All expect­ing par­ents hope for a healthy baby. Nobody ques­tions that – both the mother and the father do their best to ensure the best of health for their unborn. The ques­tion only arises when the gen­der of your baby is talked about. Some par­ents favor a girl while some hope for a baby boy. Long ago, par­ents could not choose baby gen­der. Or, if ever they tried, the chances were low con­sid­er­ing the fact that the tech­niques avail­able lacked sci­en­tific and med­ical basis. Often­times, they would resort to super­si­tion which of course, did not have any rela­tion to gen­der of your baby. With the new tech­nolo­gies that we have today, par­ents can now choose baby gen­der. To date, a wide range of gen­der selec­tion tech­niques are avail­able. Most of which involve med­ical processes which pose big­ger risks of suc­cess. Below, we going to share with you some of the most highly-used mod­ern gen­der techniques.

MicroSort – MicroSort Sperm Sort­ing is a method used to sep­a­rate the X and the Y sperm. It has a suc­cess rate of 91% for baby girls and approx­i­mately 76% for boys. To date, MicroSort remains one of the best meth­ods in effec­tively sort­ing X and Y sperm.

Pre-implantation Genetic Diag­no­sis (PGD) – Pre-implantation Genetic Diag­no­sis is a tech­nique which guar­an­tees the gen­der that you favor. This method takes pride of a 100% accu­racy. The embryos are tested for gen­der before they are finally implanted in the mother’s womb.

Pre-implantation Genetic Hap­lo­typ­ing (PGH) – Pre-implantation Genetic Hap­lo­typ­ing works just like PGD. Its only dif­fer­ence is that it takes a more advanced genetic test­ing process. PGH is one of the newest vari­a­tion of PGD. Its first preg­nan­cies in mid 2006 were suc­cess­ful. PGH is believed to be of high value espe­cially to cou­ples who are car­ri­ers of a hered­i­tary disorder.

The Eric­s­son Method and Sperm Spin­ning – The Eric­s­son method is a sperm sort­ing tech­nique. It is rel­a­tively cheaper as com­pared to other sperm sort­ing processes like the MicroSort. Its down­fall is that the method is not clin­i­cally proven to increase the odds of con­ceiv­ing your favored gen­der. Some experts even con­sider this tech­nique as inef­fec­tive. The Eric­s­son method is avail­able in Europe and in the United States.

Given the sev­eral sex selec­tion tech­niques avail­able today, par­ents can now choose baby gen­der instantly. PGD and MicroSort have been clin­i­cally proven and is highly acknowl­edged by experts to offer only the best odds in con­ceiv­ing the geen­der that you desire. How­ever, these meth­ods come with a few con­se­quences. For instance, if you have decided on a cer­tain high tech method, you should under­stand that this will mean giv­ing up the idea od mak­ing the baby in bed. Tak­ing these mod­ern meth­ods will mean get­ting preg­nant using Assisted Repro­duc­tive Tech­nolo­gies (ART). Get­ting preg­nant through IVF (in vitro fer­til­iza­tion) or IUI (arti­fi­cial insem­i­na­tion) can be a stress­ful expe­ri­ence. Add to that finan­cial costs that you need to shell out as well as the eth­i­cal con­sid­er­a­tions that you have to deal with. Given this, a 100% sure deci­sion is nec­es­sary. Before finally choos­ing a tech­nique, think about the con­se­quences very well.