Baby

Are You Ready to Become a Parent? – Part I

In some cases, many parents don’t get to ask themselves this question, as pregnancy comes when they are unprepared. But along the way, each person learns how to become a parent and gets in the job pretty well. And there is actually no way to become completely prepared for it, even though there are many books, many websites dedicated to future parents and many researches. Being a parent is the hardest job someone has in their life, without

How Genes Determine Gender | Baby’s sex

A baby’s sex is determined at conception (when the sperm fertilizes the ovum), but at first both female and male embryos develop in exactly the same way and they have identical genital parts until around the eighth week of gestation, when males and females start to develop in different ways. There is an unexpectedly small number or genes that determine the differentiation male/female:  in the nucleus of every cell of our body there are 46 chromosomes, organized

Old Wive`s Tales About Conceiving a Boy or a Girl | Gender of the baby

Whenever a woman gets pregnant, the first question that generally pops to mind is “Am I going to have a boy or a girl”?”In some cases, parent would like to keep the gender of the fetus as a surprise, while other believe it is important to know this is advance so they can make future plans, like which baby clothes to buy or what should the baby’s room look like. Whatever the case, some “old wives’ tales” or

Medical Methods for Determining the Gender

To determine the gender of the fetus, the age and the health condition, ultrasounds are commonly used. The machine allows the doctor to see how the baby has developed and to measure the baby. Data on the measurements for various gestational ages allow the machine to establish the baby’s age. The ultrasound technician can locate and then recognize either the labia or the penis, as it is the case, on the ultrasound. For a better determination of the