Is it appropriate?

amother

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 7:21 pm

To show teen daughter pic of sonogram in pregnancy? Asking for a freind . I dont have daughters tho. I thought its strange . I would share anything but my sonogram pics . Whats your thoughts? Im curious to know what the majority thinks ? As of now I dont think I would show but could be times have changed and these days ppl share this with thier daughters?

small bean

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 7:22 pm

I shared them with my daughters and sons. I dont see why not. It is a picture of a baby. It is amazing what we can see and I find it so inspiring.

amother

Aquamarine

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 7:27 pm

I used to sneak peek pictures my mother kept of her sonograms. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with the pictures. I found them fascinating and couldn’t wait to see the real baby.
I never thought about showing my kids because they were all young whenever I was pregnant. I probably would show older kids when I would be at a later stage and it resembles more of a baby.

amother

Lilac

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 7:28 pm

It depends. Some find it inappropriate and some find it ok. It depends how open you are with your kids in general and how much they know.

thunderstorm

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 7:30 pm

I shared them with my sons for whoever was interested. Teens included.

amother

Burlywood

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 7:41 pm

I only have boys, I shared the pics with them. It's interesting and scientific. My Mil is an OB, during her pregnancies, she didn't just show her kids pics, she would actually perform ultrasounds on herself to show them the new sibling!

Ema of 5

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 7:42 pm

I showed pictures to my kids, who were way younger than teenagers when I was pregnant. They loved them!!

small bean

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 7:45 pm

bouncy wrote:

not appropriate dor various reasons...

What reasons? Please elaborate

sleepybeauty

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 7:50 pm

bouncy wrote:

not appropriate dor various reasons...

Please explain.
I show my children the sonogram pictures and even bring them to ultrasound appointments to see the baby on the screen.

amother

Orchid

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 7:56 pm

I literally can't imagine a reason why it's inappropriate, unless kids in your community don't know about pregnancy bchlal.

Rachel Shira

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 8:06 pm

This obviously depends on your general outlook towards pregnancy, which recent threads have shown to range from “I tell them as soon as I pee on a stick” to “they think I buy the baby from the hospital.” I personally think there’s nothing wrong with it.

amother

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 8:13 pm

Wow! So I c that the vote is high . My baby is big and I didnt have a baby in a while and still hope to become pregnant any time soon. Now my boys are teens and I should really be more open with them, the thing is I wasnt pregnant in a while so it didn't come in to discuss this , I just wonder how comfortable I would feel . Daughters I thought is rather ok but sons?? Could be im just not used to it. Each for their own. Depending also background, cultural, ect...

chestnut

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 8:28 pm

Can someone spell out what could be inappropriate in showing ultrasound pics of the baby to one's kids, little or teens or married?

bsy

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 9:06 pm

My mother put her sonogram pictures in the family albums. Yeshivish family if that matters....I never thought to think it's weird or inappropriate.

amother

Turquoise

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 9:11 pm

I have shown my kids the sonograms of themselves years later and I would love to show my kids my sonogram now when I let them know I'm expecting-except I'm pregnant with twins and I DONT want them to know! O well.....

amother

Puce

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 9:17 pm

I put away DD sonogram to show her when shes older. When we had the TALK she asked me some related q's and I told her about the concept of sono. I wanted to show it to her, but DH didn't approve (even though he's the one who introduced her to the concept of babies in the stomach in the first place). I figured I'll wait till she's older, but I'm afraid its long gone...

amother

Khaki

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 9:23 pm

amother [ Turquoise ] wrote:

Why? I'm just curious because my mom had twins when I was about 12-13. It turned over my life for weeks if not years. She kept it a secret from everyone and I can't figure out why.

malki2

Tue, Jan 21 2020, 9:38 pm

Why in the WORLD would it be inappropriate?? Do they not know that there is a baby in your stomach??