Boy or Girl?

This week I spoke to a genetic counselor from the place that will be testing our embryos to make sure they do not have an inverted chromosome.  She spoke about the process of testing the cells and how they would get the results.  She also talked to us about what the results would entail.  We would know which embryos have the inverted chromosome as well as which were "normal" or balanced.  We could also know which embryos were male and which were female.  

How crazy is that!  Modern medicine has made it possible for people to have children even with issues that would otherwise render them infertile.  We can now have children and know what the gender is before they are even implanted.  I know for some this process is unnatural...you are playing the hand of God.  To others who have felt the cold hand of infertility and child loss in their lives modern medicine is a miracle!  

The questions that have gone through my mind over and over is would choosing our babies gender be us trying to play God?  If He really wanted us to have kids wouldn't he make it happen without the need of a fertility doctor?  Don't we trust in His timing?  All of these different thoughts came flooding through my mind. The bottom line being is choosing the gender of your child taking into our own hands that which God himself should be doing?  Everyone has their own opinion.  Everyone has their own way of finding an answer.  In the end it may not matter either way.  If you are following the peace that God promises His children...what do you need more?