Kusukela ngoJuni 30, isibongo sikababa ngeke sisabekwa phambili Lapho kufakwa i-oda lezibongo zezingane ezisanda kuzalwa futhi kuzoba ngabazali ababili okufanele bavume ukukhetha ukuthi isibongo sokuqala sengane sizoba ngesomama noma esika baba. Lezi yizindaba ezinhle kwabesifazane ngoba ngale ndlela isibongo somama singanqoba ezizukulwaneni eziningi.
Kepha ngasikhathi sinye, kungaba yinkinga kwabaningi abashadayo abangavumelani, ngoba bobabili bangafuna ukubeka isibongo sabo kuqala kunaleso sabashadikazi, okungadala izingxabano phakathi kwalabo abashadile. Kepha kuyindlela enokulingana kunazo zonke yokwazi ukuqamba izingane kusukela ngaphambi kokuba kube ngubaba ngokwakhona, kushiye isibongo sikamama eceleni, esanyamalala ezizukulwaneni ezimbalwa.
Uma abazali bengavumelani ezinsukwini ezintathu ngemuva kokuzalwa kwengane, kuzobe sekuba isikhulu sombhaliso womphakathi esizothatha isinqumo ngokungathathi hlangothi. Ukuhleleka kwezibongo kusukela manje kuye phambili kungahle kube okokuqala kukamama nalokho kukababa. Ngokomthetho kulindeleke ukuthi abazali bavumelane ngokushesha ngalokhu nokuthi umsebenzi ku-Civil Registry awubambezeli, kepha kuzodingeka ukuthi silinde kusukela ngalolo suku ukuze sazi ukuthi abazali bayavuma yini noma ngabe kuyisizathu sokuxoxisana.
Kusukela ngo-2000, ingane esanda kuzalwa ingabhaliswa ngegama lesibongo sikanina kuqala, kepha abazali kwakudingeka benze isicelo kwijaji le-Civil Registry kanye nesimemezelo sokuvumelana ngalokhu. Ushintsho luthinte zonke izingane zombhangqwana futhi uma bekungekho ukuvumelana, isibongo sikayise sihlala sinqoba. Manje akunjalo futhi abazali kufanele bavumelane ngesibopho ukuze kube yinto elingana kubo bobabili abesilisa nabesifazane.