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There is a few threads going around the forums about gender/babies!
Which got me to thinking that 90% of couples that I know who had a successful IVF cycle, ended up with a BOY!!!
Now I am curious LOL!! Did you go thru IVF and what gender did you have first and or second/third time round???
(Obviously I had a BOY he he!)
I've had 3 IVF pregnacys with ICSI and ended up with girls all the time..fingers crossed next one is sprinkled with Blue bits
Bec
Wow, Good luck for next time sending you some blue baby dust!!!
My friend who had many IVF babies had all boys bar one, and told me her doctor said this is because the male sperm are fastest to the egg?! I don't know, but I do know many who have had boys also.
Yes, I have also heard that the male sperm travels the fastest, and the female sperm live the longest!
They havent got very far to swim in a dish either, so I guess the boys would be going great guns LOL! Poor Girl sperms have no hope!!!
I suppose then that is why ICSI rates of boys is lower than in other IVF, because the sperm is selected and put into the egg directly. I guess it doesnt really matter how fast they swim, then!
i had 5 unsuccessful attempts at IVF using ICSI & was told there was a really high chance of having a girl as girl sperm swim slower & are easier to catch - i forget the percentage they said girl to boy births here but girls far out numbered boys
We were told that there is a higher incidence of boys because, when they are cleaned and spun, the blue swimmers have a higher survival rate!
I have done the IVF once and had a beautiful baby boy. Im waiting to see if Im pg again through IVF on the 18th of this month.
I dont really care if its another boy but would be nice to have another girl. I have a 12 year old girl natly.
Missy
Hi bec g
How long have you been doing the IVF as you have had 3 pg with it.???
Missy
Good Luck with it all Missy. I'm Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Like you, I am also quite happy to have another boy, a little brother for DS next time round too! Cant wait!!!!
I know Ally I just want another one so bad. I just wish it would happen but I have this feeling that im not. I dont feel the same as I did with Callum. I was tired and sick just before I found out I was pg.
My levels with the pg test with callum were through the roof. Reason being is because Callum took in the womb and the other embryo went back down the tube and implanted itself in my overy. Thats why I bleed for 13weeks and it wasnt till I had my c section that the doc found it there. He told me I was very lucky that it died on its own and didnt keep growing as i could have died and Callum 2. Thats why i had a lot of pain cause it was growing!!!!
I thank God so much ... I trully am blessed.
Missy
Missy, You poor chook. What a story, I cant imagine how scary that would have felt finding out. I always thought that an etopic type preg couldnt happen with IVF, but i guess i am wrong! Very scary.
I had no idea at all when i fell preg with DS. I was convinced with all the cramping, that AF was definately on her way. Obviously not though. I hope i have the same luck this month.
IKWYM, I feel very blessed too :)
Ally
Yes aprtly Eptopic pg is quiet high in IVF as the embryo takes a few day to implant so some times it can travel back in the tube. Its very scary stuff. I guess these are the chances we take when we want a baby so much!!!! We just have to have Faith!!!!
Missy
Ally, a close GF of mine is on her 3rd IVF pregnancy........her first (same age as Liv) is a boy, her 2nd (same age as Charlie) is a girl and her 3rd (due anyday!) is a boy...........(tis spooky: we have had parallel pregnancies, just reversed the sexes each time!)
IVF DD
Both babies IVF. # 1 was a boy and # 2 a girl - gotta be happy with that!! Both were on a fresh cycle so were the best embryos transfered.
Lucy, thats so cool!!
Humphrey, You must be thrilled!!! Congratulations :) Does this mean that you didnt have any luck with FET's if they were both from fresh cycles? Sorry, hope you dont mind me asking!
Ask away Ally! I had one FET which didn't stick. I still have 2 blasts on ice but think I'll stop with 2 bubs - I need some sleep lol!
I dont know anyone who has been through IVF ( although I almost had to !) But it makes sense to me that there would be more boys as the little boy sperms are the quicker swimmers...so if you pop a lot of fresh girlie sperms and boy sperms next to an egg the boys win most the time. And I have heard the best way to get a girl is to Bed a few days before ovulation as the girls live longer then the boys so they have more chance!
Cass
Humphrey: LOL! I am dreading the thought of those sleepless nights once again he he he!! I think i will stop at 2 also, thats if I am lucky enough to have another. Cos if i had three, one may feel left out, so i would have to have yet another LOL!!!! Just kidding!!
Ally - I was so sure I was having another boy. I had always wanted 2 girls but when I had DS I thought boys weren't so bad after all. At my scan the sonographer zoomed down there and I was searching frantically for any frank an' beans. She said 'that's definately a vagina" and I almost cried. Another boy would have been wonderful - but secretly I was so relieved as it meant we stop at 2 and not have to do IVF again.
Good luck with your future plans for IVF - it's much less stressful ttc # 2 - less pressure. Still sux tho' Lol.
Missy,
Sorry DD was hospitalised thankfully we are home now.
We have done IVF for about 3 years, I was lucky with a fert specialist that backed my cycles back to back. So really After 3 cycles got pregnant lost that preg at 17 weeks had 3 months off then did 10 cycles got pregnant lost that at 20 weeks then had another 2 months off and after 6 fell with DD. My complications were nothing to do with IVF just " if the world was going to end I wouldnt be allowed on the re populationing ship". DH has low motility so they said they pick the better looking spermies in DH case they must be girls.
Bec - I presume you mean DH's sperms have low motility, not him ;)
And I've have you on my ship :D You'd be a sensational birthing support partner. And imagine how much fun we could have drinking :D
Humphrey Thats so nice. We were told we were having a girl, but out came a boy!!LOL. I really love having a boy though, and I never felt a real desire to have a girl as i have two beautiful nieces whom i am very close with. So they fill the "Pink" in my life IYKWIM.
Bec Sounds like you had a hard TTC journey, I am glad you got your precious bub eventually. (BTW I Hope your daughter is ok now, poor little one)
Wow Bec...I dont know what I would do if I Misscarried...and for it to happen weeks later....im so sorry and i wish you all the luck in life hun..:):):):)