Author: Josh AKA Mr. Sperm!!

Hey!! my name is Josh F. and I’m a writer based in Austin, TX. I grew up here and am lucky to call this beautiful city home. I grew up knowing that I was gay but never wanting to admit it. A long LONG journey took me to freezing my sperm with my partner! We’ve been talking about all kinds of family planning options and I want to share my journey with you. I LOVE getting your comments and feedback so please e-mail me anytime!!

experience 2: trying a test at home (Yo!)

so i figured, ok, are there any options that i can do at home or from home? this seems to be a big trend with all the genetic testing, hormone testing, all the hims ads im seeing.. so I googled ‘sperm testing at home’

i did some research and i found a couple of companies that i liked. there was one called ‘spermcheck’ that seemed kind of shady. my favourite was a company called YO! loved the name!! here’s the site: https://www.yospermtest.com/

i was a little weirded out about the fact that you have to attach something to your phone and then analyze your sperm, but they promised that i wasn’t going to have sperm all over my phone.

they said it wasn’t compatible with my iphone X max but it does work on a regular iphone x which was fine since i still had my old one.

it cost me $75 including shipping and taxes

overall:

-the experience was generally not bad. they have clear instructions for what to do although i kept feeling worried that i was going to spill everything everywhere!!

-the results were ok but not super useful. i did not feel like i really got a fertility test.

-they show you a video of your sperm is cool but… idk, whats the point? its not really telling me anything

pros:

-cheap

-although it took a few days to ship, i was able to do it at home

-straightforward

-you get a video of your sperm

cons:

-did not feel like a really good analysis, it felt shallow… so whats the point?

-this is stupid but i realized afterwards that i (obviously) can’t freeze my sperm if i’m using an at home test like yo… so not that useful in the end!

-you have to attach a device to your phone (not that big a deal)

this was the box i received. im not able to rotate the image but you get the picture!

experience 1: going to a local clinic

so, step 1 was to go and check out a local clinic. i figured this was probably the best option. since we’re based in austin i went to see the austin fertility institute ( https://www.austinfertilityinstitute.com/). a few things:

overall:

it didn’t feel like the right fit for me. i wasn’t super excited about going to masturbate at a clinic where it felt like everyone there was sick or struggling with fertility issues. but most of all, it was suuuuper expensive compared to some of the other options i found.

pros:

-it’s always nice to speak with a doctor about this stuff

-good location, easy access by car, friendly staff

cons:

-EXPENSIVE!!!!

-it felt like i was going to a hospital. they kept asking me if i was freezing my sperm because of a medical condition

-they wanted me to masturbate on site!! not super pumped about that.

our sperm freezing journey

hey! my name is josh, and i wanted to share a little about the experience that i went through to freeze my sperm! my partner and i have been thinking about family planning options, including conception, and we realized that sperm freezing is the best way to ‘put things on ice’ until we’re ready!

we realized that there’s a lot more to the process that we thought and ACTUALLY the process means testing and then freezing your sperm.

i’m writing to hopefully help other guys (and gals!) think about the process and also to talk some things i loved and hated along the way. hope you find this useful, please drop me a line if you like it!!!