Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Couple Spends $100,000 On SEVEN Rounds Of IVF To Guarantee A Baby Girl

A Texas couple take more expense to make sure that their next child will be a little baby girl. Rose Costa, who is 36, and Vincent Costa, her husband is 37 and they already have two sons .
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Gabriel, 15, and Igor, 13 - and have never suffered from fertility issues. But despite that, the Frisco, Texas, couple has shelled out $100,000 on seven rounds of IVF in order to ensure that they conceive a daughter, and are now expecting a baby they've named Olivia on October 31.
'It’s been worth all the money we spent,' Rose said

After growing up in a house full of boys - she has two brothers - and raising two more of her own, Rose was desperate for a daughter to do 'girly things with'.
'All my life, I wanted to be the mother of a daughter,' she said  'I love my boys very much and wouldn’t change them for the world, but having a girl is really important to me.
'You feel incomplete as a mother until you have a girl,' she added.

Vincent wanted another child, too, but didn't care if it was a boy or a girl. Still, he supported his wife's dream to have a daughter and was willing to do whatever was necessary to make that happen. 

So in a practice she calls 'family balancing', Rose and her husband elected to do IVF to ensure their next child was female. The couple used pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), a routine set of tests administered during IVF, to determine the gender of their embryos - and then only implanted the female ones. The tests also determine whether the embryos have any genetic conditions


I know it’s something a bit controversial, but I also know that a lot of people, women especially, who have this kind of desire would like to know more about this; how it works and what they could do,' Rose told Yahoo Parenting of why she chose to speak out about her experience.

While selecting embryos based on s$x is banned in some European countries - some people fear that picking and choosing embryos based on issues unrelated to health will lead to 'designer' babies - it is perfectly legal in the US. In fact, the New York Post reported that one New York and Los Angeles-based doctor has seen a 250 per cent increase of s$x-selection services in the past five years.
But that doesn't mean people don't have mixed feelings about it - even in the Costas' own family. 

Some of their family members didn't agree with their plan, which involved using contraception throughout the three years that they tried to conceive via IVF, to ensure that they didn't accidentally conceive a boy naturally

While they have been actively trying for three years, the couple first decided on their plan eight years ago - but they wanted to be financially independent before they embarked on the pricey journey. That meant going on one vacation a year, rather than three, and nixing plans to add a pool and a patio extension to their home.

They also did not anticipate needing quite as many rounds of IVF as they did. During the first round, all five embryos were male, which left Rose 'upset' not to get the outcome she expected.
Then, in 2013, Rose had a miscarriage. But they didn't give up hope. Rose said. 

Vincent told me that he knew how much I wanted a girl, so he supported me. He always kept saying, "Let’s try. You can do one more time.

Finally, Rose successfully conceived a girl this year, and is now four months pregnant. She's excitedly planning her all-pink nursery, and recently registered for gifts.
'At this point, I just want to appreciate each moment,' she said


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