There are some people who specifically don't want to know their baby's gender before birth.
Is there any halachic basis to this, or is it just superstition?
Answer
I know of one posek who proved that this is perfectly fine, from the fact that many seforim cite traditional segulos to determine a fetus' gender. Obviously, then, there is nothing improper about knowing the gender beforehand. (One could argue that knowing with certainty is worse, but this seems like a distinction without a difference. And besides, even sonography is far from foolproof.)
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