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Many women ask me about Amniocentesis. They are scared of the very thought of a needle used to draw fluid from the abdomen. In this blog, I want to discuss the basics of Amniocentesis. Why and how it is done. Don't forget to watch our video on this topic on our channel.

Did you know that the sex of the child is actually determined by the sperm of the father? Sperm carries the genetic blueprint for the gender. The gender of the baby is determined at the moment of fertilization of the sperm and the egg. Each of us - Male or female started as an embryo, developed from the fertilization of the sperm and the egg. Both the internal and external sex organs are formed early in pregnancy and by the fifth month of pregnancy, if the baby growing is a female, then all the eggs she will ever produce in her life ( around five million of them)