Do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection?
Background: The aim of the study was to investigate if expecting parents wanted to know the sex of the fetus during ultrasound examination and if they had discussed it with the midwife. Another aim was to explore any interest in sex selection. Methods: A longitudinal survey in early and late pregnan...
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| author | Margareta Larsson Minna Berglund Emelie Jarl Tanja Tydén |
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| description | Background: The aim of the study was to investigate if expecting parents wanted to know the sex of the fetus during ultrasound examination and if they had discussed it with the midwife. Another aim was to explore any interest in sex selection. Methods: A longitudinal survey in early and late pregnancy among 2393 women in Sweden. Results: Almost all (95.8%, n = 2289) women had discussed sex determination with the partner before the ultrasound scan, and 57% (n = 1356) of women and their partners wanted to find out the fetal sex. The expecting parents mostly initiated a discussion with the midwife (46%, n = 1088), but 10% (n = 229) stated that the midwives initiated the discussion. Few (5%, n = 118) expressed a potential interest in selecting sex of a baby. Women who were interested in sex determination did not differ from those who were not, with respect to age, origin, education, parity, level of pregnancy planning, or importance of religion, but women who had chosen another fetal diagnostic method were more interested in sex determination and in potential sex selection. Conclusions: Half of women and their partners wanted to know the fetal sex, and 5% were interested in sex selection. This high interest in sex determination is a challenge, since present national guidelines do not include sex determination as an option. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ceb9a81da0e4886bb831730ce447a272023-09-02T17:18:46ZengUpsala Medical SocietyUpsala Journal of Medical Sciences0300-97342000-19672017-10-01122425425910.1080/03009734.2017.14087231408723Do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection?Margareta Larsson0Minna Berglund1Emelie Jarl2Tanja Tydén3Uppsala UniversityUppsala UniversityUppsala UniversityUppsala UniversityBackground: The aim of the study was to investigate if expecting parents wanted to know the sex of the fetus during ultrasound examination and if they had discussed it with the midwife. Another aim was to explore any interest in sex selection. Methods: A longitudinal survey in early and late pregnancy among 2393 women in Sweden. Results: Almost all (95.8%, n = 2289) women had discussed sex determination with the partner before the ultrasound scan, and 57% (n = 1356) of women and their partners wanted to find out the fetal sex. The expecting parents mostly initiated a discussion with the midwife (46%, n = 1088), but 10% (n = 229) stated that the midwives initiated the discussion. Few (5%, n = 118) expressed a potential interest in selecting sex of a baby. Women who were interested in sex determination did not differ from those who were not, with respect to age, origin, education, parity, level of pregnancy planning, or importance of religion, but women who had chosen another fetal diagnostic method were more interested in sex determination and in potential sex selection. Conclusions: Half of women and their partners wanted to know the fetal sex, and 5% were interested in sex selection. This high interest in sex determination is a challenge, since present national guidelines do not include sex determination as an option.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03009734.2017.1408723Parentspregnancysex determinationsex selectionultrasound |
| spellingShingle | Margareta Larsson Minna Berglund Emelie Jarl Tanja Tydén Do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection? Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences Parents pregnancy sex determination sex selection ultrasound |
| title | Do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection? |
| title_full | Do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection? |
| title_fullStr | Do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection? |
| title_short | Do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection? |
| title_sort | do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection |
| topic | Parents pregnancy sex determination sex selection ultrasound |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03009734.2017.1408723 |
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