A typical question asked by couples who wish to have a baby is what gender they want.
Some people would suggest the gender is nature's doings, but that is simply not true.
Here are 3 sex selection techniques.
One of the most successful sex selection techniques available today is called MicroSort, and it was developed by the Genetics & IVF Institute.
It works by sorting the X and Y chromosomes depending on what sex you want for your baby.
As you might expect, with such a high success rate of just over 90%, this sex selection technique is extremely expensive - as of August 1, 2009, just the lab fee is $2,995.
That does not include the required consultation fees, storage fees, shipping fees, or the imsemination.
It is a very costly process, especially when there are other, natural methods that have almost as high of a success rate and cost far less.
Another sex selection technique involves your position during intercourse.
For this to make sense, there are a few things you should first understand.
The male's sperm can carry one of two types of chromosomes: X or Y.
The gender of your baby carries down to one single variable, and that is which chromosome the sperm that fertilizes the egg carries.
If that sperm carries the X chromosome, a girl will be conceived.
On the other hand, if it carries the opposite Y chromosome, a boy will be conceived.
The catch is, the Y chromosome moves faster, but also dies in a shorter period of time.
The opposite applies for the X chromosome.
There are various known positions depending on which sex you want.
This is probably the easiest sex selection technique, and most certainly the cheapest, but it doesn't offer as high of a success rate as other, more costly techniques.
One more sex selection technique, which you could use in concert with the second one, is changing your diet.
Though the validity of this advice is still being debated within the scientific community, it can't hurt to give it a try.
It is believed by some that a diet change can make your body more acceptable to the chromosome you want.
The way it does that can't be properly answered as of yet, but some suspect a special diet can change how acidic the mucus is inside the vagina.
Supposedly, a low acidity increases the chances of conceiving a girl, while a high acidity increases the chances of conceiving a boy.
Although special gender selection diets are not scientifically proven, there is most certainly enough anecdotal evidence in favor of them, and especially in concert with the second technique, they can't hurt.
No matter what sex selection technique or techniques you choose, never give up hope in having the gender of your choice!
Some people would suggest the gender is nature's doings, but that is simply not true.
Here are 3 sex selection techniques.
One of the most successful sex selection techniques available today is called MicroSort, and it was developed by the Genetics & IVF Institute.
It works by sorting the X and Y chromosomes depending on what sex you want for your baby.
As you might expect, with such a high success rate of just over 90%, this sex selection technique is extremely expensive - as of August 1, 2009, just the lab fee is $2,995.
That does not include the required consultation fees, storage fees, shipping fees, or the imsemination.
It is a very costly process, especially when there are other, natural methods that have almost as high of a success rate and cost far less.
Another sex selection technique involves your position during intercourse.
For this to make sense, there are a few things you should first understand.
The male's sperm can carry one of two types of chromosomes: X or Y.
The gender of your baby carries down to one single variable, and that is which chromosome the sperm that fertilizes the egg carries.
If that sperm carries the X chromosome, a girl will be conceived.
On the other hand, if it carries the opposite Y chromosome, a boy will be conceived.
The catch is, the Y chromosome moves faster, but also dies in a shorter period of time.
The opposite applies for the X chromosome.
There are various known positions depending on which sex you want.
This is probably the easiest sex selection technique, and most certainly the cheapest, but it doesn't offer as high of a success rate as other, more costly techniques.
One more sex selection technique, which you could use in concert with the second one, is changing your diet.
Though the validity of this advice is still being debated within the scientific community, it can't hurt to give it a try.
It is believed by some that a diet change can make your body more acceptable to the chromosome you want.
The way it does that can't be properly answered as of yet, but some suspect a special diet can change how acidic the mucus is inside the vagina.
Supposedly, a low acidity increases the chances of conceiving a girl, while a high acidity increases the chances of conceiving a boy.
Although special gender selection diets are not scientifically proven, there is most certainly enough anecdotal evidence in favor of them, and especially in concert with the second technique, they can't hurt.
No matter what sex selection technique or techniques you choose, never give up hope in having the gender of your choice!