Should You Freeze and Store Sperm? Candidates for Sperm Banking
You and your partner may want to freeze and store sperm – a process known as sperm banking (or sperm cryopreservation) – if you are considering starting a family in the future. Sperm banking is essentially fertility insurance.
Sperm banking offers couples the opportunity to have a biological baby in case of sterility or lifestyle complications. When the time is right, you can have the sperm thawed for use in procedures like intrauterine insemination or in vitro fertilization.
Reasons to Consider Sperm Banking
Disease: Most people sperm bank due to a cancer diagnosis, especially non-Hodgkin’s disease, testicular and prostate cancer. Surgery like an […]