>>> WHEN YOU START A FAMILY YOU
OFTEN HAVE A PICTURE IN YOUR
MIND OF WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE.
>> MAYBE YOU DREAMED OF HAVING
A BOY OR GIRL, OR ONE OF EACH.
IF YOU COULD CHOOSE, WOULD YOU?
>> A METRO DETROIT FERTILITY
CLINIC IS HELPING PEOPLE CREATE
THE FAMILY OF THEIR DREAMS
THROUGH SEX SELECTION.
>> WE ARE INTRODUCED TO THE
PROCEDURE.
FAMILY.
I WOULD JOKE WITH MY CHILDREN
AS MY MY HUSBAND THAT WE WOULD
HAVE SEX AND HE WOULD SAY TO.
TRUCK LIKE FRANKIE PICK A RALLY
AND HER HUSBAND, WE DREAM OF
WHAT OUR FAMILIES MAY LOOK LIKE
RIGHT DOWN TO HOW MANY BOYS AND
GIRLS WE LIKE.
WE ALL KNOW YOU CANNOT CHOOSE
THE SEX OF HER CHILDREN, OR CAN
YOU?>> WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO
THAT FOR YEARS.
MAYBE OVER 10 YEARS.
THE TECHNOLOGY HAS MORPHED A
LITTLE BIT TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE BETTER OUTCOME.
>>REPORTER: NICHOLAS SCHAMA IS
A FOUNDING MEMBER OF IDF
MICHIGAN FERTILITY CENTER.
BECOME AN EXACT SCIENCE.
AT HIS CENTER, THEY CAN DO A
GENETIC SCREENING ON A COUPLE
EMBRYOS AND DETERMINE THE SEX
BEFORE IMPLANTING.
BALANCING.
THAT APPLIES IF THEY HAVE THREE
BOYS, AND WOMEN AND COUPLES
WANT TO HAVE A GIRL, THEY COME
IN FOR THE GIRL AND VICE
VERSA.>>REPORTER: MOST OF THE
FAMILIES THE DOCTOR WORKS WITH
COME TO HIM FIRST FOR A
DIFFERENT REASON, LIKE FRANKIE.
SPOCK IT DOESN'T TAKE A VILLAGE
TO RAISE A FAMILY.
FOR ME IT HAS TAKEN A BULLET TO
HAVE A FAMILY.
>>REPORTER: FRANKIE'S DETROIT
HOME IS FILLED WITH GIGGLES OF
HER TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS.
THEIR SECOND, GISELLE IS THE
BABY. THEY LOVINGLY REFER TO HER
AS THEIR SCIENCE EXPERIMENT.
IT IS OVERWHELMING BECAUSE
EVERY DAY YOU'RE WAITING ON A
TEST RESULTS.
YOU ARE WAITING ON A BLOOD DRAW.
IT WENT WELL FOR US AND I AM
EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
TRUCK WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH IN
VITRO FERTILIZATION, MULTIPLE
EMBRYOS WERE CREATED.
EMBRYOS.
>>REPORTER: THEY DID NOT FIND
OUT SHE WAS A GIRL UNTIL THEY
WERE PREGNANT.
NOW THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT BABY
THREE.>>REPORTER: IT IS ALWAYS
BEST MAKES WE SAT DOWN WITH
DOCTOR SCHAMA AND HE SAID, I
KNOW WHY YOU ARE HERE.
THE NEXT TIME WE DO A TRANSFER
WE PLAN ON PUTTING IN 1. I AM
NOT DOING TOO AT A TIME.
>>REPORTER: FRANKIE SAYS
FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE SHARED
THEIR OPINIONS ON IVF AND SEX
SELECTION.
/THEIR SEXES -- THEIR COMMENTS
ARE MORE ABOUT WORRYING ABOUT
US IN OR INTERESTED IN WHAT OUR
CHOICES OR CONVICTIONS ARE.
>>REPORTER: DOCTOR SCHAMA
UNDERSTANDS ARE PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE THAT DOCTORS WHO DO THE
PROCEDURE ARE PLAYING GOD.
>> IF YOU CREATE EMBRYOS AND
TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT AS
POTENTIAL LIFE, LIKE I DO, AND
I THINK WE ARE HELPING.
WE ARE HELPING THE HEAVENS, OR
WHATEVER DIVINE ENTITY.
>>REPORTER: HE SAYS THE DATA IS
BEING TRACKED AND THERE IS NO
CHANGE TO THE NATURAL RATIO
FROM BOYS AND GIRLS SINCE
GENDER SELECTION BECAME AN
OPTION.
AS FAR AS SUCCESSFUL RATES, HE
TELLS US, IF THE IVF
IMPLANTATION RESULT IN
PREGNANCY, THE SEX SELECTION
HAS NEVER BEEN WRONG WITH THE
PROCEDURE.
FRANKIE ENTER FAMILY PLAN TO
PROCEDURE THIS FALL.
SHE SAYS SHE HOPES PEOPLE WILL
STOP JUDGING AND TRY
UNDERSTANDING.
>> I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO DO
FAMILY.
THE PROCESS IS NOT EASY.
FOR EVERYONE.
AS WE MENTIONED, IN ORDER TO
GUARANTEE THE SEX OF YOUR BABY,
YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH IVF.
THE WHOLE PROCESS CAN COST
UPWARDS OF $20,000.
GLENDA LEWIS, 7 ACTION NEWS
>> AN EXPENSIVE OPTION.
BUT AT LEAST IT IS AN OPTION.
>> I LIKE THE MYSTERY OF LIFE.
I WA WARNED IF YOU HAVE A SON
BOY.
IF YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER THEN YOU
SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.