Have you seen the story about the lawsuit over the gender predictor kit?
Here's the ABC story.
But this is the part I LOVED...
Another important issue to consider is that all pregnancies naturally carry a 20 percent miscarriage rate, said Dr. Henry Klapholz, chairman of obestrics and gynecology at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, Mass., and a professor at Harvard Medical School.
"At five weeks, quite frankly, you don't know if a pregnancy is 'good,'" Klapholz said. "It's bad enough to think you're going to have a baby because of a positive pregnancy test. Now couples will imagine a baby, then the gender of baby, then the name of the baby — this could be potentially more devastating than a miscarriage."
[emphasis mine]
It's BAD ENOUGH to think you're going to have a baby because of a positive pregnancy test?!?! I'm just busting a gut laughing here.
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And finally some truth. Good find Catherine! Thanks for posting that!
If your biggest thought is whether it's a boy or a girl, you truly are sheltered or superficial. What I always want to know is not whether it's a boy or girl, but whether it's alive or dead.
I liked this too! I've always sort of wondered about the HPTs that test 5 days before your period is due for similar reasons. Is it really helpful for most people to know they may be pregnant for a few days, instead of just having a period that is a couple of days late. But because the product is there it's incredibly tempting to use... because waiting can be pretty hard.
"This could be potentially more devastating than a miscarriage" *grumble*
Hey mister... the miscarriages were pretty damn devastating gender or no gender.
That's a good one. Getting pregnant. I hate that.
"I always tell my patients, don't plan on a pregnancy until you have a fetal heartbeat; otherwise, the outcome could be terribly disappointing," Klapholz continued." To test so early would be unwise."
DAMN!!! Why didn't anyone tell me this SOONER?? I could have avoided all that silly stuff that happened last year.
Meh. Glad he's not my doc.
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