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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?

How Long Can You Effectively Keep My Sperm Frozen?

Sperm can be frozen indefinitely. There have been normal pregnancies from sperm stored frozen for 12 years. The efficacy of the freezing is questionable when it has been frozen for more than 12 years. Each individual's sperm reacts differently to the freezing process. The result of the thawed test batch can give you some indication of how your sperm reacts to the process.