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legacy vs dadi vs sppare.me sperm analysis

ok so i figured i might as well do a round-up of my thought on sperm ANALYSIS for anyone else who is going through a similar journey! i realized i am not alone – you have millions of couples trying to have kids and — NEWS FLASH — men are 50% of the equation for hetero couples! so everyone should be testing their sperm.

now of course it depends what you are looking for, but overall, legacy was the clear winner for me. if you have any other recommendations for companies to try please send them my way, i know there are a few like fairfax cryobank or cryochoice that i didn’t try but i did try legacy, sppare.me, dadi, and yo.

i’ll start by talking about the at-home sperm analysis options. i’ll do a separate post on at-home sperm freezing. note: the prices below are not totally comprehensive, so check out the full reviews for the details.

Legacy: https://spermfreezing.home.blog/2019/12/01/legacy/

Sppare.me: https://spermfreezing.home.blog/2019/11/10/sppareme/

Dadi: https://spermfreezing.home.blog/2019/11/24/dadikit/

Yo: https://spermfreezing.home.blog/2019/10/27/trying-a-test-at-home-yo/

Legacy
195
  • Best for analysis & freezing
Sparre.me
250
  • Good for analysis & freezing
Dadi
199
  • Good for basic analysis & freezing
Yo
75
  • Best for a basic analysis

For analysis:

#1: Legacy – as detailed as getting your analysis at a clinic
includes volume, count, concentration, motility, morphology
includes lifestyle recommendations tailored to you

#2: Yo! – basic analysis but cheap and fast
includes count & concentration

#3: Sppare.me – also detailed, but you can’t get analysis done separately
includes volume, count, concentration, motility, and (optional for +$100) morphology
you can’t do analysis separately and requires an std test

#4: Dadikit – basic analysis, can’t get analysis done separately
includes volume, count, concentration
you can’t do analysis separately, and there is a fee to cancel storage

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!