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.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
Anonymous wrote: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 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.
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?