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FAQs What is Cryopreservation and What Is a Sperm Cryobank? Should I Consider Sperm Banking? What Is the Process I Will Have to Go Through to Bank My Sperm? How Is the Sperm Actually Frozen? How Do I Know that My Sperm is Viable and Worth Banking? Is There a Minimum Quantity that Makes It Worthwhile to Freeze Sperm? How Long Can You Effectively Keep My Sperm Frozen? Does Insemination with Thawed Sperm Increase the Likelihood of Having and Abnormal Child? How Do I Know That My Specimen Will Not Be Confused or Mixed Up with Another? Can My Semen Be Contaminated by Other Specimens in the Tank? Is Sperm Banking An Expensive Process?

Should I Consider Sperm Banking?

Sperm banking is used in a variety of different situations. Most commonly, men bank sperm because they are about to undergo treatments or take medications which may affect their sperm production.

You may want to consider cryobanking if:

• You are undergoing a treatment for cancer, which may impair your sperm production or quality (e.g. chemotherapy, radiation).
  
  
• You will be taking any ongoing medications which may impair your sperm production or quality (e.g. sulfasalazine, methotrexate).
  
  
• You will undergo any procedure which could affect your testis, prostate, or your ability to ejaculate (e.g. prostate resection, colon surgery or retroperitoneal lymph node dissection).


• You have a medical condition which is beginning to affect your ability to ejaculate (e.g. multiple sclerosis, diabetes).


• You are having a vasectomy.


• You are entering a line of work where you may be introduced to reproductive toxins.


• As part of your infertility treatment, you will be undergoing a procedure where sperm may be easily harvested (e.g. vas reconstruction, testicular biopsy). These sperm can then be stored and used later in conjunction with advanced reproductive techniques if alternative infertility treatments do not prove successful.

This list is by no means exhaustive and we encourage you to discuss the issue with your doctor.