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Originally Posted by allieyoung666
No people who pick the gender of their child is shallow, I would have loved girl, but I would not waste my time or money on something like this, Majority of alements lay dormant untill something triggers such as stress, you cannot change that. I am sorry to say what you get is what you have got so get on with it!!!!
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Unless I've misinterpreted what you meant, that is simply not true. We are not talking about ailments. We are talking about some quite horrific disorders already known to be carried a parent(s) which can be prevented or at least lessen the chance of being passed on by being able to determine the gender of the child. In those cases I see no problem with gender selection.
It is much better to determine gender at IVF and know that for example, in X-linked conditions, a girl would not be affected by the condition or would stand a 50% chance of being just another carrier. That's better than taking a 50% risk of having a child that has a 50% risk of being affected with the actual condition itself.
I do agree with you that choice of gender on just a whim is not the right thing.