Chrissy Teigen chose the gender of her baby

[Anonymous]

Why are people mad?? Why is it not ok to choose what baby to have, but totally fine to abort it?

http://www.trendingmail.com/2016/02/pregnant-chrissy-teigen-choose-daughter-ivf.html

[Anonymous]

Chrissy who?

[Anonymous]

Playing God.

[Anonymous]

I have no idea who this person is but don't think what she did is the least bit abhorrent.

[Anonymous]

Nothing wrong at all. She had infertility and had to do IVF. It's not like she did IVF ONLY to have a girl, they were unable to get pregnant on heir own, went to the doctor for IVF treatments, had boy embryos and girl embryos that made it and she wanted a girl first. How many people have a preference for boy vs girl when pregnant? If you have boy and girl embryos that are healthy and all things are equal, what is the problem? She said they will have their boy later, so I really don't get the issue.

[Anonymous]

big deal

[Anonymous]

I don't see any issue with it.

This country doesn't have an issue with boy or girl babies being preferred (unlike Middle East or China where they want boys). I have more of an issue with sex selective abortions.

[Anonymous]

I just think that those who go to such an extreme means to get a specific gender baby must have very narrow ideas of what each gender means. Such as I like sports and trucks and want a boy so we can do manly things together OR my daughter and I are going to spend wonderful days at ballet classes and dressing up in Frozen costumes playing with Barbies.

If they just wanted a kid and not a gender stereotyoe they would not be trying to get a specific gender child.

I wonder what happens when her girl is not at all what she expects a girl to be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just think that those who go to such an extreme means to get a specific gender baby must have very narrow ideas of what each gender means. Such as I like sports and trucks and want a boy so we can do manly things together OR my daughter and I are going to spend wonderful days at ballet classes and dressing up in Frozen costumes playing with Barbies.

If they just wanted a kid and not a gender stereotyoe they would not be trying to get a specific gender child.

I wonder what happens when her girl is not at all what she expects a girl to be?

It's not extreme. She was having IVF and this was an option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just think that those who go to such an extreme means to get a specific gender baby must have very narrow ideas of what each gender means. Such as I like sports and trucks and want a boy so we can do manly things together OR my daughter and I are going to spend wonderful days at ballet classes and dressing up in Frozen costumes playing with Barbies.

If they just wanted a kid and not a gender stereotyoe they would not be trying to get a specific gender child.

I wonder what happens when her girl is not at all what she expects a girl to be?

It's not extreme. She was having IVF and this was an option.

It is extreme to sex select.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just think that those who go to such an extreme means to get a specific gender baby must have very narrow ideas of what each gender means. Such as I like sports and trucks and want a boy so we can do manly things together OR my daughter and I are going to spend wonderful days at ballet classes and dressing up in Frozen costumes playing with Barbies.

If they just wanted a kid and not a gender stereotyoe they would not be trying to get a specific gender child.

I wonder what happens when her girl is not at all what she expects a girl to be?

It's not extreme. She was having IVF and this was an option.

It is extreme to sex select.

But if she didn't, her doctor would. What's the difference? If you end up with two (or more) equally healthy embryos, and you know the sex from chromosomal testing, who should get to decide which one to transfer? the parent(s)? the embryologist? the reproductive endocrinologist?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just think that those who go to such an extreme means to get a specific gender baby must have very narrow ideas of what each gender means. Such as I like sports and trucks and want a boy so we can do manly things together OR my daughter and I are going to spend wonderful days at ballet classes and dressing up in Frozen costumes playing with Barbies.

If they just wanted a kid and not a gender stereotyoe they would not be trying to get a specific gender child.

I wonder what happens when her girl is not at all what she expects a girl to be?

It's not extreme. She was having IVF and this was an option.

It is extreme to sex select.

But if she didn't, her doctor would. What's the difference? If you end up with two (or more) equally healthy embryos, and you know the sex from chromosomal testing, who should get to decide which one to transfer? the parent(s)? the embryologist? the reproductive endocrinologist?

The doctors don't decide based on preference. I agree it's weird to do and just feels odd, like a jinx. It's almost like if you choose a girl to paint nails and go shopping, you'll end up with a butch lesbian truck driver.

[Anonymous]

I didn't even know this was possible. We've had a couple friends go through the IVF process and they weren't able to choose the sex.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just think that those who go to such an extreme means to get a specific gender baby must have very narrow ideas of what each gender means. Such as I like sports and trucks and want a boy so we can do manly things together OR my daughter and I are going to spend wonderful days at ballet classes and dressing up in Frozen costumes playing with Barbies.

If they just wanted a kid and not a gender stereotyoe they would not be trying to get a specific gender child.

I wonder what happens when her girl is not at all what she expects a girl to be?

It's not extreme. She was having IVF and this was an option.

It is extreme to sex select.

But if she didn't, her doctor would. What's the difference? If you end up with two (or more) equally healthy embryos, and you know the sex from chromosomal testing, who should get to decide which one to transfer? the parent(s)? the embryologist? the reproductive endocrinologist?

The doctors don't decide based on preference. I agree it's weird to do and just feels odd, like a jinx. It's almost like if you choose a girl to paint nails and go shopping, you'll end up with a butch lesbian truck driver.

Hilarious

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't even know this was possible. We've had a couple friends go through the IVF process and they weren't able to choose the sex.

Same here. Maybe this isn't offered to "normal" people?