I probably wouldn’t but it is their child and their business.

Parents undergoing IVF have enough of a struggle without judgements being thrown at them about ‘choices’. How many of them would choose IVF over conceiving naturally? The fact that they may choose one healthy embryo over another, and they might have a choice of girl verses boy – what if they were all one gender? What if the implant failed? Who is to say they won’t choose a different gender next time? Parents make the best decision they can at that particular time, and it shouldn’t be for others to harshly judge their journey.

She had the choice and had a gender preference, I don’t see the big deal. Had she been pregnant and aborted the pregnancy just because it wasn’t the sex she wanted? Then that would be a problem.

yes she needs to brush it off! who cares as long as the baby is healthy and happy!

I struggled with infertility so I was happy to implant the best and strongest embryo. I had no preference for gender. I just wanted a healthy, full-term baby.

Everyone is different. As someone who struggled to conceive, I only had one viable embryo through the first round of Ivf, the second round there were 5. 1 was implanted and failed, out of the other 4 none here viable. I didn’t care about the sex. Like I said, everyone is different

Not sure if i would choose the gender or not as i have not been in a situation like this

I don’t think it’s anyone’s business what they decide. They’re happy and not hurting anyone. People will always have differing opinions. I’m just glad that the child will be loved dearly.

I dont see that she did anything wrong at all.
Its not like she was pregnant and decided to abort because it was a boy and just kept trying until she had a girl.
There would have been more then 1 embryo and they would have told her what sex they were. They all belong to her but for now she selected the girl. We dont know the sex of the others but maybe they will join the family at a later date.

She is lucky to conceive with IVF, we tried so many times but it never worked for us. All these people that are negative have no idea what it’s like to struggle with infertility. Is it right or wrong to choose the gender of your child? No one knows so it’s best to congratulate the couple and wish them a happy and healthy baby.

The thing with IVF is indeed that more then 1 egg is fertilized, 1 is picked and the rest is they throw away…makes me wonder if I personally can be pro IVF. But then again IVF is probably for those who can’t conceive a huge blessing. Who am I to judge ?

Selecting a gender, means the \\\’non selected gender\\\’ in Chrissy\\\’s case, the boys get flushed down the toilet. IVF is the process of making babies, selecting which ones you want ie: the rating 1 – 4 and then destroying the rest. OMG!!! What a world we have created that we make babies just to kill those we don\\\’t want, IVF is akin to abortion or infanticide.

If you have to have IVF to be able to conceive then I can’t see any thing wrong in picking the gender at the same time.

if the technology is out there and you feel ok using it GO FOR IT!
I would love a pink one, and if I could would be very happy to choose x

Congrats to them and wishing them well with the birth of their bub.

If there is a genetic disease in the family that is in one sex only, and a baby could suffer a very bad quality of life, knowing the baby would suffer terribly, that is when I would make the difficult decision, not for myself but so that no baby would suffer such discomfort.

I know many mothers who would have loved the chance to choose their child’s gender. I don’t know whether I would have done this. I do have some concerns, its a bit scary where we may end up in years to come but I’m not totally against it. I also think she is very brave to tell the world what she as done.

I am not sure how I feel about this. It is not my personal choice however I am not one to critisise other people’s decsions.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 28 Feb 2016 , 2:35 pm

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  Good on you – it is their decision.

I can totally understand her decision – congratulation! For those of you who have not had trouble conceiving – take heart – its a long a tough road. Congratulations are very much in order.

I feel uneasy about this unless its for medical reasons – but I understand the impulse too.