Pictues of how to inseminate a girl

Artificial insemination AI is the deliberate introduction of sperm into a female's cervix or uterine cavity for the purpose of achieving a pregnancy through in vivo fertilization by means other than sexual intercourse. It is a fertility treatment for humans, and is common practice in animal breeding , including dairy cattle see Frozen bovine semen and pigs. Artificial insemination may employ assisted reproductive technology , sperm donation and animal husbandry techniques. Artificial insemination techniques available include intracervical insemination and intrauterine insemination.

A new chemical treatment that can segregate male and female sperm could one day mean parents going through IVF could choose whether they have a boy or girl. In experiments with mice sperm, scientists found they could produce litters that were 90 per cent male, according to the study published in Plos Biology. When the slower sperm were used, litters were 81 per cent female. The X chromosome has many genes while the shorter male Y chromosome has fewer, and this difference in gene expression meant scientists could distinguish between the two. The process — which could be simple and cheap to carry out — does not damage the DNA of sperm and could greatly simplify sex selection for IVF or artificial insemination, which is used in livestock, scientists say. Researchers say they have already used the method to selectively produce male and females in cattle and pigs, although they have not published research on this. Dr Peter Ellis from the University of Kent School of Biosciences, who was not involved in the research, said the findings could be extremely significant.

Updated July 22, When Hannah's marriage broke down, she was left with a great sadness she may never have a second child. Fast forward a few years, and the year-old single mum from Victoria is 34 weeks pregnant with a baby girl.

Women are turning to sperm donor websites where men offer 'natural insemination'. Helen Croydon went undercover to find out more. Sarah, 42, met Carl, 35, through a website called co-parents.