Are complications more likely to occur in mothers carrying boys?

Sex selection can expose gender-related differences way before birth (Photo: Shutterstock)

Baby’s gender occurs by chance. But there is more to this “random” sex selection that seems to expose gender-related differences way before birth.

Researchers in Australia analysed more than 500,000 births and came to a conclusion that the baby’s gender could be linked to the health of both mother and child. It further linked that the sex-specific interactions of the mother, placenta and foetus have biological implications, influencing the health of the mother and the baby during pregnancy, and that the ripple effects can also be observed postpartum.