A tenuous roasted pea. About finding out the sex of our child at an ultrasound....
I didn't want to know. She did - linen & clothes colours and all that shit.
The ultrasound person pointed out somethingy and said "It's a girl".
Afterwards the missus broke out crying. "Whaaa.?" says I.
"She's going to get cancer." says her.
(I should interject here - the missus was 2 years out from a (successful) mastectomy and we both have strong family histories of cancer.)EDIT: for me - it's where the chips may lie - I drink (a lot) & smoke very moderately (a pack a week - only while I'm drinking).
I carefully & politely pointed out that bub had just as much chance getting run over by an on-time bus as she had at getting breast cancer, all we have to do (as good parents) is make her aware of the risks.
From here - http://www.b3ta.com/questions/bedroomdisasters/post1255391
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Tue 9 Aug 2011, 9:37, 2 replies)

Well...
Has she been tested for the BRCA gene mutation? If she has a strong family history of breast cancer (and especially if she had it young), she might have a gene mutation, in which case your kids have a 50% chance of inheriting the same mutation. Depending on which mutation it is, there's around a 60-80% chance of getting breast cancer, which is obviously a lot higher than normal. I have it, and it's the reason I won't have kids. She might want to get tested for that. I can totally understand her breakdown at finding out she was having a girl.
(Tarana, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 13:43, closed)

Not exactly X-Men, is it?

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 13:52, closed)