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Re: sperm washing for a girl... does it work?

From: samir fouad Aziz MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:24:41 -0600 (CST)

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At Mon, 30 Dec 2002, marcia wrote: >
>Since I will have an IUI this month, we are contemplating washing my
>husbands sperm to get a girl. Does this really work? What are the
>chances of it working? Can it at all prohibit conception... Does it
>change your chances during an IUI? And then...... what is the cost...
>approx.... Anything else I need to know about it?

it is well known that sperms carrying X chromosome fertilze the egg(X) to get girl with XX, to know which sperms carries the X will be observational, the lighter one could bear X,so it is difficult to give a success rate. I do not think this will change the chance of getting pregnant with IUI which is usually 12-15%,cost differ from center to center.

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