Research into famine producing more female births

Just been reading these and thought they might be of interest-

Natural Gender Selection: Starving Women Seem to Give Birth to More Daughters | 80beats | Discover Magazine

Hard Times Mean Fewer Baby Boys, Study Suggests | Sex Ratio & Famine | LiveScience

Thanks for sharing Serendipity :)

Yup, that was me - a Starving Woman! LOL! My family has even joked that I should name the baby "Ethiopia!" Ha! (no I am not encouraging anyone to starve themselves - just kidding. I mostly did 1600 cal per day but I did get to my lowest ever adult weight)

This is funny, Ethiopia! lol :)

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Originally Posted by NeedAGirl!

Yup, that was me - a Starving Woman! LOL! My family has even joked that I should name the baby "Ethiopia!" Ha! (no I am not encouraging anyone to starve themselves - just kidding. I mostly did 1600 cal per day but I did get to my lowest ever adult weight)

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OMG coffee just came out my nose!! that's hilarious (and actually is kinda pretty!!!) One time my husband dreamed we had a baby girl and I wanted to name her "Ethanie".

Thanks for posting the links Serendipity!!!!