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IUI and gender selection

knottie2e1aa63b72ac676cknottie2e1aa63b72ac676c member
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Does anyone know a clinic in the Tri State area that will let you do IUI and select the gender?
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Re: IUI and gender selection

  • inthewoods23inthewoods23 member
    Sex selection for IUI is not a thing. At all...

    There is literally no way to tell which sperm carries the X chromosome or Y chromosome. Sperm washes for IUIs just take out the weak sperm. It doesn't separate them by chromosome. The only way to have sex selection as an option is doing IVF, get eggs that are fertilized by sperm (by traditional method or ICSI), grow to day 5 embryos, get frozen and tested for chromosomal abnormalities, yield results that are normal embryos with the desired sex, thaw a normal embryo of the desired sex, and it survives the thawing process. Even if knowing the sex of the sperm used and injected into an egg (via ICSI) was possible, it is completely up to chance if fertilization even happens and everything after that.
    *TW* History
    TTC #1 since 7.2017
    Dx: low morph (1%), ANA positive, low decidualization score, high TSH and testosterone, histone antibodies

    IUI #1-3 | all BFN
    IVF #1 | 6.11.19 | 24R, 17M, 15F, 6B, PGT-A tested - 5 normal, 3 girls & 2 boys
    FET #1 | 9.10.19 | BFN "I know you, but we've never met. I'm with you, but I don't know your name"
    RPL, Receptiva, & ERA testing | all normal/negative, recommended going on gluten and dairy free diet for next FET
    FET #2 | 3.31.20 | Opted to cancelled due to pandemic, continued diet and tried naturally over the summer
    2nd Opinion with another RE | 8.20.20 | Not immune to measles (received 1 dose); SA results similar to 2 years ago; decided to move forward with FET #2 redo at start of next cycle
    Surprise natural BFP! | 9.22.20 | MC 10.23.20 at 8 weeks
    TTCAL naturally | starting 11.22.20

    Initial consultation with Reproductive Immunologist | 9.14.21
    Decidualization score biopsy | 10.1.21 | abnormal - low score of 1; endometrial scratch recommended and progesterone supplementation
    Saline sono | 10.15.21 | normal
    Bloodwork | 10.21.21 | high TSH, high testosterone, positive for anti-nuclear antibodies and histone antibodies, high protein S, multiple genetic mutations
    BFP! | 11.3.21 | EDD 7.14.22 B) | biopsy provided same effect as endometrial scratch; added supplemental progesterone and estrogen, prednisone, levothyroxine, and MTX Support to maintain pregnancy
    DS born 7.19.22 after induction


    TTC #2 begins 6.2023
    Consultation with RI | 6.6.23
    Saline sono, endometritis biopsy, skin & eye check | all normal
    Labs | high TSH, Factor XIII mutation, high %CD56
    Follow up | 8.8.23 | prescribed metformin, prednisone, plaquenil, and levothyroxine
    Repeat labs after 3 weeks on meds
    Follow up | 11.9.23 | Green light!, increase in prednisone, added lovenox
    Repeat labs in 8 weeks
    Follow up | 1.16.24 | Green light continues
    TTC ended due to filing divorce

    **New relationship starting May 2024**

    Surprise BFP!! | 9.7.25 | EDD 5.11.26
    Its Gonna Be May GIFs Tenor
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  • blacksnowwblacksnoww member
    If I am not wrong  gender selection is possible only via IVF PGS NGS or PGD. 
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