<p>I don’t think I would utilize this service- unless they have some way of accelerating the maturation rate, and could * in the immortal words of Dr Frank-n- furter*
Make me a man 
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<p>IMHO, I couldn’t have done any better if they had been “designer”! ;)</p>
<p>I would change one thing, that we would all have the same shoe size…they have some great shoes one size too small for me…</p>
<p>as well, I would implant a gene where they want to cook, giving me a break</p>
<p>cgm~</p>
<p>My oldest D and I wear the same size shoe…a size 6 (occasionally 6.5). My middle D wears a larger size than both of us, but at least I can share with the one! My oldest D, youngest D, and middle son all like to cook! :)</p>
<p>Some of these parents are in for a big surprise – using the egg or sperm of a smart/tall/good looking/[any other desirable characteristic] individual doesn’t guarantee the same in the offspring.</p>
<p>I suppose they could sue because the product didn’t work as advertised.</p>
<p>Fendrock is certainly correct. I have a single friend who used a very “designer” sperm doner: Harvard med school student, reportedly tall and very handsome…her offspring is pleasing to look at, but has allllllllll kinds of problems. </p>
<p>No guarentees is right.</p>
<p>I was thinking the same thing, fendrock. Anyone who believes that they can order up a certain kind of child, aside from the grossest physical characteristics (height, eye color), is delusional. Our older S is clearly the child of my husband and me; he is very much like us and has even (unfortunately) inherited some of my tendencies toward disorganization and procrastination. (Of course, there is a question about whether he inherited these unfortunate qualities or learned them by observing me.) Our younger S is so different from us that we are constantly asking one another where he came from. The older one was IVF, the younger a surprise. If the forms of conception had been reversed I would be wondering whether they mixed things up in the lab. The younger one is an absolutely delightful child, sweet, happy, social, and talented in an area for which my husband and I have no aptitude. I still don’t know how he came out of us.</p>
<p>Fendrock, I think you can safely count on tall and blue eyes, if those are the characteristics of the gamete donors. But I suspect that the consumers of this service are looking for things like high intelligence and athletic ability.</p>
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<strong><em>ROFLMAO</em></strong>!!! I account for it this way: any phenomenally wonderful characteristics came from ME. The rest is my hubster’s fault. :D</p>
<p>What good traits get inherited is such a crapshoot! Just for physical characteristics, we’ve produced kids who are far more good looking than either H or I. D is built like Audrey Hepburn, & son is built like a linebacker. Glad that wasn’t reversed…lucked out, and somehow the mix of genes fell into place nicely with facial features, too. Son’s ADD is clearly passed on from both sides. So much of the rest is still being debated in the nature vs. nurture discussion. But son’s absolute obsession with cars is so strong, that as a baby he’d crawl over to them in the driveway, so I have to believe in a natural inclination. D does exude the confident, first-born inependence & I wonder if a change in birth order would have altered that.</p>
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LOL. And with that we’re reminded of the classic punchline delivered by the crusty weathered warty old fart to the gorgeous starlet “But, my dear, what if the child was born with your brains and my beauty?” I’ve always credited it to G.B. Shaw. I’ve seen others credited also.</p>
<p>“I account for it this way: any phenomenally wonderful characteristics came from ME. The rest is my hubster’s fault.”</p>
<p>You’re right, berurah! Thank you for reminding me. Next time we’ve marvelling at how we managed to produce this ebullient child, I’ll claim to be the source.</p>
<p>This is somewhat off topic, but I’ve wondered how Baby M has fared over the years.</p>
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CLAIM TO BE??? You ARE!!! 
<em>ROFL</em></p>
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Hubster and I always say that our kids are better than the sum of the parts! <em>lol</em> ;)</p>