One of her protagonists is seized by a fear that her baby might grow up to resemble a boy named Luke, who died.

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The 80s saw the last of the baby boomers grow up and go to work.

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Ultimately the sex chosen for an intersex baby is the one doctors and their family believe they will grow up to identify with best.

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As a baby, she says, Breanna had a hearty appetite, and her parents joked that she would grow up to be like her dad -- a 6-foot, 200-pound man.

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