This proud pooch sniffed out the best bet for this pair of expectant parents.
A Texas couple went viral after they let their dog choose the gender of their firstborn child during their in vitro fertilization (IVF) journey.
In a Tiktok video posted late last month, San Antonio-based couple Serena and Jacob Cukjati revealed that they have struggled to choose between male and female embryos.
In a last-ditch effort, they asked Charlie, their loyal pup, to make the call for them.
“Okay, so we haven’t been able to decide if we want to transfer a girl or a boy embryo first. We have two girls and one boy for those of you who are new,” said Serena Cukjati, 35, in the video.
According to the couple, they asked their doctor for his opinion but the specialist told the pair that “our boy and one of our girls pretty much was exactly the same.”
“So we decided we’re going to have Charlie pick our embryo essentially,” continued Cukjati holding two tennis balls with “girl” and “boy” written on them. “We wrote boy and girl on each of these balls and we’re going to throw them at the same time. Whichever one he brings back, that’s what we’re going to go with and it’s going to be final.”
The video, which has been viewed nearly 24,000 times, shows Charlie wearing a teal harness as Cukjati’s husband Jacob prepares to throw both balls into their backyard.
“Bubs, are you ready for your big day,” asks Cukjati before releasing the dog.
Charlie is then seen sprinting toward the balls before stopping and making his choice.
“Wait, he’s going back and forth,” exclaimed Jacob Cukjati, 31, as Charlie paces back and forth. “Which one will it be?”
Cukjati ends with a picture of Charlie with the ball in his mouth while in-video text urging users to “come back on August 7 to find out which embryo Charlie picked!”
According to the mother-to-be, the couple chose IVF after failing several times to conceive a child naturally.
“When we ended up in IVF, a lot of those surprises were taken from us as the process of IVF is much more about science than it is about chance, Cukjati told The Post. “We really wanted to find opportunities to add a little magic back into growing our family and we felt like including our dogs was the perfect idea since they are such a big part of our lives.”
Even though the couple still won’t divulge the gender of the child, Cukjati said that both she and her husband are “shocked” by Charlie’s choice.
“Jacob and I have always talked about our first baby as a certain gender and let’s just say, Charlie picked the opposite of that,” continued Cukjati. “We were so thrilled and it has been so magical getting to visualize our transfer date of July 25th and my upcoming pregnancy with not only a specific gender in mind but a specific embryo.”
“IVF can be such a thief of joy at times. For many of us going through fertility treatments, we’ve had to adjust our expectations significantly on what growing a family looks like, so it is incredibly special to find little moments of joy along the way,” concluded the ecstatic mom.
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