INTRODUCTION
The issue of getting a male or female child has led to unwanted pregnancies in many families. Because children are a blessing in any gender, once the child is born, reasonable parents readily accept their off-springs and shower them with love and care. However, in many instances one or both parents continue to live a life of regret and acrimony for many years after the child is born, some even make it clear to the children that they never wanted his or her gender. Some children can decipher the attitude in parent’s body language and begin to reject their gender in preference for the opposite one.
In the case of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian,
after delivery of the first baby, Kim's womb was damaged by placenta that got stuck on the wall of the womb. It was clearly stated that future pregnancies would jeopardize the mother’s health. Therefore the family could not afford to risk several pregnancies in the future to ensure that they have both sexes hence they settled for the guaranteed method of sex selection available.
after delivery of the first baby, Kim's womb was damaged by placenta that got stuck on the wall of the womb. It was clearly stated that future pregnancies would jeopardize the mother’s health. Therefore the family could not afford to risk several pregnancies in the future to ensure that they have both sexes hence they settled for the guaranteed method of sex selection available.
IVF with PGD (Preimplantation Genetic Determination)
1 the menstrual cycle is inhibited with hormones
2 the ovary is stimulated to produce many eggs
3 few eggs are removed and placed in a culture medium
4 Sorting is used to separate male sperms from female sperms
5 The male pool of sperm are mixed with female pool of sperm and the eggs get fertilized
6 The fertilized eggs are incubated for a few days until they are at 8 cells stage
At this stage one cell can be removed for analysis without interrupting the development of the fetus
7 one cell is removed from the dividing bunch of cells for the purpose of analysis
8 The sex of the baby is determined and the presence of rare genetic diseases are also determined
9 When analysis is concluded and the professionals are satisfied, the developing zygote is then injected into the prepared womb through the cervix.
This method is 79-99% accurate in producing the desired sex
SPERM SORTING METHOD
A spermatozoa destined to make a male child is generally lighter in weight that the one destined for female. That is because the y that represent male is small in size compared to x or 2x carried by the female marked sperm. Therefore when the semen is spined in a centrifuge, every sperm is forced to line up according to their weights. The lighter ones are therefore separated and used to fertilize some ova and a fertilized ovum is transferred into the womb of a woman who wants a male child. This is 75 to 85% accurate in choosing the sexes
MICRO SORT
This is an experimental method that is also used to separate the sperms into
male and female based on other characteristics. It is not yet approved but it
is already being used.
GENDER SELECTION LLC
This method is based on the theory that the woman also plays a serious role in determining, the sex of a baby. They claimed that when a couple is trying to get pregnant, there are some cycles whereby the womb is prepared so that only male sperm can succeed and in other cycles the womb is prepared for only female sperms to succeed. What the fertility center does is to test a woman’s cycle and tell the couple the sex of the baby they are likely to make if the lady gets pregnant in a particular month. This method is amazing because they are testing only urine. No need for injection of different hormones and making of zygote in test tubes 75 to 80% accurate.
NATURAL METHOD BY BILLINGS
This method pre-supposes that a male sperm is lighter and therefore moves faster than the female marked sperm. Also the sperm and the ova are capable of living up to 3 to 4 days inside the birth canal of a woman. If there was intercourse and sperm is deposited on the same day the ovum was released (ovulation day), the male sperms will swim faster and get to the ovum before the heavy female one. A male child is conceived. If the sperm is deposited several days before the ovulation, The male ones will still swim fast but when they arrive the arena there will be no egg to fertilize, so they all die off before the arrival of the ovum, In this case a female is born because the slow swimming female sperms will arrive a few days later when the egg is being release and they get a chance to fertilize.
PASSIVE METHOD
It is true that some people perform intercourse every day and some people every month. The fact is that if a woman who is ready to have a baby, is asked to choose when to have intercourse, she is likely to choose the ovulation day, otherwise known as Heat Period. If the act is performed on ovulation day, she is likely to make a male child. However if the man is knocking every night out of one pressure or the other the strategy cannot be applied.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, there are lots of other methods suggested for gender selection, some can be scientifically explained like drinking of cough syrup, but others are regarded as old wives’ tales. There are no studies or proven theories that guarantee their success . We must accept that children are blessings no matter their gender. God can use any gender to do His work.
Sceptical at first but after reading, it began to make some sense. Scientifically speaking that is.
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DeleteChildren are gifts from God, we should learn to love and appreciate our blessings.what a man can do i woman can do better.
ReplyDeleteInteresting and Informative piece. Thanks for sharing the ideas. Good there's an approach suitable for all economic conditions.
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