Having a second baby girl was reportedly not even an option for expectant parents Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.
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The 34-year-old Keeping Up with the Kardashians star underwent an in vitro fertilization gender-selection procedure in the spring to predetermine the sex of baby No. 2, Us Weekly reported.
"She only had male embryos implanted," a source close to Kardashian told Us. "Kim would have happily taken a healthy baby, but being able to choose the sex is the cherry on top!"
The process in which doctors isolate fertilized embryos of a desired sex in a lab and then transport them into a woman's uterus reportedly costs at least $17,000.
Kardashian confirmed she has a baby boy on the way via Instagram on Father's Day, a couple weeks after revealing she's pregnant again. She's currently a mom to two-year-old North, who was born in June 2013.
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"Kanye and Kim are so excited to complete their family," an insider previously said. "Kanye loves Nori more than anything, but to make his world complete, he wanted a little boy, an heir."
Kardashian and West are reportedly set to welcome their second child in December 2015.
"I'm a completely different person. I don't know if it's growing up or being with Kanye, who's more private, but I try and live my off time as privately as possible," Kardashian told Glamour magazine in its July issue.
"I used to enjoy the spotlight. If I had a day off from filming, I didn't know what to do. Now I enjoy my family time so much, there is this sense of, if it all went away and I was just a mom, I would love my life."
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