Posting scan pictures of genitals on the Pregnancy board

[HetzelNatur]

There seems to have been a recent influx of threads with scan photos, asking if people want to have a look and guess the sex of the baby using 'nub theory' or some other obscure criteria.

Is it just me who finds this rather distasteful? I'd rather not show loads of strangers my unborn child's bits, let alone stare at someone else's.

AIBU?

Fair enough Hetz to each his own

Some people seem to have absolutely no boundaries or sense of a private world and sadly they extend this absolute disregard for human dignity to their children, even when they are still in the supposed privacy and protection of the womb. My view is unpopular because we live in a world of a brutalised sensitivity but I wouldn't even dream of posting my baby scans on fb, is nowhere sacred anymore from the selfie, not even the womb. No YANBU it is distasteful, insensitive, disrespectful to their own unborn child and a sad commentary on the narcissistic world we live in.

I meant to add An ultrasound scan constitutes private medical data about a foetus = FACT

Do you realise that putting stuff in bold and shouting FACT at the end doesn't make something true?

is nowhere sacred anymore from the selfie, not even the womb.

Wouldn't you have to shove your head up your fanjo to take that selfie?

I meant to add An ultrasound scan constitutes private medical data about a foetus = FACT

Still not remotely a fact, even with your lovely capitals! A foetus is not a person, it doesn't have an notion of or entitlement to privacy of any kind. Neither does any medical data pertain to the foetus, only to the woman it is currently living in.

This is an ethical issue and it doesn't surprise me that the people who couldn't care less about a baby's privacy or rights have not the first idea about ethics.

You are mistaken. There are no ethics to consider, the law is totally clear. A foetus is not a person. You need to be a person to have any rights of privacy.
You clearly know nothing about ACTUAL ethics.

Ethics and law are not one and the same.

No, but they are very much entangled. You seem to be mistaking your opinions for ethics. And when there is a concrete law, ethics come after. For example, nobody cares about your ethical opinion on whether you can kill someone or not, the law has already made that decision that you can't. And nobody cares about whether you think a foetus should have a right to privacy, the law has already said it doesn't.

Do you see? The hospital doesn't keep a medical file on the foetus, because it isn't a patient. It doesn't have any medical information. Therefore it cannot have private medical information.

You seem to be mistaking your opinions for ethics.

This.

Also, I'd be interested to know what private medical data is on an anonymous grainy scan photo on an anonymous website.

Thank you elQuinto :)

I had my 20 weeks scan frid and my baby had legs crossed tho out I'm wondering if anyone can tell m Wat gender my baby is as i can't afford a private one...

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Good grief. You resurrect an old thread in which someone talks about how they don't like gender ultrasounds, that's not even on the Pregnancy board, to post a pic of your ultrasound, in which the baby's legs are crossed.

Your name, age and hospital are visible in your pictures.

Sorry is this a joke...?

I'm 50% sure it's a boy...

And btw zombie thread!

If you think posting a scan pic is over sharing stay away from the pregnancy boards or you'll need brain bleach. In my antenatal mn thread we shared pictures, symptoms throughout pregnancy; nothing was off limits. There was a lovely feeling of camaraderie.

Hi
This is the first time I’ve been on this chat.
I have my scan pic (how do I upload) and want advise on the nub theory?
Thanks

I think if the posts are in the pregnancy boards and titled something like "gender guess please", YABU. If you've seen the post then you've really gone out of your way to be annoyed.

Live and let live, it doesn't affect you in any way but helps the expectant mum to share her news and excitement, and the people who post opinions are obviously interested in the subject too. People don't do it and buy a load of pink.or blue babygrows because someone one the internet told them their guess.