SWIM UP in IVF for SPerm Preparation

[bows&ribbons]

I am doing preimplantation genetic diagnosis. The question is regarding the method in which the IVF lab prepares the sperm , eg. swim up, for fertilizing the embryos retrieved.

[atomic sagebrush]

i found a ink on here somewhere im not sure if it was AS who posted (i cant remember) and it showed that many female offspring were born to people who tried swim up,

???

There have been a couple different semen-washing techniques that have seemed to sway gender but when they were studied further, they were found to be inaccurate/unreliable.

[littlemissnaughty7]

do you think swim up from IG to be a load of rubbish then AS ?

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, I do. If doctors in laboratories cannot get this technique to work, then there is absolutely, completely, no earthly way that untrained people at home with toy centrifuges and egg whites can.

The gals who do the at home HT methods are also the ones who are the most rigorous about other sway techniques (including the ones that actually do work) so it is no wonder that this subset of people might seem to have more success at swaying. Very few women go to all the work of swim up only to say, "ya know, I'm just not gonna do diet after all..."

Sorry for hijacking this post!