i delivered in zulekha, well 9 months back, and i had to repeatedly tell my doc that we don't to know.. DH wanted it to be a surprise... my friend is going to zulekha for her check ups and is delivering there in june and she knows they're having a baby girl.. i think its just a doc thing.. or is your friend going back to the home country to deliver? in that case doc might be thinking of withholding the info since telling the gender is banned in many countries because of the fear of termination..
ETA.. me and my friend both consulted different docs..
<em>edited by presam12 on 17/04/2011</em>
Additionally, there is a baby gender test in pharmacies, called Intelligender, that can be used as of week 8 and our friends who tried it found it to be accurate. Since you can just purchase this without a prescription and in fact you can use it even before an unltrasound would tell you the gender, it may be a good idea for your friend if they are anxious to find out. Since these products require government approval to be sold in pharmacies, I assume it is not possible that there are legal restrictions on finding out the gender, but as stated previously, it is perhaps more of a hospital or doctor policy.
I have heard of this happening here (only in govt hospitals though). Having said that, there are many countries that do this to stop people selectively aborting because of the *** of the child, even areas in London do this. If she wants to find out the ***, I would just have a private scan completed somewhere else (I assume you can do this), and ensure prior that they will tell her the *** when it is done.
Government hospitals used to never tell the *** of the baby, this was relaxed recently but may have been put back in to place.
Both my babies were born in Al Wasl and with both I found out from my private doctor, although my second pregnancy the sonographer in Al Wasl also confirmed the ***. This was not true for a lady who went in before me, she begged to know but they didnt tell her.
I wouldnt know if its a law issue, but I did have a friend who when pregnant and having all the blood tests had a dr withhold results, or not carry out specific tests because if the outcome had been of a certain kind, termination would have been an option.
This is what I thought. And, if it's not a law issue, I don't think that the doctor has any right to withhold the information for her own benefit. It's like some weird power trip.
This is the first I've heard of this.
My doctor just told me last week that she'll be able to tell me if it's a boy or girl at my next appt.
And a good friend of mine just found out a couple of weeks ago.
Maybe it's just her doctor that doesn't like to say!!!
Hi All, my colleague has been told by her doctor that the law has changed and couples can no longer find out the *** of the baby - this sounds rather far fetched to me, is is true? Is is written down anywhere. She is dying to know and my friend who recently gave birth, and didn't want to know was hounded by here doctor asking her if she has changed her mind... Can anyone shed some light for me?