Andrea,
I recall reading quite a good story on this topic - being disappointed with the sex of the baby - in Practical Parenting earlier this year. The editor wrote about it also in the editorial saying that what spawned the interest in taking on the subject was a lady who contacted her who was feeling awful because she found out she was having a girl when she wanted a boy. I had a search in my copies of the mag but couldn't find it. Perhaps you could contact the magazine and ask what issue it was in. It may help the woman you talk about to read about others with the same feelings and that it is not all that unusual to feel this way.
cheers
Kylie Carberry
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From: "Andrea Bilcliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
To: "Ozmidwifery" <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
CC: "Maternity Coalition Midwives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [ozmidwifery] The 'wrong' gender
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:08:55 +1000
Sorry for cross posting...I have a client who is due to give birth soon and she really wants a baby of a particular gender but the ultrasound has shown the baby to be the opposite. This is much more than being a little disappointed and it does not appear to have eased over the course of the pregnancy.She has expressed concerns about how this may potentially affect her labour. She also expresses enormous guilt over having these feelings when she already has healthy children, including one of this gender. She is also concerned about the effects her feelings/thoughts are having and will have on her baby's development.Assuming the ultrasound is correct, has anyone had experience of this either as a mother or care provider? Any words of wisdom?Thanks,Andrea Bilcliff
