it's my understanding that there are factors which vary by individual which
influence the outcome fe/male at conception, such as timing and pH. i have also
heard (from an inquiring mind a non-peer-reviewed account) that the egg somehow
chooses which sperm 'she' wants. to the extent that these individual influences
are constant over time, the sex outcome of an individual foetus of a particular
couple might not be independent or random.
"Drake R. Bradley" wrote:
> Rich Ulrich wrote:
>
> > On 24 Jan 2000 09:08:59 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bushaw, Gordon
> > -ADMIN) wrote:
> >
> > > A related question-
> > > I seem to remember reading or hearing that the sex of a child after the
> > > first is substantially more likely to match the sex of the previous child
> > > than not. Does anyone have any information about this, or is it complete
> > > nonsense?
> >
> > It would be complete nonsense if anyone claimed that.
> > But you are probably imagining it.
>
> It is not clear to me why the poster's question is nonsense. He seems to be
> asking whether the outcome of successive births (boy/girl) are independent or
> not. Surely there are some scenario's under which these events could be
> nonindependent. Perhaps such scenarios are unlikely, but the poster seemed to
> be interested in getting information on that.
>
> Drake Bradley
> Bates College
>
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