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Can a lesbian can have a baby boy?

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Yes: Only if she gets pregnant or adopts.

Answered 5/14/2014

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Dr. Henry Ng answered

Yes: Any woman of child bearing age can have a child, assuming she is otherwise healthy. Her sexual orientation is not associated with her fertility, rather her choice of partner in her relationships.

Answered 9/11/2014

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Equal chance: A persons sexual orientation does not change the gender chances of conception. The lesbian would need a male sperm donor to become pregnant. The sex chromosome of the sperm that fertilized the egg will determine the sex of the fetus.

Answered 7/24/2020

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Yes: Whether a woman is heterosexual or heterosexual, if she becomes pregnant, having a male is possible.

Answered 7/22/2020

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Yes: Yes, if the sperm that fertilized the egg carried Y chromosome. Humans do not reproduce by parthenogenesis.

Answered 7/24/2020

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Dr. Malinda Linn answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Without a doubt: Being a lesbian has nothing to do with the sex of a child. Despite your sexual preference making a child still requires an egg (from a woman) and a sperm (from a man). The egg carries the sex chromosomes that make her female, xx; while the sperm carries those that make him a male, xy. A female donates an x and a male donates an x or y, actually determining the sex the baby will be.

Answered 11/27/2017

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Dr. Henry Ng answered

Depends: Women of any sexual orientation of child-bearing age may experience pregnancy and have biologic children. Sexual orientation does not direct the biologic ability to conceive.

Answered 3/12/2016

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Yes. : Sure. Lesbians can bear children the same as non-lesbian women.

Answered 5/12/2016

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Gender: Being lesbian does not bear any influence on what gender a child would be.

Answered 7/23/2020

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