Ultrasound business reveals what hospitals won't

A new business has opened in Charlottetown aimed at expectant parents who want to know whether their baby is a boy or a girl.

Medical ultrasounds are routinely performed on pregnant women at Charlottetown's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, but like most hospitals in Canada, it will not tell parents if the baby is girl or a boy.

Health Canada advises parents not to have ultrasounds for non-medical reasons. It says although the risk is small, parents should not expose their unborn babies to unnecessary procedures. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada also advises against unnecessary ultrasounds, as does the Canadian Association of Radiologists.

source: cbcnews.ca