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How to Conceive a Girl Westchester, NY

If your family has a history of a sex-linked genetic disease known only to affect males, you may be wondering how to conceive a girl. With his proven methods of gender selection, Dr. Andrew Silverman, MD in Westchester, NY allows families the power to avoid many potentially devastating conditions.

Do members of your family carry a genetic disease that seems only to affect males? Are all the females in your family healthy? If you know that your family's genes carry a sex linked disease, you may have wondered how to conceive a girl. Through the use of In Vitro Fertilization and the Ericsson Method for Gender Selection, Dr. Silverman in Westchester, NY gives families the opportunity to avoid some of these genetic conditions.

DNA, which contains genes that determine inherited traits such as hair color, height, and gender, may also carry genes that cause inherited disease. Your DNA is stored in rod like packages called chromosomes, half of which come from your mother, and half of which come from your father. Gender is determined by a pair of chromosomes called the sex chromosomes, X and Y. Males have an XY pair while females are XX. Certain genetic diseases are inherited through the X chromosome. These are called sex linked diseases. Females (XX) have an extra X chromosome so they are usually safe from these diseases while males, who only carry one X chromosome, are highly susceptible. If you have a sex-linked disease in your family, you may not want to leave the gender of your child up to chance.

The Silverman Center for Gender Selection uses highly reliable techniques including Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), and the Ericsson Method for Gender Selection to give parents the power to avoid the consequences of many sex linked diseases.

Sex Linked Genetic Diseases include some of the following

- x linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
- x Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
- x Linked Agammaglobulinemia
- x linked adrenal hypoplasia

If you have seen some of the devastating effects of x-linked genetic diseases, you may be wondering how to conceive a healthy girl. Call to make an appointment at the Silverman Center for Gender Selection today!