Do you know what you’re having?” I heard one coworker ask another whose wife was nearing her due date. My coworker has probably answered this question dozens of times since he announced his impending fatherhood.
It’s typically around 18 to 20 weeks into their pregnancy when American women choose whether or not to learn the sex of their unborn baby.
My husband and I both wanted to know so we could more easily decorate the nursery and choose only one name. I have heard of parents-to-be asking their ultrasound technician to write the sex on a piece of paper in a sealed envelope to be opened later. That’s an indication of the non-triviality of knowing their baby’s sex. Other couples try to control fate using folk wisdom or paid procedures intended to tilt the odds toward a boy or a girl.
Decades ago, our parents did not get a glimpse of us until we hit the doctor’s hands. It’s one of the many ways pregnancy and parenthood have changed since the time of Dr. Benjamin Spock.
Now, expecting American moms with enough curiosity and cash can use a blood test that detects fetal sex using DNA at just seven
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