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A newborn with undefined sex is moral torture for parents who cannot present a gendered child to the family. It is therefore a matter of relative urgency to choose a gender which will render this child visible to society. Four factors influence the choice of gender: (1) internal sex, represented by the child’s genetic, gonadal, and hormonal profiles; (2) external sex, which is the appearance of the genitalia, and more specifically the size of the GT and the possible presence of a retrourethral müllerian cavity; (3) functional sex, which comprises the potential future fertility and the capacity of having intercourse as a male or a female, and (4) social sex, which refers to the cultural medium where the child will grow. The mother’s deep feelings are of utmost importance in this decision-making process [29].