Baby Gender Selection – When It’s All About Choice
Baby gender selection is a method of selecting the sex of your yet to be conceived baby. To have a preferred choice on the sex of your baby can sometimes halt the whole process of trying to get pregnant. What if you want a girl, but get a boy or vice versa?
When you have an image in your mind, a little girl dressed in the palest pink, or a bouncing baby boy wearing that gorgeous sailor suit that you bought. Along with this thought is the vision of the dollar sign. After all, you can’t get baby gender selection for free.
Whichever process you have thought of pursuing, it is of course going to cost money. Your hard earned cash. And will it guarantee you that beautiful baby boy, or that pretty little girl. No – It won’t. Will it guarantee you a pregnancy? Sorry, but that’s a ‘No’ yet again. Most medical methods of baby sex selection rely on IVF to complete the process. IVF has only a 30-35% chance of ending in pregnancy.
The main problem is that only ‘one’ method of baby gender selection comes anywhere near to the 100% guarantee that you should rightfully expect. PGD – Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis is a process where the embryo is screened before being placed into your uterus. Normally this process is only allowed for medical reasons, but some clinics are carrying out this method as a way of gender selection. These clinics are making a fortune as PGD is the most expensive form of baby gender selection.
In some countries PGD is banned, but if it is available in your country, then how much are you willing to pay? OK, so you have an extremely good chance of getting the gender that you want. But what about actual pregnancy statistics of PGD? Yet again they’re not that good – because PGD relies on IVF for implanting an embryo into your uterus, so unfortunately you are back to that 30-35% chance of becoming a Mom!
Are there other ways of achieving baby gender selection?
In this day and age, there are alternative methods for just about every problem imaginable. Natural methods for curing a headache, natural ways to reduce labor pain when giving birth. So it’s not surprising that are natural ways to conceive a boy – or conceive a girl!
Natural gender selection methods include charting ovulation, altering your diet slightly, using the correct positions during intercourse, and actually preparing your body for pregnancy!
From the Shettles method, to the Jonas method there are lots of ways to conceive the baby with your choice of gender. What’s more they don’t cost a fortune, and the success rates are 80% plus. The extra good news is that you’re not going through invasive medical procedures and emptying your bank balance at the same time.
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Gender Selection Methods
There are basically 4 gender selection methods. The methods varies in price and effectiveness. Below is a brief summary of the 4 gender selection methods.
The Gradient Method
This is where the sperms in transferred in a centrifuge and spun at high speeds. The spinning action will then seperate X-Chromosome (girl) bearing sperm from Y-Chromosome (boy) bearing sperm. The separation is possible because X-Chromosome bearing sperm is denser compared to Y-Chromosome bearing sperm. The separated sperms can then be used for gender selection.
Microsort
This is a process by which the type of sperm is identified on a special dye. X-Chromosome bearing sperm and Y-Chromosome bearing sperm can be easily differentiated by this procedure because X-Chromosome bearing sperm absorbs more dye. Differentiated sperms can then be use for gender selection.
PDG (Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis)
This is a complicating procedure in which the DNA of the embryos are analyzed in order to determine their sex and health. With the gender determined during the analysis process, couples can easily select the chosen embryo containing their desired sex.
The Shettles Method
The shettles method is a natural way of gender selection. Unlike the above 3 gender selection methods, the shettles method can be done at home without the help of doctors and specialists. According to
Shettles, it is said that….
To have a baby boy,
• Do not have sex 4-5 days before ovulation
• Have sex on the day of ovulation
• Douche before intercourse
• Woman must have multiple orgasms before sperm is ejaculated
• Ideal sex position is Doggy Style
To have a baby girl,
• Have intercourse a few days before ovulation
• Woman is recommended not to have orgasm
• Ideal sex position is Missionary Style
