I woke up thinking about an article from the UK considering a bill banning radiologists from telling their patients the sex of the preborn child they are carrying and the resulting cries of dissent. One lesser point in the article said that drs. feared being sued by the couple if they told them the wrong gender.I thought....what??? They would sue because they were expecting one gender and got another??? Does that mean they repaint the nursery walls??? Of course I come from the day when we bought green and yellow and the nursery walls were white because until that first appearance we did not know.
My oldest grandchild's one and only ultrasound was before the sex could be identified. My daughter just felt it was a girl so she brought a dress to the hospital and the nursery was pink but alas my strapping grandson appeared. We were just as delighted. No, he did not come home in a dress and remain gender confused and he did not notice the walls at all. But today we are so used to having it our way that we would a $$ back guarantee.
Today's' Tennessean had a lighthearted article about what expectant parents are doing to generate excitement about the blessed arrival. They are having Pink or Blue parties where they ask the guests to come dressed in pink or blue and cast their vote for the gender they are guessing. Until they cut the cake to display the pink or blue guests are not told. Some office personnel have pools guessing the gender.
This new technology is fun and can be an asset but as we will see in other posts that technology can be a curse as well as a blessing.
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