They also find out the sex of the embryo before being transferred to the uterus and the womb. This technology has helped a lot of couples have newborns and have the gender that they want. This procedure is extremely expensive and it can cost you anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000. Surprisingly, people are actually paying that much money in order to guarantee the gender that they want for their newborn. With that much money come extremely higher chances of success rates. Doctors are assuming a 90-99% success rate for the procedure and that's why more and more people are attracted to and using this new technology. .
Gender Selection .
What is "Gender Selection"? Gender selection and or sex selection "means choosing the sex of a future child, either before or after conception" (Center For Genetics and Society) Couples now a days want to select the gender of the baby. It can be because they are from a certain cultures and religion and they want to have a boy, and or they have two or three boys and want to make sure that the next newborn is a girl. Woman ages 35 and over, as well as for single woman who don't want do get married but want to conceive a child are especially attracted to this method in order to achieve a gender specific baby. Other instances have been noted in which parents resort to this method in order to prevent certain diseases which can potentially affect the offspring. .
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The Good and the Bad .
As the old saying goes, "can't have the good without the bad". The positive aspects about PGD are that it can provide many preventive measures against gender-linked disorders. Essentially, this was the main reason PGD was invented in the first place. Properly, it can prevent disorders like Dystrophy, color blindness and many more related disorders. This is a very positive result of PGD since we want our newborns to be as healthy as possible. Ultimately, the overall well-being and health of a healthy baby is beneficial to everyone from the newborn them self as well as the parents and the economy as a whole.
