“Is that a boy or a girl in your belly?” Hospital policy. You know it sooner or later

The moment you get your pregnancy report, it’s time to take your life to the next level. Even if you’re not quite ready for it, most people are excited and happy when they know they’re about to become parents, and are looking forward to the new baby.

The happy news is supposed to be shared with friends and family, but curious people always ask, “Is that a boy or a girl?” Perhaps you don’t know that the sex of the baby can’t be revealed before birth. This is the hospital’s policy, but there are still some equally curious parents will ask the baby’s sex.

It’s only natural for parents to want to know if their baby is a boy or a girl. On the one hand is really out of curiosity about gender, on the other hand is to be prepared in advance, after all, there are a lot of things to buy before the child is born, but because you do not know the gender, it is inevitable to limit the selection of some baby products.

So they go to the doctor to find out the sex of the baby, which puts the doctor in a difficult position to explain that they must not violate hospital rules. This has left some parents wondering why they can’t know the sex of their baby in advance. Wasn’t it just a matter of time?

In fact, this is all for a reason, parents can not blame the hospital “unkind”.

For the survival of the fetus

As we all know, the preference for sons over daughters is a “tradition” in China, and the older generation believes that only boys have the ability to carry on the family line. Although such bad ideas have gradually improved with the progress of The Times, there is still a preference for sons in a few areas, and even the behavior of giving birth to only boys rather than girls.

And we do not know to the hospital to check the people, whether there are such people, so in order to prevent these people to know in advance the child’s gender is not desired, do harm to the child’s move, the hospital is not allowed to disclose the gender of the fetus to the family, to protect the safety of the fetus, improve the survival rate.

For the sake of the mother’s health

In some families that prefer sons to daughters, the pregnant mother is the one who has no right to speak. She does not even have the power to decide the life and death of her child. So if the family finds out at the time of the pregnancy test that the baby is a girl, it is highly likely to force the pregnant woman to have an abortion, cutting off the life of the poor child.

They may not even consider the health of the pregnant woman, do not care about the abortion to the pregnant woman’s health how much harm. And once the fetus is older, forced abortion is likely to put the woman’s life at risk. Therefore, to avoid such a dangerous situation, doctors cannot inform families of the sex of the baby in advance.

To balance the development of the population.

According to the data survey, in recent years, the male population accounts for 51.24% of the total population, while the female population accounts for 48.76%, and the male population is 2.48% more than the female population. This may seem like a small number, but if left unchecked, it is likely to continue to rise in the future, resulting in population imbalance due to gender imbalance.

Therefore, in order to balance the development of the population and remove obstacles to the development of the country, the female population should no longer be allowed to decline as the male population rises, and the right to birth of female infants should no longer be denied. As a result, the hospital has written rules to ensure that no one’s selfish interests can interfere with the birth of a child.

However, although it is not obvious, some doctors can see that most parents really love their children, do not have a “son preference”, but also understand the parents’ heart, and will give some interesting “hints” explicitly and implicitly.

For example, they answer parents’ questions about whether they will buy small dresses or pants for their children in the future, tell them whether the baby room should be painted pink or blue, joke about whether it is “China Construction Bank” or “China Merchants Bank”, and even say that “I can’t tell you the gender of your daughter” on the Internet.

After all, most parents want to know in advance whether it is a son or a daughter, so that they can better prepare for the birth of their child. But not knowing the sex of the baby doesn’t affect how parents prepare for the birth.

So what specific preparations can moms and dads make?

First, prepare yourself mentally.

After learning the news of pregnancy, parents need to do a good job of psychological construction. Especially for the mother, suddenly to change from a girl to a mother, a lot of things can not do, everything to the child first, which will make many women feel too sudden. But mothers also need to know that being a mother is an honor, and be prepared to know that all the hard work now will pay off in the future.

So for dad, having a child also means a heavier burden on his shoulders. The father should not only take good care of the mother and the baby during the pregnancy, but also accompany the pregnant women to the hospital regularly for checkups, and also work hard to earn milk powder money for the child. It also requires mental effort, so be sure to prepare for it in advance.

Second, be prepared to take care of children.

Many new parents after the baby is born, for how to hold the child, take care of the child is completely clueless, this is because they do not know the relevant knowledge of parenting in advance. Therefore, it is important for parents to learn the relevant parenting experience before the baby is born, so that they will not be in a mess in the future.

Specifically, when parents are pregnant, they can read more parenting books to know what kind of process it is to take care of children in advance and what they need to pay attention to. Or you can watch some parenting videos to learn how to hold the baby, feed the baby, change the diaper and so on more intuitively.

Also, buy relevant baby products in advance.

Some parents may ask how to buy the right baby products in advance even if they don’t know the sex of their child.

There is some truth to this, but most of the items a baby needs after birth have nothing to do with gender. Like powdered milk and diapers, they are available for boys and girls, so parents can buy them before they are even born.

Clothes and toys can be bought after the baby is born. After all, newborn babies are wrapped in clothes and don’t need to wear clothes and play with toys right away. Therefore, the sex of the child does not actually affect some of the necessary baby supplies in advance, parents can safely prepare.

All in all, while it is understandable for parents to want to know the sex of their child, hospital rules should also be reasonable and should be followed. The most important thing is to prepare for the birth of a child. Although the rules cannot be changed, there are many things that parents can do, regardless of the sex of the child.