Sex of the baby....

RareBreed

RareBreed

Throwing the deuces
Hawkeyewife said:
No, it's just there is a naturally occuring rate of left-handedness and it seems that ultrasound does have an effect on that rate. Left-handedness, particularly in boys, is associated with delayed speech and success in school early on though typically they do catch up in a few years.

There is still so much we do not know about early fetal development and environmental impact. If ultrasound is affecting the fetal brain in terms of left-handedness, what other things are being affected? Ultrasound can be a useful tool but I fear it is now more of a money maing venture for cash-strapped GYN's and in the majority of cases, they do not improve prenatal care.
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Well, being a left-handed female, it thrilled me to no end to end up with one left-handed son. He doesn't suffer from speech delay or learning problems. I have a hard time believing most of the stuff they attribute to left-handedness and I don't try to come up with excuses for it. It is what it is and I go on and adjust when needed.
 
morningbell

morningbell

hmmmmmm
RareBreed said:
Well, being a left-handed female, it thrilled me to no end to end up with one left-handed son. He doesn't suffer from speech delay or learning problems. I have a hard time believing most of the stuff they attribute to left-handedness and I don't try to come up with excuses for it. It is what it is and I go on and adjust when needed.
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Do you think they can check for left handedness when I get my ultra sound?

So it ends up that the apt wasn't for an ultra sound as originally thought. I was under the impression it was b/c the first US was done there and they told me a month ago that I should expect one at this apt.... anyway made a REAL US apt at SMH for next Wed....

..... and I'm still not going to find out :razz:
 
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morningbell said:
Today is the day we'll attempt to find out the sex of the baby. Actually he'll find out, I don't want to know.
In addition to him finding out, he'll tell both our mothers and sisters. Our families are far away, his sister being the furthest in another country, my mother b/c it's killing her, she was so involved with my first child during my pregnancy and since she can't be here to share I'd like to let her in. My sister for the sole reason that she absolutely HATES buying unisex clothes. His mother is knitting and sewing, so she gets to know.

Will this kill me not knowing?
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I didn't want to know...the day and the sex are the only surprises left!
Good luck on them not telling you. That's way to many women :gossip:
they'll never be able to keep it in!!
 
K_Jo

K_Jo

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RareBreed said:
Well, being a left-handed female, it thrilled me to no end to end up with one left-handed son. He doesn't suffer from speech delay or learning problems. I have a hard time believing most of the stuff they attribute to left-handedness and I don't try to come up with excuses for it. It is what it is and I go on and adjust when needed.
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I'm trying so hard to make my daughter left-handed like me! :lol:
 
RareBreed

RareBreed

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K_Jo said:
I'm trying so hard to make my daughter left-handed like me! :lol:
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Good thing it's a daughter, because if you had a son like me, he'd be damaged according to Hawkeye. :rolleyes: Plus now she's got MB paranoid about having a left-handed kid. I love being left-handed because it still freaks some people out. :evil:
 
morningbell

morningbell

hmmmmmm
poster said:
I didn't want to know...the day and the sex are the only surprises left!
Good luck on them not telling you. That's way to many women :gossip:
they'll never be able to keep it in!!
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EXACTLY!!! :flowers:

With the distance between all of the people who will know, I just don't see anybody telling me anything especially since they LOVE to torture me.

RareBreed said:
Good thing it's a daughter, because if you had a son like me, he'd be damaged according to Hawkeye. :rolleyes: Plus now she's got MB paranoid about having a left-handed kid. I love being left-handed because it still freaks some people out. :evil:
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:yikes:

....my fiance can write with both. :freakofnature:
 
SoMDGirl42

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RareBreed said:
Good thing it's a daughter, because if you had a son like me, he'd be damaged according to Hawkeye. :rolleyes: Plus now she's got MB paranoid about having a left-handed kid. I love being left-handed because it still freaks some people out. :evil:
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My oldest daughter is left handed. Go lefties :cartwheel:

BTW I did not know her sex until she tinkled on the doctor when she was born and he said, She peed on me! :lol:

My son, I found out during labor.

#3, I found out at 20 twenty weeks.
 
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RareBreed

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SoMDGirl42 said:
My oldest daughter is left handed. Go lefties :cartwheel
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Back in the day, I was ridiculed by my teachers for being left handed. One would even tie my left hand to my desk to make me write right handed. I just refused to do my work and told my mom about it. One talk with the Principal and no more problems with having my hand tied down. My grandmother said I was Satan's child for being left handed. Funny thing is that it's more frequent on her side of the family. My two cousins were lefties but since they lived closer to Grandma, she converted them to righties.
 
morningbell

morningbell

hmmmmmm
RareBreed said:
Back in the day, I was ridiculed by my teachers for being left handed. One would even tie my left hand to my desk to make me write right handed. I just refused to do my work and told my mom about it. One talk with the Principal and no more problems with having my hand tied down. My grandmother said I was Satan's child for being left handed. Funny thing is that it's more frequent on her side of the family. My two cousins were lefties but since they lived closer to Grandma, she converted them to righties.
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HA! I was going to comment on what they'd do to you in Catholic school.... not just tie your hand :frown:

I can't imagine doing that to a child :huggy:
 
camily

camily

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Didn't find out with my first two but didn't the third because she was a surprise and such a distance between the other two I had gotten rid of everything.
 
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Hawkeyewife

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RareBreed said:
Good thing it's a daughter, because if you had a son like me, he'd be damaged according to Hawkeye. :rolleyes: Plus now she's got MB paranoid about having a left-handed kid. I love being left-handed because it still freaks some people out. :evil:
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I'm sorry if my comments offended you, being left-handed is not a problem in itself (we have a left-handed President after all and many very important people in history are left-handed). The issue is that there seems to be a correlation with ultrasound and increased rates of left-handedness. I just feel that if ultrasound can change the composition of the brain to make baby more likely to be left-handed then there may be other things that are affected that we just haven't discovered yet. Of course, it could be completely benign as well, we simply do not know and I just don't feel like taking that risk since ultrasound does not improve maternal or fetal outcomes in the majority of cases.

I am not trying to scare anybody nor am I judging thier choice.
 
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toppick08

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My grandfather was left handed........one Hell of a Man.......
 
bcp

bcp

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toppick08 said:
My grandfather was left handed........one Hell of a Man.......and my mother is too.
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This could go in that thread I did on the way people say things.

read it. Think about it, re-write it.
edit to show that he typed I did after the fact before I post this as a screen shot.
 
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