Illustrated for a child' s perspective, this cartooned animation explains the sperm' s role in determining if a baby will be a girl or a boy.
To make a baby, a man' s sperm meets and joins with a woman' s egg cell inside her body. Inside the man' s sperm are a set of instructions that tell the baby to be a boy or a girl.
The instructions in the man' s sperm cell can either carry the letter "X" or the letter "Y". If the letter is an "X", it means the baby will be a girl. If the letter is a "Y", the baby will be a boy.
Reviewed last on: 9/16/2008
Dan Sacks MD, FACOG, Obstetrics & Gynecology in Private Practice, West Palm Beach, FL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
