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Will your hospital tell you the sex?

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mother2b · 11/07/2007 07:42

Was just wondering because the hospital i am using and those near to me wont tell me the sex?
so if i wanted to know i would have to pay for a private scan

not fair as im sure people around the country get the choice to know the sex or not, ive been told that they wont even hover over it and let you figure out for your self

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francagoestohollywood · 11/07/2007 10:10

our hospital policy (exeter) was to tell the sex. But the sonographer seemed really annouyed when I asked (I asked when she had finished to examine the baby). I found her attitude quite offensive.

francagoestohollywood · 11/07/2007 10:10

ggg how far are you?

FioFioJane · 11/07/2007 10:12

yes we are allowed to know at this one but where I lived in the mdilands it was a no-no, due to various reasons

lets face it, you DO NOT NEED to know unless there is a genetic disoprder in your family that affects only boys or only girls

ggglimpopo · 12/07/2007 09:57

No, I don't know yet and think I am not going to ask; I have always wanted to know before.

I am 16+ weeks (due Christmas day).

francagoestohollywood · 12/07/2007 13:59

estobi1 · 12/07/2007 14:12

My hospital wont and I live in a very white area. To be honest it is quite nice not knowing. I found out with my first (when the hospital was situated in a very multicultural area) There is a bit of magic in not knowing (although by 38 weeks I will be climbing the walls with nosiness!).

Besides everyone will buy you clothes once you have had the baby so the white/cream wont last long!

emj23 · 12/07/2007 14:18

My hospital doesn't tell you but we saw we were having a girl at the 20 week scan and I'm quite convinced that the sonographer hovered over the area on purpose to make sure we saw. We then convinced ourselves that we could have seen something else entirely and paid £50 for a private scan. Which confirmed what we really already knew anyway! I think it's extremely unfair that different rules apply in different parts of the country, they should offer to tell everyone or no-one in my opinion.

Princesspowersparkle · 12/07/2007 14:18

Ours wouldn't tell us. I really wanted to know for some reason but DH didn't. As we would have had to pay for a private scan to find out I didn't push. Now I am quite glad, due in a week and am excited about finding out!

Miaou · 12/07/2007 14:19

No our hospital will not disclose - in fact I don't know of any NHS hospitals in Scotland that do (someone will come along and correct me on that I'm sure ). But I've always been so strongly against finding out that every scan I've had I always say "I know you don't say the sex but please point the screen away from me if you are going in that area and don't refer to the baby as he or she!!"

Miaou · 12/07/2007 14:20

Meant to add, they are not always right (as has been mentioned before) and I wonder if some hospitals have a blanket "no" policy to avoid being taken to court for getting it wrong (I'm pretty sure some people have tried that)

BadHair · 12/07/2007 14:21

3 different hospitals and they were all prepared to tell me, but I had to ask. Only asked at Queen Charlotte's with ds1 but Countess of Chester and Shrewsbury would have if I'd wanted to know.

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mother2b · 12/07/2007 14:28

Hmm, i wander if they would correct me if i kept refering to as he if it was a DD??? Might try it out

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Ambi · 15/07/2007 13:11

I asked last week and found out (a girl), though was prepared in case legs were crossed which seems pretty common. I'm so glad now I know as was expecting (and fancied) a boy, so it's taken me a couple fo days to get my head round it, now over the moon. I found that not everything seems to be available in neutral colours. Hope you do get to find out if you want to, but am in a not very multi cultural area (warrington).

PinkPotterWeasleys · 15/07/2007 13:20

We found out it was a girl and bought pink things etc but I still didn't quite believe it until she came. When people asked if we knew I would say "well, they said it's a girl.. but you never know"!

Alfie72 · 15/07/2007 16:38

As chopster said, I understand that some NHS hospitals won't tell the parents the sex for cultural reasons- i.e where one sex is favoured.The sex prediction is meant to be about only about 60 % accurate. I won't be finding out- I think it's cool to get a surprise !!

agnesnitt · 15/07/2007 23:12

The local hospitals will tell you in this area, but they'll also tell you they can only be x% sure of their guess.

A friend who has recently completed her nursing degree was on maternity rotation at one point last year, and the hospital she was working in wouldn't tell sex at all due to people threatening to sue the PCT when the sex was wrong.

Agnes

hazygirl · 16/07/2007 07:33

lgi leeds tell u sex of baby we are getting a girl in september

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