Do women want disclosure of fetal gender during prenatal ultrasound scan?

Ma'aji, SM; Ekele, BA; Bello, SO; Morhason-Bello, Imran O.

doi:10.4103/1596-3519.62618

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“…[ 19 ] This shows that there is still much emphasis placed on the sex of the child in our environment. However, this contrasts with a report from Sokoto in Northern Nigeria[ 21 ] where women were indifferent about gender of their babies, preferring to be “satisfied with anyone that comes”. The desire to know the gender of the fetus before delivery has been cited as one of the drawbacks of ultrasound as this has resulted in sex selective abortions especially in a society with strong male preference.…”

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Attitude of expectant mothers on the use of ultrasound in pregnancy in a tertiary institution in south east of Nigeria

Ikeako

Ezegwui

Onwudiwe

et al. 2014

Ann Med Health Sci Res

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Background:With the world-wide availability of ultrasound services even in the developing countries, routine ultrasonography in pregnancy remains a controversial issue. However, in this era of reproductive health right and evidence-based medicine, the views of women need to be ascertained.Aims:The aim is to assess the attitude of antenatal women toward sonography in pregnancy.Subjects and Methods:A descriptive self-administered questionnaire-based cross-sectional study using 208 women that booked for antenatal care from January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009 at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu.Results:The number of respondents who had ultrasonography in their previous pregnancies was 58.7% (122/208). Although many reasons were given for personal ultrasound requests, 19.7% (24/122) of the women who had obstetric scan in their previous pregnancies thought it was a normal booking test done for every pregnant woman. When compared with other booking investigations, 60.1% (125/208), mainly civil servants .expressed the views that ultrasound in pregnancy is costly, while 24.4% (59/208) felt it is cheap, 9.1% (19/208) said it is very costly, while the remaining 2.4% (5/208) thought it is not affordable. Apart from visualizing the images of their babies, 17.8% (37/208) of the cases wanted to know the sexes of their babies while 15.4% (32/208) was for determination of fetal position. Out of 110, 52.9% (110/208) were of the opinion that women can decide when to request for sonography.Conclusion:The attitude of Nigerian women to sonography is good. Majority of them request ultrasound for fetal observation and gender determination.

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Attitude of expectant mothers on the use of ultrasound in pregnancy in a tertiary institution in south east of Nigeria

Ikeako

Ezegwui

Onwudiwe

et al. 2014

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“…[13] Majority of our respondents desired disclosure of fetal gender to them, which is in agreement with reports of previous studies. [111314] Furthermore, a study in Uganda reported that Ugandan parturients have a strong desire to know fetal sex at ultrasound. [6] Other studies, in contrast, have also reported that only a small proportion of obstetric patients seeks to know fetal gender.…”

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“…Previous studies indicate that a majority of Nigerian parturients desire to know the gender of their fetus during prenatal ultrasound scan. [11121314] Furthermore, in Uganda, parturients expressed a strong desire to know fetal sex at ultrasound. [6] The desire to know fetal gender may be attributed to societal pressure as a previous study reported that 50% of undergraduate students prefer their first child to be male.…”

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Perception of male gender preference among pregnant Igbo women

Ohagwu¹,

Eze²,

Jc³

et al. 2014

Ann Med Health Sci Res

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Background:Male gender preference is a dominant feature of Igbo culture and could be the reason behind women seeking fetal gender at ultrasound.Aim:The aim of this study is to investigate the perception of prenatal ultrasound patients of male gender preference in a patriarchal and gender sensitive society.Subjects and Methods:The study was a cross-sectional survey, which targeted pregnant women who presented for prenatal ultrasound at four selected hospitals in Anambra State. A convenience sample size of 790 pregnant women constituted the respondents. The data collection instrument was a 13-item semi-structured self-completion questionnaire designed in line with the purpose of the study. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were carried out with statistical significance being considered at P < 0.05.Results:Most of the women (88.4%, 698/790) were aware that fetal gender can be determined during the prenatal ultrasound while just over half of them (61.0%, 482/790) wanted fetal gender disclosed to them during prenatal ultrasound. More than half (58.6%, 463/790) of the women desired to have male babies in their present pregnancies while 20.1% (159/790) desired female babies and 21.3% (168/790) did not care if the baby was male or female. Some of the women (22.2%, 175/790) wanted to have male babies in their present pregnancies for various reasons predominant of which was protecting their marriages and cementing their places in their husbands’ hearts. Male gender preference was strongly perceived. There was considerable anxiety associated with prenatal gender determination and moderate loss of interest in the pregnancy associated with disclosure of undesired fetal gender. Socio-demographic factors had significant influence on perception of male gender preference.Conclusion:Male gender preference is strongly perceived among Igbo women and its perception is significantly influenced by socio-demographic factors. Male gender preference may be responsible for Igbo women seeking fetal gender at ultrasound.

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“… 1 This practice is tolerated because there is no evidence or scientifically proven harm to the fetus. 1 , 2 Gender identification can be done by ultrasonography more reliably from 16 weeks of pregnancy, 1 – 3 and by the 20th week of gestation, the accuracy is close to 97%. 2 …”

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“…Previous studies in Nigeria have shown that the majority number of women desire to know the gender of their fetus during prenatal ultrasound scan. 2 , 9 , 10 , 17 This desire is equally expressed by women in Uganda, 6 People’s Republic of China, 18 , 19 Pakistan, 20 and Nepal. 21 …”

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Desire for prenatal gender disclosure among primigravidae in Enugu, Nigeria

Okeke

Enwereji

Okoro

et al. 2015

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BackgroundPrenatal gender disclosure is a nonmedical fetal ultrasonography view, which is considered ethically unjustified but has continued to grow in demand due to pregnant women’s requests.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to determine the proportion of primigravidae who want prenatal gender disclosure and the reasons for it.MethodsThis was a descriptive cross-sectional study of randomly selected primigravidae seen at Enugu Scan Centre. The women were randomly selected using a table of random numbers.ResultsNinety percent (225/250) of 250 primigravidae who fulfilled the criteria for inclusion in this study wanted to know the gender of their unborn baby, while 10% (25/250) declined gender disclosure. Furthermore, 62% (155/250) of primigravidae had preference for male children. There was statistically significant desire for male gender (P=0.0001). Statistically significant number of primigravidae who wanted gender disclosure did so to plan for the new baby (P=0.0001), and those that declined gender disclosure “leave it to the will of GOD” (P=0.014).ConclusionNinety percent of primigravidae wanted gender disclosure because of plans for the new baby, personal curiosity, partner and in-laws’ curiosity; moreover, some women wanted to test the accuracy of the findings at delivery and 62% of primigravidae had preference for male children. In view of these results, gender disclosure could be beneficial in this environment.

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Do women want disclosure of fetal gender during prenatal ultrasound scan?

Cited by 17 publications

References 10 publications

Attitude of expectant mothers on the use of ultrasound in pregnancy in a tertiary institution in south east of Nigeria

Attitude of expectant mothers on the use of ultrasound in pregnancy in a tertiary institution in south east of Nigeria

Perception of male gender preference among pregnant Igbo women

Desire for prenatal gender disclosure among primigravidae in Enugu, Nigeria

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