What are the differences between the gender selection methods?
First, it’s helpful to understand the differences between PGS and PGD, both of which are used for gender selection. Preconception Gender Selection (PGS) is a way to determine the sex of your child before conception without medicine, doctors, clinics, hospitals, or artificial practices that are invasive to the mother’s body. This includes Parent’s First Choice. Preimplantion Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) usually involves sperm sorting, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, medication, doctors, clinics, and hospitals. It is expensive and non-guaranteed, and was developed to help couples avoid passing along genetically-transmitted conditions to their children. (Some conditions are transmitted only to girl babies, and some only to boy babies.) Recently, however, couples have begun using PGD to choose the sex of their babies because of personal preference, not genetic conditions. Second, it’s helpful to understand the differences between various PGS methods. Baby Gender Selection is th
