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New Australian research have revealed that Women who is heavier are more likely to have a baby girls after IVF treatment, and boys are more likely among lighter mums. But Western Australian specialists behind the small study say that while the data is fascinating, they do not advise prospective parents to change eating habits in the hope of influencing their child’s gender.

“It might be quite alluring to couples who desperately want a girl or a boy, but we still need to look at it on a larger scale,” said study leader James Stanger, an embryologist at Pivet Medical Centre in Perth.

They found that women who were very thin, with a BMI under 20, were more likely to have boys and Women who were overweight, with a BMI over 30, were more likely to have girls. Dr Stanger analysed the clinic’s database over the past five years to look at trends in BMI(body mass index ) and baby’s sex among the 800 children born.

source: News.com.au