Taylor Odlozil married his high school sweetheart, Hayley, after finding out she had terminal ovarian cancer and could not have kids. The two decided to have a child with a surrogate in 2019, even though they knew Hayley would only be there for brief of the child’s life. Taylor opened up about deciding the baby’s gender during the surrogacy process.
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Omg 😢❤
Immediate tears😭
Soooo. You were going to transplant the healthiest embryo…unless it was a GIRL! This guy is a joke and a fraud using the death of his wife to promote himself.
In majority countries you just know the number of embrios you have, you find out gender when you are 10 weeks pregnant like everyone else.
Because you should be grateful that ivf worked out at all, and you will become a parent at all.
Gender choosing literally puts as back in ancient time, where certain genders were prefered
I think what is wrong with this is if they believe in god they would not have done IVF. As Christians don’t believe in IVF. And what about your child…. What about the impact of them not having a mom….. it’s all very selfish.
Disturbing and disgusting. Misogyny is wild
Disturbing. Embrios are babies. Humanity needs soul searching. Those are babies. If they are distroyed it is like abortion. Playing god .
She was so sweet…
Wow am I the only one who thinks this is really messed up?! I mean, if you really want the healthiest baby, why even bother about the gender and come on it’s 2024 and some people still have this weird obsession with boys!
Does this not seem unethical to anyone else?
Horrible man
Broke my heart 😔🥹🥺
10-12 viable embryos that’s what he said. What happened to those precious babies. Life begins at conception. Those are humans. We should not play God. This is super scary hearing him talk so chill about this. IV is immoral. Unfortunately people can’t always get what they want. I wish everyone who wanted a baby could have one but some people just can’t have biological children. It’s very sad but we should not be playing God to just get what you WANT. It is not a right to have children.
And then they left all those “embryos” (ie their other children)
This stuff is science fiction horror. Absolutely repulsive.
She may not have wanted to take the chance of passing on the same cancer to her daughter…plus, she wanted to leave you a buddy! ❤
I understand that this family was going through so much at the time of this decision but choosing an embryo based on gender is disgusting to me no matter if it was a girl or a boy. I don’t believe in IVF at all morally or ethically. All the other viable embryos will just.. what? Die? Remain frozen? These are babies lives we are playing with
I watched this podcast. My heart sure went through all emotions. I cried th entire podcast. ❤❤❤❤
I know a lot of people are going to be mad about this. But he’s just being honest. He wanted a boy. That’s allowed. You shouldn’t lie about your feelings even if they aren’t the most decent feelings.
I don’t want my husband to tell me he loves my dress when he thinks it’s ugly.
Wow. 10-11 healthy embryos died so that they could have one born. And Christians say they believe that life begins at conception yet they're fine discarding healthy and "non viable" embryos. How many dead because of this? Embryos are human people with their own unique DNA.
So you didn’t actually agree to do the healthiest option. Number 1 and number 2 were girls. But that wasn’t good enough. I find this gross and weird. Glad the comment section agrees 😅
Any time I listen to you talk about your late wife makes me cry. You have done such an amazing job going through this process and my heart aches for you and your boy. I’m sure your wife’s looking down on you and smiling. Stay strong, Gods with you every day. ❤
Oh my! What a gracious, loving woman.
Choosing an embryo that’s less healthy, not even top two choices… because it’s a boy? Weird
So the others were disposable?!!!
Wow all the hate. I cannot believe. Hailey wanted to give him that boy so he'd have a pal and companion. She knew she may not live and wanted him to have a son. I don't see anything wrong if you get to choose getting what you want. It's not like they had an abortion based on sex. He's would've made a great girl dad too.
Wait, how could you tell if it’s a boy or a girl and choosing the gender doesn’t even sit right with me just my opinion. What happens with the other embryos also.
Throwing a fit because you don’t like the gender of the babies is so gross. Hurts my heart
Obviously, he wasn't "fine having a girl." He bypassed the 2 healthiest embryos. I don't agree with his sentiments at all, but I'm glad it was a boy because I do think it's "easier" for lack of a better word for this single man to raise a boy. Sounds like he would've been lost with a girl. Having said that, I certainly hope no future daughters in his life ever feel that they are "second best."
That woman was so brave, selfless, brave, emotionally intelligent… we are all better people from your family sharing your journey with us. I am SO appreciative! GOD BLESS EVERYONE❤❤❤
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This is so sad. Poor girls didn’t stand a chance
I have a lot of empathy for this man, and all that he has suffered, but what he is talking about here is evil. Those embryos are all children and to be able to talk like this about discarding human beings is a true tragedy. Our culture has failed him.
“I’m fine with having a girl…” oh did you mean to say that you’re absolutely ecstatic to have the opportunity to have a beautiful healthy baby through IVF???
Prioritizing gender over the health of a potential human… disgusting
A boy carries on the name. A woman should always want to give her man a male. Doesn’t always happen but it means a lot to them
So where are your other embryos?
Playing God isn’t cool. What did they do with the other 11?
What a creep
Eww this guy
Yeah no .. ha.a
Oh yeah… Health over gender…
I don’t even care that they wanted a specific gender just that he didn’t even think to tell her to have her girl , the daughter she always wanted , he can still have more kids , just kind of disappointed that wasn’t the response, she was so selfless and lovely 😢
For all those saying this is wrong, or that it hurts your little feelings somehow, I must ask you: are you saying that this couple should have had all 13 embryos grow to full term?
I watched this without realizing she did but god he’s the worst like there’s nothing I hate more then a guy who doesn’t appreciate having a girl
Such a good video! I love you Abby, keep being yourself baby girl. Your heart is so pure. I love this side of you.
Think about it in another way, the man’s name and legacy will continue with the boy having his last name. A girl name can change once she gets married, I could see why.
So that's why in india it's illegal to know the gender coz of people like this and worse than him.
I just saw this guy for the first time and he managed to convince me he is a jerk in 60 seconds… That's a talent right there.
Playing god