1. What is your cultural background? Australian

2. Are you currently pregnant or were pregnant in the last few years? Was pregnant last year (gave birth in July 2005)

3. Did you take advantage of technology when having an ultra sound to find out the gender of your baby? Why? Yes we did have many ultrasounds (9 in all) but no we didn't find out the sex because we wanted it to be a surprise.

4. Was this decision reached by yourself or with other family members and why? Both my husband and I agreed whole heartedly on this decision

5. Did/do you have a preference for the gender, ie. wanting a boy or girl. Why or why not? No we had no preference for either sex, largely because it took us a long time to keep a pregnancy (I had 6 pregnancies before this one) and we were just immensely grateful that we were having a healthy baby.

6.Did any of your reltaives or in-laws also have a preference on the gender of your baby and how was this known? No. they were all just as grateful and as pleased as us that we were having a baby at last.

7. If it was not the gender you wanted, has this effected your relationship with other family members and if so how? not applicable. Although DH is quite chuffed that his fiorst baby is a boy and is carrying on his name.

8. a) IF YOU ARE CURRENTLy pregnant do you think it will affect your
relationship with your unborn child, knowing the gender before hand? Not currently pregnant

b) If YOU WERE PREGNANT, has your relationship with your child been affected in any way as a result of you finding out the gender of your baby via ultrasound? Not applicable

9. Wouild you find out the gender again, if you were pregnant again? No. I like the surprise!

10. Do you think that finding the gender of babies in the womb will have any future consequences in Australian society? HOw? No, I don't think that it does affect society. A lot of women do find out the gender of their baby prior to birth and I don't know of one single instance where they are better or worse off for doing it. In Australia, we don't have the stigma of producing a baby of a particular sex as do other countries (such as China). Theoretically, I guess that finding out the sex could have some impact on manipulating the family balance (eg. evening out the girls and boys in one family by terminating a foetus of a particular sex). But I seriously doubt that this would EVER be a trend that would take hold (if, in fact, it actually does happen now....I doubt it).

11. Age range 20-30 31-40 41-50 50 above 31 - 40

Best of luck with your survey.