to select the sex of a child. I mean if a family has two sons and they want their third child to be a girl. Is science has advanced so much to let the parents decide the sex of their next child
2006-09-27 07:15:45 · 20 answers · asked by sony_sony 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Yes, it's possible....but it'll cost you.
They basically fertilize the eggs in a petri dish, and after three cell divisions, they take one of the eight cells and and extract the DNA to determine the child's sex, as well as check for various genetic abnormalities, etc. You can then decide whether to implant the microscopic little ball of cells, freeze it for later use, or destroy it.
2006-09-27 07:17:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think this is highly unethical. the people that would do this....aren't these the same types of people that consider sex changes as a result of gender confusion to be acceptable? what about that? what if your child was supposed to be a girl and you decided to make it a boy and when it is growing up (i'm calling it an it because at this point i don't know what gender to refer to it as) it gets all confused and wants to have a sex change? then, you'll end up with a girl anyway and look, you spent all that money etc. on genetic alteration to make the kid a boy and all for nothing...wtf? seriously, people, let nature do it's thing.
2006-09-27 07:25:40 · answer #2 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont agree with choosing just for the perfect family. Choosing should only be for medical reasons only, eg. when having a particular sex of child will mean that child develops a disease. Other than that, nature knows best.
2006-09-27 12:23:29 · answer #3 · answered by Princess415 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I understand, there are scientific procedures that allow you to choose the sex of your child. There are also some old wives tales that are said to help determine the sex of the child.
2006-09-27 07:23:37 · answer #4 · answered by kjclaycamp82 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that some fertility clinics have methods were the child is most likely going to be a certain sex, but nothing is 100%. if you are really serious about this talk to your wife's obgyn and ask them to suggest a fertility clinic that might help you.
2006-09-27 07:18:26 · answer #5 · answered by sushi_lover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - about 80% liklihood. Ask an OB-GYN. They can put sperm in a centrifuge and spin out the male-producing from the female-producing sperm and inseminate the woman with one of the batches. Expensive, but fairly easy.
2006-09-27 08:24:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the science is there but not used currently for the purpose you stated. There are doubts this will ever be the case as at the moment it is only and may i add rarely used for medical reasons.
2006-09-27 13:47:33 · answer #7 · answered by gemma b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its up 2 u!! when the sperm hits the egg thats when the sex is determined its something 2 do with the X Y chromosome but when us girls conceive you decide the sex lol
2006-09-27 15:58:39 · answer #8 · answered by shelley b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have two kids and i wanted my second to be a girl so i done some searching and the only advise i could find was to eat sertain foods, i tryed it and it didnt work cos i now have 2 boys lol i havent heard of any other way tho.
2006-09-27 07:19:06 · answer #9 · answered by ladyblaze 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a bunch of food myths. But thats all they are... myths. I'm sure if one was to invest enough money there might be a way to increase the likelyhood of the sex...
2006-09-27 07:21:56 · answer #10 · answered by kyisha17 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋