Irrespective of right and wrong, my mil told me that this is true a pregnant woman cannot take pheras...like what dadisa said.
there is only one exception to this...that a woman pregnant with the child of the person with whom she is getting married to, can take the pheras.....as then the child is the daughter (if it is a girl) of the husband....and they two cannot be considered married under any circumstances.
Well, an easier, but slightly illegal option could have been to get the sex of the kid tested...anyhow dadisa has such a clout on the hospital doctors.....if it was a boy thany anyhow there won't be any issues. 50% chances of solving the problem easily.😆