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When Tiffany Jesteadt, who was born blind because of a hereditary disorder, thought she might be pregnant, her husband, who is sighted, read her the results, not by choice but by necessity. It took away some of the magic, she said, explaining how shows and movies often depict wives surprising their husbands by cleverly hiding the positive pregnancy test.

Getting to tell your husband it is cultural, said Ms. Jesteadt, 33, an organization development practitioner for the U.S. Marine Corps. While she and her husband tell each other everything, she said, disclosing information about her own body is something that a woman should be able to control.

Making the test experience more private also helps reduce the judgment many blind women say they experience on their paths to motherhood.

Josselyn Sosa was a college senior when she found out she was pregnant. At first, Ms. Sosa turned to a trusted friend who accompanied her to buy a test in a CVS store that she then took in its bathroom. Her friend also had impaired vision and couldnt read the results, either. So Ms. Sosa visited the health center at her small college in Texas, where a doctor told her, I am so sorry, but it came back positive.

She felt she could provide her opinion, said Ms. Sosa, 28, who was born with congenital glaucoma in her right eye and lost sight in her left eye because of retinal detachment when she was 12. She had been dating her now-husband, who is also blind, for only a short time. I just wanted to get out to deal with it by myself, she said. It was such a big deal for me.

Ms. Sosa went on to deliver a baby girl, now 4 years old. She graduated this month with a degree in hospitality administration and shes pregnant with her second child, due in June.

For her current pregnancy, Ms. Sosa used the Be My Eyes app. It was a better experience, but she still felt she was giving up her privacy, she said.

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