Preconception Gender Selection

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Preconception Gender Selection

preconception gender selection

What is preconception gender selection? It's certainly quite a mouthful and a bit of a tongue twister, it could also be mistaken for something much more technical than what it actually means.

Pre-conception gender selection means that you select or decide on the gender (sex) of your baby before you conceive. While you are trying to get pregnant, you will be trying for either a girl or a boy, not just trying for a 'baby'.

You can choose the gender of your baby naturally, where you will learn certain techniques that can help you to conceive a baby of a particular sex. Or you can choose the gender of your baby by medical methods. Obviously the medical methods of gender selection will cost a lot of money and involve some pretty invasive procedures.

Medical methods of preconception gender selection

There are various methods of choosing the sex of your baby. Some involve medical procedures and some don't. Clicking on the links in the descriptions will take to you to read more info on that procedure.

Microsort, by far the easiest of assisted conception methods, but with only average results. This process can all be carried out in a few hours, depending on whether the mother is ovualting and the quality of the fathers sperm sample.
ICSI teamed together with IVF, this has higher success rates of accurately selecting the gender of your baby. The egg is fertilised with either male or female sperm before being placed into the uterus.
PGD (Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis) The most accurate of all medical preconception gender selection methods at nearly 100% accurate.
The Ericcson method - coming in a fair bit cheaper than some other medical methods, the Ericsson method is a more simple process as it doesn't involve IVF. It still involves clinics and medical procedures though.
(You must be aware that any assisted conception method that uses IVF gives you only a 35-40% chance of becoming pregnant)

Natural methods of preconception gender selection

These are a few of the natural methods available. You will have to learn certain aspects to help aid in the conception of your chosen gender.
The Shettles method,
Ashley Spencer method,
the Chinese calendar method,
are some of the more popular preconception gender selection methods available, along with the Jonas method and several similar techniques that have all been around for donkeys years, although I had never heard of them until around 6 months ago when I started to deeply research this topic.

Like myself, not a lot of women know that these methods exist, although due to the success rates getting higher (as certain scientific knowledge is more widely available) Natural methods of gender selection are being used more frequently - with eye opening results. Natural method success rates seem to be slowly overtaking medical assisted methods.

Two women who have studied the scientific aspects of the natural gender selection process are Ashley Spencer and Rebecca Washburn. To see more information from these two 'pioneers' click the links below.

Ashley Spencer

Rebecca Washburn

As with most forms of gender selection, very few methods have a 100% success rate, but it's nice to know there are things that you can do 'naturally' to give you a leading edge! Preparing your body in certain ways, and learning as much as you can about your body and it's monthly menstrual cycle are just some of the amazing facts you will discover when you chose to plan the sex of your next baby naturally.

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