What’s in a male fertility report or a semen analysis? A lot of you have asked me, and so I thought I’d show you a couple of the reports that I’ve received from Dadi and Legacy after I did sperm testing and sperm freezing!

Conclusion: I found Dadi’s report to be simpler and cleaner, while I found Legacy’s report to be more comprehensive and personalized. For sperm testing, I got significantly better value for money with Legacy.

As a result, I think that if you care about understanding your results then Legacy’s fertility report is a much better choice, whereas if you just care about making sure your results are OK/not OK then Dadi is fine.

Take a look at the differences below.

Legacy:

Legacy provided me with an 11-page report, covering:

1. My overall fertility assessment
2. A breakdown of each of my main factors and relevant resources
3. An explanation of the vials I had frozen (including post-thaw analysis)
4. DNA fragmentation analysis (I paid extra for this)
5. A personalized recommendation that had been
6. Links to additional resources
7. A detailed chart showing WHO values for semen analysis

I spent all this time taking screenshots until I realized Legacy has a sample report available on their website (although it wasn’t super intuitive to find). But you can see my report below anyway!

What I liked and didn’t like about Legacy’s fertility report:

1. Everything is super detailed and feels comprehensive. You can see your result, how it compares to the normal ranges, and an example of something you can do to improve your results (This made me feel better for morphology, where I was below the normal range)
2. It included post-freezing analysis. After they froze my sperm, they put it into 4 vials and then did a post-thaw analysis, which I think is amazing since it makes sure that I can use the sample in the future.
3. I could do DNA Fragmentation analysis. I’ve only seen this at Legacy, and this was just a super cool data point to have to help me understand if I had DNA damage in my sperm. I had to pay extra for this ($195), but they explained that this typically costs $300-$500 at a clinic since it’s an advanced analysis.
4. It included personalized recommendations. This is a really nice touch; in this case, I had round cells in my sample which I was able to research. I only got one recommendation, I don’t know how many you’d usually get.
5. It included complimentary access to fertility experts. I was able to speak with their Chief Medical Officer (!) Dr. Ramy Abou Ghayda, who was amazing and walked me through everything, at no cost. They also offered to send me a 2nd kit free of charge if I was worried about anything.
6. It felt very busy and I didn’t know where to focus. There is so much content on every page that it’s a lot of material to absorb, understand, and process. While I feel like I got my money’s worth and more, I think they could learn from how simply and cleanly Dadi presents their information.

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What I liked and didn’t like about Dadi’s fertility report:

Dadi provided me with a web-based results that was about 1 page of content.

Dadi’s fertility analysis was cleaner (I like their colours), but also much simpler. They’re very focused on freezing, so the analysis almost feels like an afterthought.

1. The report is very simple. In my case, I got 4 numbers without much context. I couldn’t really understand if these were good or bad results without further research.
2. They froze 3 vials, which is nice, but they showed me “pre-freeze motile sperm”, so I wasn’t sure what that number looks like “post-freeze”. I really appreciated that Legacy offered that.
3. Sperm video. Although mine wasn’t showing for some reason, I like that they usually show you a video of your sperm. You can actually see it on their website here, around halfway down.
4. They told me I was “good to go”, which was reassuring, although again, I didn’t really know if my numbers were good or bad! Even in their ‘detailed report’, my numbers seemed pretty low across the board according to their WHO percentiles so it didn’t really feel like I was super good to go.
5. They make it easy to freeze. I liked that they offered discounts for additional years of storage, although they only freeze your vials in one location (New England Cryogenic Center in Marlborough, MA)
6. No morphology analysis. Here, I didn’t pay the extra $99 that would have gotten me morphology analysis as well as access to nurses.
7. Nothing complimentary! I was a little bummed that I would have to pay more money for access to their specialists.

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How do Legacy and Dadi compare to a traditional semen analysis?

I’m not finding my old semen analysis that I got done locally, but here’s more or less what my report looked like. Needless to say these are a BIG step up from getting it at a local clinic! I remember I had to wait about 3 days for my results, and getting someone on the phone was a pain. Plus, the inconvenience of having to go to a clinic to test was NOT ideal!!