....contd from "the
early care of new bornze"
"Boon or Bane?"
Tremendous strides in medicine have improved
the health and well being of every newborn.
Every pregnant woman should remember that
modern medicine has vastly reduced the dangers
and discomforts that were faced by our grandmothers
during pregnancy. Pregnancy can be an exciting,
fulfilling and delightful time. It can also
be a time of uncertainty and change. A fully
formed human being will develop from a tiny
egg and sperm in just nine short months. The
growth of a baby from conception to birth
demands that you, the mother, protect the
embryo's development. New technology such
as Ultrasonography is a great boon to the
mother and the medical profession as it demystifies
the process and allows the parents to visualise
the baby even while it's still in the mother's
womb.
Such a giant step forward, yet it has its
flip side. Meant, ostensibly, to ensure the
safety of the pregnant mother and her child
but they were quickly harnessed to the larger
-- and more lucrative -- cause of sex determination.
Put into the hands of "son crazy"
parents and unscrupulous medical practitioners,
this self same boon is a means to detect and
eliminate female fetuses.
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