Cultural and Emotional Responses to Pregnancy-Essay Analysis

Social Context:

Hence this image was created for heathxchange.sg website for general information for the public. Such pictures are often used by couples to announce pregnancies all over the world. In order to share the good news with family and friends many couples announce their pregnancies after first ultrasound ensuring baby’s good health. They often hold sonogram photo taken during ultrasound and use it for official pregnancy announcement.

According to Herzog-Petropaki et al. (2022), such images are often circulated on social media or taken just to make a memory usually after first trimester. Couple usually feel confident after they have had ultrasound, listened to the heartbeat of the fetus etc. However, many couples often discuss their pregnancies as “happy accidents” often emphasizing that there was no effort and use sonograms or baby bump to share the news. There are many narrative including couples should hide the pregnancies while other believe that such incredible news should not be hidden. Some use pregnancy reveals as a joke for April fools’ day, that is deeply problematic and can hurt people dealing with infertility issues as it shows lack of sensitivity to the process of life that is supposed to make someone more empathetic.