Roberta,

No one wishes girls with CAH to suffer embarrassment but early surgery is no guarantee of immunity from emotional pain and often seems to result in greater emotional damage than what is experienced by young women who are given the power to make their own choice. This very topic has been recently discussed at length under the threads started by Veronica and Goldie on the adult CAH board. Don’t just take my word for it, see for yourself what others have had to say:  http://www.insidetheweb.com/mbs.cgi/mb1095500

Thank you for caring,

Joan