Originally the cry for a mid-pregnancy ultrasound was all about the health of the baby. When it was first started, learning if you were having a girl or boy wasn't even a part of it. Then that changed and moms started to be given this information. While the medical did not bear out the true benefit for every mom to need an ultrasound in mid-pregnancy, women really wanted, saying it was totally about the health of the baby, nothing more.
As it's become easier and easier to give an accurate assessment of the sex of a baby, you hear more about the sex of the baby, than baby's health. In fact, I see more and more moms posting that they have scheduled an ultrasound to find out if the baby is a boy or girl, than to learn if baby is healthy. I have even seen moms talk about how annoyed they were that the ultrasound technicians did other assessments first, before getting to the big reveal.
So why did you agree to the mid-pregnancy ultrasound? Or were you one of the few that skipped it?
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I’ll be honest, I went right along with it since it was presented as a necessary and normal part of mid-pregnancy. Never even questioned why or what any possible risks might be
That said when I had it done in the early 80′s at a naval hospital, finding out gender was not part of the process. Gender was not given or even entered in to your medical record. I had no idea my first baby was going to be a girl and my second a boy. All I knew was that the u/s showed they were developing normally.
I agreed to the mid pregnancy ultrasound with all of my kids feeling that it would better prepare my husband and I to care for a child found to have an anomaly. Two of my immediate cousins were born with birth defects (spinabifida and downs syndrome). So, genetically it was a must for us. The fact that were we’re given an option at the ultrasound of finding out the gender was a mere bonus. I have miscarried 6 times and never know the sex of those babies. The fact that I was told the gender during ultrasound was a neat addition tidbit of info. I am currently pregnant and will have my NT scan at 12wks 4 days, to early to tell the gender. As stated before though that’s not the purpose of the test for us. We just want to know our little one is thriving healthfully.
To be honest ,at m 20th wk USS, I totally forgot that I could learn the sex of the baby.Being a medical professional I was more concerned with the barrage of possible anomalies the baby could have had and I was so anxious.It was right at the end the technician asked if I would like to know sex of baby and I said yes.
Since I am having identical twins I have to get a barrage of sonograms throughout my pregnancy. I am currently 16 weeks and the sonograms are absolutely to make sure my babies are growing like they should….learning the sex will just be a bonus!
For us, It was all about the health of our little one, to make sure he was growing as should be expected, and also to prepare us to if there might be any abnormalities that might require a little more preparation, mentally and emotionally (also a family history of spina bifida). We consciously chose not to find out the sex of our little one (we had to look away when the technician was checking in that are and not look at the scan DVD til after the little one was born). Right up until the little one popped out and said hello, my Husband was convienced we were expecting a baby girl. I had the room prepared in safari theme
. Lachlan James, our beautiful, healthy, and rapidly growing son, now 11 months old, is the apple of both our eyes!!
My husband and I opted not to do any diagnostic tests for abnormalities(suchs as the triple screen) as I’m not in a risk group of any kind. We decided even if something was wrong the worry wasn’t worth it. Our ultfasound was just to get to see our little one and to make sure things were moving along as planned.