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[Athyna]

NEW YORK - The number of baby boys conceived by a fertility treatment known as ICSI may be lower than what is produced by Mother Nature, a new study suggests.

On average, there are 105 baby boys born for every 100 girls — a natural advantage that helps balance out the higher number of deaths among male fetuses and infants. But in the new study, researchers found that this male-to-female birth ratio seems to be reversed when infants are conceived through intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI.

Among more than 15,000 U.S. babies born in 2005 via assisted reproduction, the investigators found that a particular ICSI approach appeared to result in a smaller-than-average number of boys.

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[Veazey]

Then the odds would be in the guy's favor.  A-ha!

[Kitten of Chaos]

unless they're breeding lesbians.

[Athyna]

unless they're breeding lesbians.

Or Miss Kitty's.

[Kitten of Chaos]

unless they're breeding lesbians.

Or Miss Kitty's.

or lesbian Miss Kitty's.....somehow

[Athyna]

[Derp]

The proper terminology for my sexual preferences elude me as well.

[Foo]

I'm pretty sure that society can handle the absurdly small percentage of fewer boys this will cause.

[Derp]

AN UNNOTICABLY LARGER PERCENTAGE OF BOOBIES!

YAY!

[Athyna]

 

[Elf 1]

I was under the impression that 48% of adults in the US were male so the fact that more males are born via natural means is sort of odd to me.  I don't remember where I heard that, but it was some time in the nineties and could have been off even then.  It's not like I ever had it verified or anything.

[Athyna]

You could be right.  I remember hearing that more babies are boys but more boy babies die from SIDS and stuff so that when you get to reproductive age, it evens out.