If a couple wanted to have a child, a boy, is the technology out there in the medical community/fertility treatments to determine the sex of a child?? All guidance welcomed.
2007-04-02 17:31:12 · 4 answers · asked by risz89 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
Yes! It's called PGD, Pre-Implantation Genetics Diagnostics. It has to be done with a fresh IVF cycle and the doctors test the embryos to see which are boys and which are girls and you choose which to transfer back into the womb. I plan on doing it next time and I think the success rate is like 99.5 or something like that. :)
2007-04-03 15:14:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, not 100% accurate but it is a process that involves separating the mans sperm by spinning it in a petri dish (xx and xy sperm weigh different amounts slightly so they seperate when rapidly spun) and thenusing the desired sperm to fertilize an egg and implanting it into the womans uterus.
It is very expensive and not entirely accurate>
2007-04-02 17:40:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sperm sorting, which was explained pretty nicely by an earlier answerer. Raises the odds of one over the other (I've heard as high as 90% chance of having the desired sex).
2007-04-02 17:42:17 · answer #3 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but to me its like playing God.
2007-04-02 17:35:09 · answer #4 · answered by dijfojri 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋