Is it OK, when adopting, to choose the sex of the child that you want? I have personal experience in this issue and I say ABSOLUTELY. I had three biological children consisting of two boys and one girl and was not able to have any more children. I really wanted four children so my husband and I decided to adopt. I will say that when I filled out the paperwork for the agency I did not specify boy or girl but I let my feelings be known that we would really like a sister for our daughter. The Blog Adoption And Gender Preference at The Mom Squawk Blog had some interesting points on the subject…………

"I admit, this question now has me rattled, even though it’s currently a
purely academic one (as my husband and I are at this time broke and
exhausted, we wouldn’t wind up at the top of the “potential adoptive
parents” list at any agency around now).  But here goes:  We have two
boys.  When we used to talk about adoption, we never thought of
gender.  Now we do.  And I just assumed it was OK to say “We’d like to
adopt a girl.”  What’s wrong with that?"

The article talks about the women filling out the adoption paperwork and therefore more prefer girls. I have to say that I was thinking of my biological daughter having a sister and not of myself. I am the parent of two wonderful boys and find them to be much easier to raise. When you make a decision as important as adoption it should be your choice and no one should have anything to say about it. Having personal experience in the whole adoption process, I know that I made the right choice in asking for a girl and though I would have been ecstatic to have another son, my girls now have each other for life.