# So my MIL wants to be at the sonogram...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-mil-wants-to-be-at-the-sonogram/210570
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 31, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-mil-wants-to-be-at-the-sonogram/210570 "2003-10-31T01:56:41Z")
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### Author: ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-mil-wants-to-be-at-the-sonogram/210570/21 "2003-10-31T15:40:27Z")

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Oh, and I forgot to add: Arguing about sonograms makes BabyJesus cry 😃

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### Author: ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-mil-wants-to-be-at-the-sonogram/210570/22 "2003-10-31T15:47:55Z")

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I didn’t have any sonograms - my dr didn’t see the need and neither did I. Plus I wanted to be surprised by the baby’s sex. But I don’t think I’d have minded if my mother or MIL came along.

Witnessing the birth, however, would be an entirely different story. My husband was the only non-medical person present, and that’s how I wanted it.

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### Author: ![Sassafras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Sassafras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-mil-wants-to-be-at-the-sonogram/210570/23 "2003-10-31T16:57:25Z")

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Speaking as an employee in an OB GYN office…  
We have patients bring loads of people to their sono appts; mothers, fathers, siblings , friends, children etc. Our sonographer had to put a limit on the number of people in the room. (It’s 5, BTW)

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### Author: ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-mil-wants-to-be-at-the-sonogram/210570/24 "2003-10-31T17:42:36Z")

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No fuckin’ way. I like my MIL just fine, but that should be a moment for just you and the ol’ man. But you’re a nice girl for humoring her.

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