To think this woman is being ridiculous re ‘ruined’ gender reveal

[Bouncingbelle]

Just that really. I obviously don’t have much else going on in my life cos her attitude has really riled me!

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/it-devastated-me-bristol-mums-4172602?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

@lovepickledlimes

Ah, I see. I think this is how I just avoid all of that by just not telling anyone anything!

why were the clinic prepared to disclose the gender over the phone to her partners mother?

Why did they even need to? She and her partner KNEW.

Imagine having a party where 90% of those attending don’t actually give a shit about it. Or is it worst having to pretend you are excited about their sprogs gender when you couldn’t care less.

Our firstborn twins turned out to be a pigeon pair, so that was a doubly lovely experience.

I LOVE that expression - hardly ever hear it these days. I thought I must be the only person who still uses it.

She wants justice?? What a lamebrain

Has anyone mentioned the journalist yet? I used to be a journo and if I’d answered the news desk phone to these imbeciles I’d have said thanks but not interested. Shows just how far journalism has fallen in this country over the last couple of decades. Nonsense.

MrsHuntGeneNotJeremyObviously

Fabulous username!

Actually despite iwhat I said earlier about not understanding the point of such partes I confess that I myself did acually have a gender reveal, except we just referred to it as 'The birth!

Oh, I'm so glad to hear someone say that, Abouttimemum. It's really concerning how easy it is these days to get your 5 minutes of "fame". So many utter halfwits grabbing the headlines with their moronic tales of woe

@bee222 I would love to keep it between myself and partner at least at first but I know it is what is needed to keep some family members happy. Just as when I do give birth I know my mum would insist on being in the hospital weather I like it or not which leads to also needing to extend the offer to dp's parents so all are treated equal so though I would like it to just be me and dp at least for the first day I know realistically that won't happen without causing upset

Snicketty

Pathetic. And her toddler was 'devastated'? Nonsense. She needs to get a grip.

Shes not helping herself by replying to people’s comments on the news article. She’s even sending private messages to people who have criticised her with abuse via messenger
I feel bad for her kids.

Gender reveals are puerile, pointless, self indulgent nonsense anyway so the fact they wanted one in the first place goes a long way to explaining how ridiculous they're being

A bit of a dickish move on the sonographer's part. Can't imagine going to the papers though.

I also don't like gender reveals but that's not the point.

A bit of a dickish move on the sonographer's part

She made a mistake. Everyone makes a mistake every now and then, it's hardly dickish.

Thank you Schadenfreude

Well if this is all the has to worry about than she's very lucky an surely another boy can't have been too much of a surprise it's only a choice of two .

The sonographer was asked to do one simple thing and that was to not say the gender. Not exactly difficult. The mother gave her a full explanation on why and told her about the party and such beforehand. The sonographer telling her and giving her a a non-apology saying she was just too excited is a BS reason to have told them.

Regardless of how you feel about gender reveals and her being grateful (hate that f-ing phrase) that she has a healthy baby (no bearing on the situation whatsoever or need to be brought up in the first place), the sonographer was wrong.

@Puddlejuice that couple are ridiculous! What do they think we did before the advent of changing mats? If they didn't have the pram in which to change the baby, what was wrong with the mother sitting on the loo and changing the baby on her lap?

I just dont get how it was meant to work.
Was the sonographer meant to write it down or something? Even though the whole reason of the scan was for health so probably wouldn't have done that anyway...

Even if upset doeent give you the right to swear at people! Shes coming across very very unpleasant. Especially if messenging people who dont agree.

@LetsGoFlyAKiteee the company did say that it was an added service they offered along side of the health check. From what I understand though formally on paper it is a simple heath check parents can still request for the gender to be written and put into a sealed envelope

The sonographer was asked to do one simple thing and that was to not say the gender.

Or so Little Miss Devastated claims.

Maybe she just assumed it would be kept secret and didn't say anything - she doesn't seem the most reliable witness.

@lovepickledlimes ooh right makes sense. But theres no guarantee they would've been able to tell her in the first place so planning the whole party for after seems pointless.