But it is critical that we know the gender so we can order the correct paint for the baby’s room.
//sarcasm off
Genetic defect detection? I can *almost* understand that. But gender bias? That’s just nuts.
We went through a scare during the first three months for one of our daughters. The OB/GYN told us we should wait until the results of the amnio before we decided whether or not to terminate.
It was at that second—I can remember it as if it were an hour ago—that I realized I was pro-life, without any reservation.
This is just stupid.
There used to be baby-shower games of dangling the woman’s wedding ring on a string over a Bible (I think there was even a specific chapter/verse) and if it swung clock-wise, or counter-, that’s how you could tell. Another was to dump some pee in a container with Drano, and if it turned one color, that’s a boy, and some other color was for a girl. Now that everyone can tell from the sonogram, those games have disappeared, as has my knowledge of the details.
Re the real testing, a friend of mine was told that one of her test numbers was so high, that she had to be carrying multiples, and that all of them had spina bifida. Being pro-life, there was no question of what she’d do (some in-laws saw it differently) and she delivered one perfect little girl. I wouldn’t even bother having those tests, unless it was something that could be corrected pre-birth.