Myself and dh have had 5 boys and 1 miscarriage at 8 weeks passed at 13 weeks( so we don't know the sex ) except for myself all the girls born In my family have been prem 2-3lb born and I'm my hubby's the is a long line of boys and 2 girls 1 I've never met and the other has cerebly palsy we have decided to go for gender selection but my question is is the a test you can have to test the egg or sperm to see if they are healthy any help would be great :-) thanks in advance
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July 18th, 2013, 01:40 PM #1Big Dreamer
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Testing sperm
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July 18th, 2013, 01:54 PM #2
They do have sperm analysis but it's really difficult to predict health of future offspring on the basis of that. Eggs are different every month and no way to test them for health. Prematurity is generally considered to be a condition of your body and not down to lack of health on the part of eggs/sperm. The best thing you can do to prevent prematurity is to eat right and take prenatal vitamins while pg. Also may want to have your thyroid checked because of when your last loss occured.
If you are thinking of testing to see if "he only makes Y's" then please save your money, men make 50-50 X and Y sperm http://genderdreaming.com/forum/sper...x-y-sperm.html
The only way to test for health is to do IVF and then do PGD on the embryos before they are implanted. But that only eliminates a small number of potential genetic problems - prematurity is not one of those things.!!! Questions??Check out the NEW and improved Complete Index !!!
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July 18th, 2013, 02:06 PM #3Big Dreamer
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July 18th, 2013, 02:35 PM #5
PGD is what we use to test fertilized embryos with IVF. They can now evaluate all 23 pairs of chromosomes plus the X and Y sex chromosomes. So, yes, you can put back a genetically normal(within the testing limitations) female on transfer day.
We know of nothing that would cause you to miscarry based on gender alone.
Cerebral palsy is not genetic. It just refers to damage to the brain usually caused by lack of oxygen at birth or too much oxygen in the case of premature babies. You can't test for that because it isn't something that involves DNA.Last edited by nuthinbutpink; July 18th, 2013 at 02:37 PM.
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July 18th, 2013, 02:38 PM #6Big Dreamer
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July 18th, 2013, 02:42 PM #7
I'd encourage you to become a Dream Member so you can see all of the High Tech information. You'll need a consult with a doctor to get started.
You're in the UK so you will have to travel. The US has the highest success rates but there are some International options. We have several UK ladies in the private section that would be happy to share info with you.
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July 18th, 2013, 03:24 PM #9
Top of the forum- Become a Dream Member button or click on Membership and Plans on the menu bar. You will see the Dream Member option.
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July 22nd, 2013, 12:23 PM #10
Yes, that's entirely possible but there is absolutely no way for doctors to test one of your eggs and have any indication about the health of your other eggs. Every month your body starts to grow 10-20 eggs in both ovaries and only the "best" one or two make it to be ovulated. You are born with hundreds of thousands of eggs, most are good, a few are bad, and it's just luck about what egg arrives in the month you happen to get pg.
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