Reasons for disclosure of gender to pregnant women during prenatal ultrasonography

Shukar-ud-din, Shazia; Ubaid, Fareeha; Shahani, Erum; Saleh, F.

doi:10.2147/ijwh.s40685

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“…2 Less preference of males and higher rate of not showing gender preference by pregnant women in our study may be due to us having more literate and educated women. We did not found relationship between education status of women and preference of gender of fetuses, contrary to our finding Yasmin 16 from eastern India had found that women of lower education status had more preference of gender of fetuses.…”

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“…A study from eastern rural area of Nepal, which was done among the non-pregnant women found that 64.4% of them wished to have a son as a first child. 16 There is paucity of studies of gender preference among pregnant women in our country. However, a study by Uprety 4 showed that males were preferred in the family.…”

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“…About 34.7% of pregnant women wanted to know the gender of their fetuses from eastern India. 16 But a much higher percentage of pregnant women from Africa desired to know the gender of their unborn babies. ninty four percent of women from Sokoto Nigeria 12 , 90% of primigravidae in Enugu Nigeria 13 and 61% pregnant Igbo women 14 wished to know the gender of their unborn fetuses in present pregnancy.…”

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Gender Preference in Current Pregnancy among Primigravidae

Thapa¹,

Bajracharya²

2018

Nepal j. obstet. gynaecol.

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Aims:To study preference of gender of fetuses in present pregnancy, wish of number of children in the family, and knowledge of pre-natal sex selection by the pregnant women, and to study the impact of education level of women on preference of fetal gender and the desire of women to know the gender of fetuses. Methods:It was a descriptive study done in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of Kathmandu Medical College. All primigravidae, who did not know the gender of their fetuses and willing to participate in the study were enrolled in the study. The pregnant women were interviewed regarding demographic profile of the women, choice of gender of fetuses, number of children they want to have and knowledge regarding prenatal sex selection, using semi structured questionnaire.Results: Two hundred women were studied. Two third of them were educated minimum of 12th Class. Most of the pregnant women (81%) did not show preference of gender of their fetuses, only 13% of them wanted to have son in this pregnancy. About 61% of them want to have two children in their family. Regarding prenatal sex selection, only 44% knew about it. More than half (56%) of the women showed interest in knowing the gender of fetuses in present pregnancy. The education status of women did not have an effect on the choice of either gender or wish to know the gender of unborn fetuses by primigravidae. Conclusions:Most of the primigravidae had no choice of gender of fetuses. Two children in the family was regarded as ideal by most of the women

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Gender Preference in Current Pregnancy among Primigravidae

Thapa¹,

Bajracharya²

2018

Nepal j. obstet. gynaecol.

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“…In this study, the reason for women wanting to know the sex was almost unanimously described by physicians as related to curiosity and preparation for the newborn. These findings are similar to expectations reported from USA, the Netherlands and Pakistan , but in contrast to reports from Nigeria , where sex preference has been reported to be the main reason for expectant parents’ request for sex determination. Interestingly, our results are also in stark contrast to those of a study undertaken in the neighbouring country Uganda, where the participating radiologists and sonographers unanimously expressed fears that disclosing the sex at ultrasound may lead to selective abortion if the pregnant woman wanted the opposite sex .…”

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Physicians' experiences and views on the role of obstetric ultrasound in rural and urban Rwanda: a qualitative study

Edvardsson

Ntaganira

Åhman

et al. 2016

Tropical Med Int Health

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Abstractobjective To explore Rwandan physicians' experiences and views on the role of obstetric ultrasound in clinical management of pregnancy, and in situations where maternal and fetal health interests conflict.methods Physicians (n = 19) in public and private health facilities in urban and rural Rwanda were interviewed in 2015 as part of the CROss-Country Ultrasound Study (CROCUS). Data were analysed qualitatively.results Ultrasound was described as an important tool in maternity care. Availability and quality of equipment varied across sites, and considerable disparities in obstetric ultrasound utilisation between rural and urban areas were described. The physicians wanted more ultrasound training and saw the potential for midwives to perform basic scans. Information about fetal sex and well-being was described as women's main expectations of ultrasound. Although women's right to autonomy in pregnancy was supported in principle by participating physicians, fetal rights were sometimes seen as needing physician 'protection'.conclusions There appears to be increasing use and demand for obstetric ultrasound in Rwanda, particularly in urban areas. It seems important to monitor this development closely to secure wise and fair allocation of scarce obstetric expertise and resources and to prevent overuse or misuse of ultrasound. Raising awareness about the benefits of all aspects of antenatal care, including ultrasound may be an important step to improve pregnant women's uptake of services. Increased opportunities for formal ultrasound training, including the training of midwives to perform basic scans, seem warranted. Moreover, in parallel with the transition to more medico-technical maternity care, a dialogue about maternal rights to autonomy in pregnancy and childbirth is imperative.

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“… 1 This practice is tolerated because there is no evidence or scientifically proven harm to the fetus. 1 , 2 Gender identification can be done by ultrasonography more reliably from 16 weeks of pregnancy, 1 – 3 and by the 20th week of gestation, the accuracy is close to 97%. 2 …”

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Desire for prenatal gender disclosure among primigravidae in Enugu, Nigeria

Okeke

Enwereji

Okoro

et al. 2015

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BackgroundPrenatal gender disclosure is a nonmedical fetal ultrasonography view, which is considered ethically unjustified but has continued to grow in demand due to pregnant women’s requests.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to determine the proportion of primigravidae who want prenatal gender disclosure and the reasons for it.MethodsThis was a descriptive cross-sectional study of randomly selected primigravidae seen at Enugu Scan Centre. The women were randomly selected using a table of random numbers.ResultsNinety percent (225/250) of 250 primigravidae who fulfilled the criteria for inclusion in this study wanted to know the gender of their unborn baby, while 10% (25/250) declined gender disclosure. Furthermore, 62% (155/250) of primigravidae had preference for male children. There was statistically significant desire for male gender (P=0.0001). Statistically significant number of primigravidae who wanted gender disclosure did so to plan for the new baby (P=0.0001), and those that declined gender disclosure “leave it to the will of GOD” (P=0.014).ConclusionNinety percent of primigravidae wanted gender disclosure because of plans for the new baby, personal curiosity, partner and in-laws’ curiosity; moreover, some women wanted to test the accuracy of the findings at delivery and 62% of primigravidae had preference for male children. In view of these results, gender disclosure could be beneficial in this environment.

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Reasons for disclosure of gender to pregnant women during prenatal ultrasonography

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Gender Preference in Current Pregnancy among Primigravidae

Gender Preference in Current Pregnancy among Primigravidae

Physicians' experiences and views on the role of obstetric ultrasound in rural and urban Rwanda: a qualitative study

Desire for prenatal gender disclosure among primigravidae in Enugu, Nigeria

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