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Choosing Your Childs Sex?!?!
Posted: 07-26-07 21:44pm
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wow this topic really caught my eye. i
never knew something like this even
existed or that there was a way to choose
your childs sex?
should parents be able to choose their
childrens sex?
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Posted: 07-26-07 21:47pm
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I didn't know you could? Or am i not
getting something here? 
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Tylanas
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Posted: 07-26-07 22:57pm
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Genetics and gene manipulation of course.
It's a bit off, but some day it is
feasable that you could adjust the womb at
certain moments of gestation to choose the
gender of your child.
Personally no, I don't think this is
necessary. In fact, when I give birth to
my first child some day, I am going to
demand the nurses and docs don't tell me
the gender from the ultrasounds! I want my
baby to be a surprise  Just like me and my
bro were
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 07-27-07 05:54am
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i think you should be happy with what you
get after all a baby is a baby
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mamaTT
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Posted: 07-27-07 09:50am
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I would never chooses the gender of my
baby. I'll have what I'm meant to have.
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Posted: 07-27-07 10:13am
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| Eiri
wrote: | Genetics and gene
manipulation of course. It's a bit off,
but some day it is feasable that you could
adjust the womb at certain moments of
gestation to choose the gender of your
child.
Personally no, I don't think this is
necessary. In fact, when I give birth to
my first child some day, I am going to
demand the nurses and docs don't tell me
the gender from the ultrasounds! I want my
baby to be a surprise Just like me and my
bro were |
Do you think that is how they would do it?
If something went wrong they'd end up
with an androgynous child.
I figured if science found a way to do
this, it would be by artificial
insemination. Either, combine sperm + egg
in a petri-dish, then choose the zygote of
the gender you want and implant. Or, find
a way to test the gender of sperm (since
it is the sperm that determines gender)
and separate out all the desired gendered
sperm and then inseminate.
I wouldn't want to choose if I could
though. I'm not too set on having either
a girl or a boy - I'd be happy either way.
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Posted: 07-27-07 10:15am
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Anne that is the way i think it should be
done..
the way that Eiri described doesn't sound
like it is 100% accurate..or even 95%...
i would never do that.. i'm not even going
to find out what i'm having until i have
it!!
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Posted: 07-27-07 10:21am
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| Anne123
wrote: | If something went wrong
they'd end up with an androgynous child.
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Ugh! I never pondered that. That's just
disgusting to me. I was happy when I
delivered my children and they were girls,
but I probably would have been just as
happy had they been boys. I didn't peek
ahead of time, so both were a surprise
(not really, I think I knew all along
anyway). If we start genetically
manipualting sex, then comes intelligence,
blue eyes and blonde hair, etc etc. I
think the ramifications are terrifying.
But I know that some fertility clinics
have already offered this to their
patients. I heard about it several months
ago in an interview on NPR.
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Posted: 07-27-07 11:37am
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genselect.com - where you can choose your
child's sex???
well i just dont think its normal at all
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Posted: 07-27-07 12:52pm
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| the_girlfreind
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well i just dont think its normal at
all |
Ok i never knew that........lmao I
wouldn't do it. You get what you get. At
this point after 3 years of trying i'm
just happy to be pregnant.
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young Girl
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Posted: 07-27-07 12:53pm
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| Hollyberries
wrote: | | the_girlfreind
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well i just dont think its normal at
all |
Ok i never knew that........ha ha ha I
wouldn't do it. You get what you get. At
this point after 3 years of trying i'm
just happy to be
pregnant. |
thats how it should be :]
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Posted: 07-27-07 16:25pm
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I know!! Just thinking about the day I'll
give birth (some day long, long from now)
and hear the doc tell me the gender of my
gooey pile of exhausted new baby, makes me
excited ^^ hehehe.
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Posted: 08-01-07 02:03am
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I think it could be beneficial in couples
who are carrying a genetic defect which
only affects one particular sex. For
example, I was told that because I was
suspected as being a carrier of an eye
disorder that was serious in boys, I could
choose an abortion if I was found to be
carrying a boy. Well, it's only one step
away from that to say before you get
pregnant, let's make sure you can only
have girls because then you won't pass on
the disorder.
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Posted: 08-01-07 08:49am
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| Jules
wrote: | | I think it could be
beneficial in couples who are carrying a
genetic defect which only affects one
particular sex. For example, I was told
that because I was suspected as being a
carrier of an eye disorder that was
serious in boys, I could choose an
abortion if I was found to be carrying a
boy. Well, it's only one step away from
that to say before you get pregnant, let's
make sure you can only have girls because
then you won't pass on the
disorder. |
You do make a good point there, Jules. I
can think of a few sex-linked disorders
like sickle cell anemia for example.
Never thought of that. It still scares
me, though, to manipulate the genes of our
children. It seems like it could be a
slippery slope.
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Posted: 08-01-07 10:11am
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i saw on good morning america a few months
back about a couple who had them make sure
the child would not carry a certain kind
of cancer .
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Posted: 08-01-07 10:44am
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| sillyakchick
wrote: | | Jules
wrote: | | I think it could be
beneficial in couples who are carrying a
genetic defect which only affects one
particular sex. For example, I was told
that because I was suspected as being a
carrier of an eye disorder that was
serious in boys, I could choose an
abortion if I was found to be carrying a
boy. Well, it's only one step away from
that to say before you get pregnant, let's
make sure you can only have girls because
then you won't pass on the
disorder. |
You do make a good point there, Jules. I
can think of a few sex-linked disorders
like sickle cell anemia for example.
Never thought of that. It still scares
me, though, to manipulate the genes of our
children. It seems like it could be a
slippery slope. |
I am inclined to agree. I think it would
be far better to adopt a child already in
existence than mess with nature like that.
It's certainly not something I would do
personally.
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Posted: 08-01-07 12:28pm
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I would never choose.. I figure you should
just be happy with what you get.
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Posted: 08-01-07 18:43pm
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Really good points you
guys. I'm just thinking for now
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Posted: 08-17-07 21:49pm
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i know of a lady who had 6 sons and the
whole time just wanted a little girl, she
ended up "choosing the sex" and having a
daughter
in situations I can understand it, I don't
know how I feel about it though
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Posted: 11-06-07 11:46am
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I see what people mean by it not being
right. But sometimes it might be
neccessary. Take me for example, I have
XPID, a rare genetic disorder that means
one of the X chromosomes are mutated.
Girls are OK because they have an extra X,
but boys alomst always die because they
have one X and if it is mutated, they have
none.
It is difficult for me to get pregnant
anyway, and if I had a baby, it would have
to be a girl. The only way to be sure of
this is to do the choosing.
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