Semen specimen

My urologist said the same thing after my vasectomy. Wait until after at least 20 ejaculations, then bring in the first sample. If there were no sperm in it you had to wait 24 hours before bringing in the second sample to confirm.

Dozerman said:

BigK-After a vasectomy, they are looking for sperm period. Dead or alive, if they find sperm after, it didn't take.

The reason for a rapid laboratory check, along with maintaining the temperature is as much to preserve and observe the motility of sperm as it is to reveal the presence of sperm in a semen sample.

Semen breaks down (liquifies) after ejaculation, especially in the otherwise unnatural and hostile environment of a specimen container. It is possible, if the specimen is too long in transit or sits on the shelf, for liquifaction to be so complete as to include the little blighters we're so uptight about. Then, although the man may still be producing, they may be missed - just one is enough!

Dead or alive it might seem it didn't take - but it might well have taken and just be the late comers, hence the need for multiple ejaculations and samples.

All responsible authorities will recommend a quick delivery to the lab and a quick analysis - see http://surgery.about.com/od/proceduresaz/ss/Vasectomy_6.htm and all would prefer them revealed live and wriggling rather than dead in a corner. So not even express post is good enough I'm afraid.

BigK - snipped 1965!

For sperm count or other fertility issues, some clinics have magazines in the restrooms.

I have to agree with cuerden ... for experienced folks, this should not be a problem.

I put some sperm in a sperm bank before my vasectomy. I was alone in a room with a few porno magazines. They had a small DVD/TV combo but said is was not working. The next time I went to complete the process there was another guy in the waiting room with his girlfriend or wife. She went back in the room with him. I was like - damn - you never told me I could bring an assistant. And no the nurses were not assistant quality.

I went to a special fertility lab at the local women's hospital. They had a row of small rooms for sample collection. They gave you a sterile sample container and showed you to a room. Inside was a chair and a stack of Playboy magazines.

I had to provide one for our IVF procedure. One of the two receptionists looked to be 18 years of age and seemed very inexperienced. I guess she must not have been on the job very long. In any case, she kept staring at me the entire time. She must have been fantasying about what was about to happen. It's too bad they don't offer clinical assistance for guys that request it - LOL. I had to settle for a raunchy adult magazine instead.

At an IVF clinic. They had a sample room as part of the facility with videos and magazines.

Jags2012 said:

>I put some sperm in a sperm bank before my vasectomy. I was alone in a room with a few porno magazines. They had >a small DVD/TV combo but said is was not working. The next time I went to complete the process there was another >guy in the waiting room with his girlfriend or wife. She went back in the room with him. I was like - damn - you never >told me I could bring an assistant. And no the nurses were not assistant quality.

What, the room did not have a light switch?

(smile)

When I had to provide a semen sample for possible fertility reasons, I was given a sterile cup and provided my sample at home. I was instructed to not use lube.

Same as many others - IVF fertility treatments. We did a few, and each time I was sent to THE ROOM. With some magazines, and some videos, in addition to the collection cup.

Was not as much fun by myself, but then again, I'd spent enough time by myself in my younger years to be used to it. Even showed my wife the room once (which impressed the nurses for some reason).

I needed to give a semen sample once for fertility testing a few years ago. Pretty much the same story as everyone else regarding a private room. There were some porn magazines in there, though I didn't need them. My wife had come along to help me out with stimulation, she was nice enough to get topless for me while I was masturbating. I go myself really close to ejaculation a few times, which usually increased the volume that I ejaculate. Probably the most embarrassing part was handing the nurse my sample that was in a clear collection container with semen clearly visible in it.

I've never had to do this, but I like the idea that there is a room set aside just for the purpose of collecting the samples. There is something about knowing you are in there for one purpose only...to produce only one result.

I have asked my play patient to provide one as part of the exam play.

He seems to like it being part of things,,so we do incorporate that in to the play examination games,

I don't think he has ever been asked for one in a real world situation though.

I had to provide a semen sample when my ex was trying to conceive. I carefully took my favorite porn magazines but was pleasantly surprised to find a number of them there. My ex accompanied me and using the lubricant provided a nice rectal exam to increase the volume of semen. I wasn't at all embarrassed to take it to the front desk.

I had to supply one after a vasectomy. I was told to collect a sample at home after 10 ejaculations- no time limit on how long it took to get to 10. I think I got to the 10 in about two weeks but I can't remember for sure since it was around 30 years ago. After I masturbated at home and shot my load into the collection jar, I sealed it and took it back to my surgeon's office where they sent it to the lab for testing.

Showing up and passing the jar over the pass through in the doctors office was a little bit embarrassing since you really did not know what the nurse might say. Well she just said thanks and we'll send it to the lab.

Yeah, the clinic I was at could have been a bit more discrete. When I went in to provide the sample, I was pretty nervous and a bit embarrassed and when I came in, it felt like the staffer was a bit abrupt.

Both times I had the courtesy of a brown bag...

Years ago I had gotten a vasectomy and was told to bring a semen sample to a lab for analysis to see if the procedure had worked. I was pretty embarrassed about doing this and my first inclination was to sit on the toilet, masterbate, and collect the semen in the cup provided. Trying to do this on command was not working and I was anything but turned on. Trying to find a way to get myself stimulated I asked my wife if she would stand naked in the bathroom and finger herself. Instead she told me that we would just have sex and I would cum in a condom like I always had. It was a much nicer approach and I produced as they say a copious sample. The report came back that the procedure worked and that we were free to have sex without further impediments. Producing that sample may be one of the ten most memorable sex acts I have ever had. My wife seemed especially attentive and I was willing to oblige.

They make untreated condoms for this purpose. I hope you didn't use commercial condoms - most of them are treated with spernacide.

Had to do one once and it was very embarrassing because it was on the OB/GYN floor and your the only man there and you get taken back to the room and some old vinyl coach to sit on.

Like a lot of the other commenters - I was given a plastic cup to take home. The sample went into the cup, the cup into a brown paper bag and the bag back to the doctors. Did it three times as it was after a vasectomy.

After my vasectomy 30+ years ago, I just masturbated at home into a ziplock bag, put it in a brown paper bag, and took it to the clinic.

No but I want to. I am 28 and have had some low testosterone problems and I am concerned that the treatments mite make me sterol I am very concerned that I won't have kids. I want to be a dad more then anything in the world. I really want to know if I can father kids. I have to meet with my doctor in December and want them to order up a test to check if I can be a dad. I would prefer to do it in the doctors office and they are quite a little drive for me if I have to deliver a specimen right away. It would be nice if the nurse or doctor would help me with it. ?

The only help you'll get are directions to a room to produce a sample.

I had to do it once for a fertility count. Was taken to a room within the facility and given a specimen jar. Inside the room i was informed by the nurse to lock the jar and produce a specimen. When I was finished, I was told to put in on a shelf that abutted a small door, about the size of an old milk delivery door if anyone remember those from way back then. I was told when finished and dressed to hit a button (like door bell) and I could just leave. There were assorted porn magazines and a tv in there as well. I took care of the sample followed the instructions and left. I'm certain that all of the staff knew what I was there for and it was an interesting experience walking out. Sample ended up being high in count and volume yeah!

I've had a vesectomy, and then a vesectomy reversal, so I've done about a half dozen semenalysis samples. They were all either a sample brought from home or produced in a urologist office, which is pretty routine, except the last one. Post reversal they're not only checking for presence of sperm but motility, so the sample needs to be looked at within minutes of ejaculation. The lab in my hometown is in the hospital where I worked for almost 20 years. So I knew the girl who checked me in, handed me a jar and sent me to one of the bathrooms in the lab, and I knew the lab tech who I got to come out and hand my fresh sample to.

I was told to report to the Andrology Lab at a large hospital after abstaining from sex for 48 hours. I signed in at the desk and given some paperwork. When I turned in the papers, I was led to one of a number of small rooms and handed a specimen cup. I was told to provide a semen specimen and return the cup to the desk. The room was small and had a chair, a small table, a sink, and a selection of naked lady magazines. I masturbated into to the plastic cup, arranged my clothes and took the cup to the desk. A technician took it so it could be examined as soon as possible to evaluate sperm movement. All in all not one of my more enjoyable mastyrvationmoments.