The Same River Twice

During our last class, we didn't have much time to discuss this book by Chris Offutt. It didn't take me long to see exactly what I would write about. It's funny to say but by reading this book, my biology class and english class are finally overlapping!! It's great to know that I can finally apply knowledge from one to benefit from the other. Chris is a man struggling to find his true purpose in life I feel like. He is always looking for more and seems to have high hopes and dreams that are so important to him that he can't even settle with his wife on having a baby. Fortunately Chris decides that he will agree to take part in babymaking, and even so, they still cannot get pregnant. They go to the doctor and physically they both check out as capable adults who can produce offspring. This is where my bio comes in! Just yesterday we have been learning about the female and male reproductive system. We learned certain techniques that would even give parents a better chance of making a girl or a boy if they wished to choose. That being said, none of these tips are always the case but sometimes it helps. Chris mentions that he was going to start wearing loose boxers, and we learned yesterday that it would more likely lead to having a son! After I read on, we will have to see what sex the baby will be, if they do end up having one! Also,  he talked about how when the testes are cold and hot, it makes a difference in sperm. This is true- we learned that the sperm like to live in a colder temperature environment as opposed to the rest of the body. That means that if Chris had been wearing tight boxers, they would be sitting in a much too warm environment to produce enough or healthy sperm. There are obviously many factors which the two adults attempting conception should take into consideration but I thought this was very interesting being as I had just learned about it yesterday! Now to find out if they can conceive and what sex this baby will be...