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Assisted Sex Selection

Proven Ways to Choose Your Baby's Gender

Part One

By Virginia Gilbert

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Besides the financial burden (each procedure costs between $1,000 to $1,500) and the devastation of weathering two pregnancy losses, Kent felt the stress of "waiting to ovulate, hoping blood counts and ultrasounds would show the best time to have the IUI (insemination) that would lead to conception." In the end, she persisted out of pure belief. "I have always had a strong sense that my daughter was there waiting to be born," she says.

Carol Fullam, 36, is expecting her second child, a girl, in May. Carol's first child is a boy and she knew she and her husband would probably only have two. To raise the odds of getting their daughter, the couple went to the Huntington Reproductive Clinic in Fullerton, Calif., where Carol was inseminated with her husband's separated sperm. In all, she spent $1,100.

Carol firmly believes that reproductive technology empowers women. "This is my attitude: If God did not want me to do this, then He would not have created the technology," she says.

The Ericsson Albumin Method
A pioneer in the gender determination field, 65-year-old Dr. Ronald Ericsson developed and patented the Ericsson Albumin Method of sex selection. The current success rate is 78 to 85 percent for boys and 73 to 75 percent for girls. Costs range from $600 to $1,200 per try. To date, 2,300 children have been born with Ericsson's method, which he has offered through his company, Gametrics Limited, since 1975. The technology is available at licensed centers throughout the United States and in many countries abroad. Information about the Ericsson Method is available at www.childselect.com.


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Re: Assisted Sex Selection by anonymous on 01/01/2010 11:45AM

i have two girls and had my 21 weeks ultra sound for my third child yesterday, it was very difficult to find out what i was carrying due to the baby's position, finally at the end they confirmed seeing three lines which states it being a girl. I love my girls too bits and don't know why God won't give me the son i always wanted.

Pick your baby's gender by Esteban on 10/15/2009 07:16PM

It's absolutely possible to choose the gender of your future baby. It's just by following 3 simple steps. You cand find out more on http://www.squidoo.com/pickmybabysgender , there you'll find an article I wrote about it. Good luck with your pick!

Re: Assisted Sex Selection by anonymous on 06/07/2009 11:28AM

I want a girl too!

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