Boy or girl? See what your mother-to-be eats


	Boy or girl? See what your mother-to-be eats

arifsali

4-24-2008 5:12 PM

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4-24-2008 6:18 PM

deb2012

further emasculating men....?

4-24-2008 7:30 PM

rvnurse2b

ummmm it could be the FATHERS are eating the same things and thereby producing more xy sperm. Did they control for this? Is each woman garaunteed the same number of xx sperm and xy sperm in order to validate this study?

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