The Silverman Center

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About Dr. Silverman

Dr. Silverman, a pioneer and researcher, in the field of gender selection, has been practicing gender selection for over 20 years. 

He has a very distinguished career in the fields of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, practicing and researching methods to determine baby gender. He completed a Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology, and served as the director of the IVF program at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

He has written a scientific article on baby gender selection published in The Journal of Human Reproduction. 

The Silverman Center is conveniently located in Scarsdale, NY

Dr. Silverman has helpedcouples , who have come from all over the world, realize their dream of havingachild of their chosen gender.

Couples Building Families

Welcome to Dr. Andrew Silverman's Web site on family balancing (gender selection). More and more frequently, couples are seeking to select the sex of their next baby. They do so mainly for two reasons. First, couples who have children of the same gender want to experience the joy of raising a child of the opposite sex. Second, couples want to shield their future children from inheriting a genetic disease.

Baby Gender Selection Methods

The Silverman Center for Gender Selection offers two techniques to choose baby's gender, the Ericsson Method and the IVF/PGD Method combined with the Ericsson Method of sperm separation.

The Ericsson Method: More Cost Efficient

With this technique sperm are sorted by gender, and the sperm of the sex that the couple desires are used for an intrauterine insemination. The major advantage of this method is that it is less expensive than the IVF/PGD Technique. Numerous scientific studies document that the Ericsson Method of Gender Selection is effective 70-75% of the time.

The IVF/PGD Technique: Highest Success Rate

Through a process called IVF/PGD, combined with the Ericsson method, Dr. Silverman enables eggs to be fertilized with the father's selected sperm outside of the mother's body.

The embryos are tested for their gender and only the embryo of the desired sex is transferred back to the mother.

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Transferring only male or female embryos assures that the child will be of the desired gender.

Proven Scientific Methods

Most importantly Dr. Silverman's gender selection process is based upon scientific principles. It is not a collection of "recipes" or "intercourse timing schemes". The Internet abounds with quackery that inevitably leads to wasted time, money, and disappointment. Only through a proven scientific method can a couple hope to have a child of the sex that they desire.



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