Can artificial insemination be used to select the sex of the fetus? Is artificial insemination safe?

Artificial insemination is a method of human intervention that allows sperm that cannot enter the female body to enter and combine with the egg to conceive naturally. So can artificial insemination be used to select the sex of the fetus? Is it illegal to select the sex of the fetus through artificial insemination? Is artificial insemination safe?

Can artificial insemination select gender?

Artificial insemination refers to an assisted reproductive technology that uses non-sexual intercourse to deliver sperm into the female reproductive tract in order to achieve the purpose of making a woman pregnant. It refers to an assisted reproductive technology that uses non-sexual intercourse to deliver sperm into the female reproductive tract in order to achieve the purpose of making a woman pregnant.

Artificial insemination can select gender. It is to separate XY sperm through sperm screening. X sperm combines with egg to produce a girl, while Y sperm combines with egg to produce a boy. The success rate of artificial insemination in selecting gender is about 80%.

Artificial insemination is to place an appropriate amount of semen into the mother's uterus, but these sperm also have to swim through the fallopian tubes and find eggs near the ovaries. If you are lucky, the strongest one can combine with the egg to form a fertilized egg, and then swim back to the uterus to implant. This process is the same as natural conception, except that the sperm does not have to swim from the vagina to the uterus.

However, the law in our country prohibits illegal selection of fetal sex, and IVF technology must not be used arbitrarily for sex selection. Therefore, artificial insemination can select sex, but general hospitals will not select the sex of the fetus according to the wishes of the couple.

Safety of artificial insemination

No matter how advanced the technology is, it will carry certain risks. It is necessary to understand the safety of each technology. For those who are concerned about artificial insemination, how safe is it? Artificial insemination has the risk of multiple pregnancies (commonly known as multiple births). This is because artificial insemination technology often requires the use of ovulation-promoting drugs to increase the success rate of conception. In this way, multiple eggs may combine with sperm at the same time to form multiple births.

In addition, the risk of perinatal complications, congenital malformations, low birth weight, and postnatal developmental problems in single-baby pregnancies through artificial insemination is still higher than that of natural conception. Therefore, if natural conception is indeed impossible due to physical reasons, artificial insemination is still a viable option; if it is just to satisfy the desire to have twins and let the expectant mother and future baby take unnecessary risks, it is somewhat unreasonable.

Things to prepare for artificial insemination

The female's routine preoperative examination is as follows:

1. Blood tests include: blood type, HIV antibody, syphilis serological antibody test, hepatitis B two-to-one test, hepatitis B DNA, hepatitis C antibody, liver function, fasting blood sugar, chromosome test, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH);

2. Vaginal secretion examination: routine leucorrhea examination, mycoplasma, chlamydia, gonococcus, cervical cytology examination;

3. Check estrogen, FSH, LH, PRL, T 2-4 days after menstruation. (All the above tests can be checked locally, and the time from the test to the surgery should not exceed 6 months)

The man who undergoes artificial insemination with his husband's sperm should complete the following examinations:

1. Blood tests include: blood type, HIV antibody, syphilis serological antibody test, hepatitis B two-pair half, hepatitis B DNA, hepatitis C antibody, liver function, chromosome examination;

2. 2-3 semen reports, including 1 semen examination report from our hospital within 3 months;

3. Chlamydia test;

4. Male endocrine examination: testosterone, FSH, LH, prolactin;

5. B-ultrasound of the male's genitals. (Except for the male's semen test, the above tests can be checked locally, and the time between the test and the surgery should not exceed 6 months)

If artificial insemination is performed with sperm donor, the male partner will have relatively fewer tests, including semen examination, blood type, endocrine examination, and genital B-ultrasound. However, for some special patients, the required information and tests may be different, and the specific situation requires consultation at the outpatient clinic.

When conducting the above tests, you must pay attention that the name on the test report must be the same as the name on the ID card. We do not recognize test reports using homophones or nicknames, and the name must be changed before the test.

Most of the above examinations have time requirements, the shortest of which is half a year. Treatment should be given as soon as possible after completing the tests.

In addition to the above tests, infertile couples undergoing artificial insemination treatment also need to prepare some documents, including the ID cards of both parties and the marriage certificate. The names on the marriage certificate and the ID card information must be consistent, otherwise it will not be recognized.

The difference between artificial insemination and IVF

1. Different indications.

Artificial insemination is used for male infertility due to oligospermia, asthenospermia, abnormal liquefaction, sexual dysfunction, genital malformations, etc.; female infertility due to abnormal cervical mucus secretion, reproductive tract malformations and psychological factors leading to sexual dysfunction; immune infertility or infertility of unknown cause.

In vitro fertilization is suitable for patients with infertility such as tubal infertility, unexplained infertility, endometriosis, male factor infertility, abnormal ovulation, cervical factor, etc., as well as couples who are still unable to become pregnant after other conventional treatments.

2. Different methods.

Artificial insemination refers to the process of artificially injecting processed male semen into the female reproductive tract to replace sexual intercourse to make the female pregnant.

In vitro fertilization refers to the process of extracting eggs and sperm separately and placing them in test tubes for fertilization. That is, the eggs and sperm are artificially fertilized in vitro and undergo early embryonic development, and then transplanted into the mother's uterus to develop and create a baby.

3. The prices are different.

The cost of artificial insemination is about 5,000 yuan, depending on the situation of the woman and the man.

The cost of in vitro fertilization surgery generally ranges from 10,000 to 30,000 yuan.