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Baby Girl, Baby Boy or Intersex?

Of course you want a baby girl or baby boy but definitely not an intersex baby, right? Intersex are people whose gender are difficult to determine. They were born with reproductive organs that are different from those of a boy and girl thus making it difficulty to say whether it is a boy or a girl. This condition is called typical genitalia, a congenital birth defect of the sex organs making it difficult to identify whether a child is a girl or a boy. It is characterized by the baby having both testicles and vulva. It is also characterized by a baby girl having a large clitoris like a penis and a baby boy having testicles that have not properly descended. Causes of atypical genitalia:   - hormonal imbalance   - variations in genetics   - fetal tissues that have not properly formed into normal genitals   Treatment of atypical genitalia - surgery is done to either add or remove the reproductive organ that is suited or not suited to the child'...