dreamingofpinksparkles
October 8th, 2017, 08:16 AM
Hi Everyone,
I've been doing some research and it appears that many places who are willing to do IVF/PGD are mostly in favour of it for 'family balancing' purposes. However, my husband and I want to IVF/PGD for a girl for our first pregnancy. I'm already 36 and we are very aware that we don't exactly have a lot of time to 'keep trying' for the little girl we both dreamed of having even before we met each other, and are willing to pay to ensure that if we can only have one child before the sand runs out on my biological clock (I point blank refuse to be pregnant after 40 due to the risks) that we have a little girl. If we go naturally and have a boy, we might run out of time to go back and try again and never be girl parents, which is our dream.
Males in my family are very prone to autism while none of the girls have it, so this is also a risk I want to reduce since hubby and I are both over 35 (he is also 36).
Does anyone know if Dr Potter or any of the other well reputed clinics in the states allow gender selection for a first pregnancy?
(If this changes anything: Husband and I live in Germany (Frankfurt) where you can't even get the harmony test for gender until it is too late for an abortion. I'm an Australian citizen born in Australia, and he is a dual citizen of Brazil and Germany - born in Munich).
Thank you to anyone who can help!
I've been doing some research and it appears that many places who are willing to do IVF/PGD are mostly in favour of it for 'family balancing' purposes. However, my husband and I want to IVF/PGD for a girl for our first pregnancy. I'm already 36 and we are very aware that we don't exactly have a lot of time to 'keep trying' for the little girl we both dreamed of having even before we met each other, and are willing to pay to ensure that if we can only have one child before the sand runs out on my biological clock (I point blank refuse to be pregnant after 40 due to the risks) that we have a little girl. If we go naturally and have a boy, we might run out of time to go back and try again and never be girl parents, which is our dream.
Males in my family are very prone to autism while none of the girls have it, so this is also a risk I want to reduce since hubby and I are both over 35 (he is also 36).
Does anyone know if Dr Potter or any of the other well reputed clinics in the states allow gender selection for a first pregnancy?
(If this changes anything: Husband and I live in Germany (Frankfurt) where you can't even get the harmony test for gender until it is too late for an abortion. I'm an Australian citizen born in Australia, and he is a dual citizen of Brazil and Germany - born in Munich).
Thank you to anyone who can help!