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Does ICSI = more girls?
skoorbnibor
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Or did I make that up in my head??? I don't know why I have that idea in my head, and I am not finding real data to support this...
anyone know? ICSI would not cost us extra, and although sperm was never our issues, nor was fert, however, if ICSI can increase the chance of a baby sister.....
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Re: Does ICSI = more girls?
I still think ICSI and 5 day transfers get more boys.
If the embryologist can tell what a girl sperm looks like and select those, maybe that will work.
I think that boy sperm are faster and girls stick around longer, in general.
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DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
G is an ICSI'd 3dt boy. If the embie they put in me (yesterday) takes, we'll need to wait 18w to find out
Wasn't there a poll on this a few months back? If the search functionality works for ya, and you're able to find it, lemme know.
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TTC #1 for 5 years - Many years, many tears 3 Clomid IUIs all BFN IVF#1 w/ ICSI = BFP!!!! Beta #1 - 157 11dp3dt, Beta #2 - 340 13dp3dt
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Not sure......we did do ICSI and we had 4 frozen embies - there was one boy and 3 girls. We transferred a boy and girl and the boy stuck. 5dt's do equal more boys (we did a 5dt)........
ok, as my brain wakes up, I remember why I think this...
No idea where this thought came from...a pp's comments jogged my memory, but yes, I remember that boy sperm tend to swim faster and therefore girls are 'easier' for the embryologist to 'catch' and therefore inject... hence ICSI for non-MFI can mean more girls... I will ask Dr G, but I think this makes some theoretical sense...
Ava... if i find that post, I will link it!
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"Someday we will look at our babies and know it will be worth it. If it was easy, we would not have had our babies, the babies we were meant to have." From Amy052006
Ditto for us!
Robin,
We did ICSI and 3dt and got a girl.
We're pretty sure we're having a girl...
I thought I'd heard it got you more boys, though. Although it's probably so close it's not statistically significant.
I don't know but we did ICSI with a 5 day transfer and we have a beautiful little girl
My friend did ICSI with 5 day transfer and she has a boy so who really knows?
Since we did PGD the first time, I know that 9/10 embies were girls. And, of course, we ended up with two girls the second time
Dang it! I'd love to have a boy, but I think we're doing ICSI. Oh well, I don't really care much anyway. It'll just be a whole lotta girls in this house if we have 1 or 2 more lol.
Megan Hope 2yrs 3months