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[quote=Anonymous]OP here! Test results are in, and Adrian has the hormonal profile of a boy and is expected to develop accordingly during puberty, etc. So, for sex of rearing, the doctors recommended male and that's what we're going with. All that means really is shifting to he/him pronouns and checking the "male" box on official forms now - we're still not going to pursue any kind of medically unnecessary surgery unless/until Adrian expresses a wish for that himself.

So that's that! In terms of what caused this to happen, that remains a bit of a mystery. The geneticist explained there are any number of genes that, if duplicated or if they're otherwise operating very strongly, can push sex development in the male direction in a 46XX person - scientists don't know what all of them are yet, since the field of genetics is one that's very much in progress and doctors are learning more every day. The most common one is the SRY gene, which I've mentioned before, but Adrian is SRY-negative so . . . ::shrug:: With testing we may eventually be able to pinpoint the precise gene, but it's not urgent since he's otherwise TOTALLY HEALTHY and AWESOME and BEAUTIFUL and so attentive and smiley! Essentially what this boils down to is that he's a normal, healthy kid with some genetic and anatomical quirks.

And of course, if Adrian wakes up in however many years and tells us that actually s/he is a girl after all, then that's also fine by us.

I suppose this isn't the end of the story, but I feel a bit of closure now that the gender assignment question isn't a giant question mark. Again, huge thanks to every single person in this thread who took a moment out of their day to offer me words of support and encouragement. My husband and I are in a good place with all this, and our families are all taking it in stride. I suppose all that's left to do now is to focus on the usual work of raising my adorable little baby and his hilarious, adorable big brother and hopefully ensure they're both kind, open-minded people who are comfortable with themselves. That's the easy part after all this, right?  :lol: [/quote]

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