I really don't want to know at any point. I need that surprise to get me through and think it's way more exciting for everyone (you, family and friends) involved if there is that sense of unknown and expectation surrounding the birth. 40 years ago, no one knew what sex their child would be and now today some women I know state that "Oh, they HAD to know. There's no way they could go through all 9 months not knowing what it would be." If you pretend the technology does not exist, it's way easier to go without it. I do the same with the epidural. I act as if it does not exist in my world, so it is not an option. People survived child birth for thousands of years without it; I can too and did. But I guess I am the same way with a lot of things: MP3 players, HD TV, and internet on my cell phone are all things I am still living without and am just fine doing it. Not knowing my baby's sex is just one of those things. (I have had two dreams that this one is a girl though - even though the Chinese Birth Calendar clearly states boy again.)