Nana is back in California! They’re discussing Meredith’s Day 5 4BB and Day 7 4BA embryos (better known at Chip & Dale); the nail-biting wait on genetic test results, whether or not to learn the sex, and if so, WHEN?

TOPICS COVERED

• 0:00 - Introduction and Catch Up 
• 04:09 - Should I find out the sex of my embryos? 
• 16:10 - “The Parents Who Want Daughters and Daughters Only” by Emi Nietfeld
• 22:30 - The Birth of the BLASTOSHOWER
• 23:56 - Survival Rates of Female/Male Embryos 
• 33:34 - Processing Grief Over Lost Eggs and Embryos 

ARTICLES DISCUSSED

• The Parents Who Want Daughters and Daughters Only, Emi Nietfeld for Slate
• Survival of the Fetus: Why Males Have it So Rough, LiveScience
• Female embryos less likely to survive to birth, University of Oxford
• Embryo quality, ploidy, and transfer outcomes in male versus female blastocysts, National Institutes of Health

PLACES MENTIONED

• Glen Ivy Day Spa
• Kookaburra Lounge

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I'm becoming a single mother by choice using a known donor; I'm so stoked to be having a baby with my gay best friend. After a few tries with the turkey baster in 2023, I turned to IVF in Spring of 2024.

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