Women undertaking IVF more likely to give birth to a boy
“Women undertaking In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatment are more likely to give birth to a boy.A study by IVF Australia embryologist Jean Scott found that embryos conceived using the IVF technique and grown for a longer period of time had a higher chance of being male.”
The report published in Sydney Morning Herald is presented to the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Prague last week. The findings indicate that doctors choose to use those embryos which are dividing fastest and that these embryos tend to be male. There is a 56% percent chance of a male baby if an embryo is conceived using IVF and grown to blastocyst (8 cell - 5 day) stage.