PGDlab : For Patients : What is PGD : Q & A

Even though each pregnancy has a 50% (or 1 in 2) chance to be male and a 50% (or 1 in 2) chance to be female, some families have more children of one gender. PGD for gender determination can help these couples have a child of the underrepresented gender in their family.

I want learn more about PGD for gender selection.

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• Are you a woman over 35?
• Have you experienced several miscarriages?
• Have you had a prior pregnancy with a chromosome abnormality?
• Have you experienced several failed IVF cycles?
• Has conceiving a pregnancy been difficult due to a low sperm count?
• Do you or your partner carry a balanced structural chromosome rearrangement?
• Do you have a family history of Huntington disease?
• Do you or your partner carry a recessive genetic disease such as cystic fibrosis?
• Do you or your partner carry an X-linked genetic disease such as hemophilia or Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?
• Do you want to balance the gender in your family?

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