Infertility Exam Procedure

It appears to be a common practice, when doing a fertility workup, to have the male masturbate on site to obtain a semen specimen. Has anyone experienced a different process for obtaining a semen specimen??

I was able to produce the sample at home. The guidelines were that I had to deliver the specimen to the lab within a set time after production and keep it close to body temperature.

The second time, I wasn't able to coordinate the time, so I produced the sample at the lab in a very sexy bathroom.

My wife and I went through this many years ago (she ended up getting pregnant without any procedures, but we visited a fertility specialist after trying a year to get pregnant). As I recall the sample had to be in the lab within 20 minutes of ejaculation so I chose to do it at the Doctor's office. It is rather weird when everyone knows what you are doing behind closed doors, but I was a trooper. I was led into a small room with a variety of men's magazines like Playboy and a comfortable chair and masturbated the sample into the plastic specimen jar. I wonder if today, they would use a computer rather than magazines?

My wife and I went through this many years ago (she ended up getting pregnant without any procedures, but we visited a fertility specialist after trying a year to get pregnant). As I recall the sample had to be in the lab within 20 minutes of ejaculation so I chose to do it at the Doctor's office. It is rather weird when everyone knows what you are doing behind closed doors, but I was a trooper. I was led into a small room with a variety of men's magazines like Playboy and a comfortable chair and masturbated the sample into the plastic specimen jar. I wonder if today, they would use a computer rather than magazines?

I've heard that they use DVDs now. I know that when I tried out for an ED drug study, they gave me a choice of DVDs, from mild to slightly less mild, gay, lesbian and straight. You had to tell the technician which you wanted which was embarrassing as my choices don't match my gender orientation.

In the hospital where I work, there is nothing. It's forbidden, because it's a catholic hospital.

The sample has to be produced in a small seperate room without anything visual inside. So, use your immagination :-)

In the hospital where I work, there is nothing. It's forbidden, because it's a catholic hospital.

The sample has to be produced in a small seperate room without anything visual inside. So, use your immagination :-)

That's the way it was my second time, but it was just a hospital restroom, sink, toilet and trashcan. Nothing else, not even a chair.

That's the way it was my second time, but it was just a hospital restroom, sink, toilet and trashcan. Nothing else, not even a chair.

Well, at least we have a sofa :-)

Of course, so far, we've only talked about the semen sample. Mine were to confirm sterility after vasectomy. The procedure to diagnose infertility is much more involved than just a semen sample. There's a detailed physical exam along with a sexual history and extensive lab work. The woman also get a detailed exam and workup and possible hysterosalpingography in order to determine what the point(s) of failure are.

When my wife and I were going to a fertility doctor, I had to produce a sample one time. I remember that I did the deed at home and had to get it to them within a short period of time to make sure the sample was still good.

When I was first checked for fertility reasons, they had me jack at the office and produce a sample. They used a small room, adjacent to the waiting room, they had an array of erotic magazines. There I produced the sample placed it on a small shelf with an adjoining door and left. When we were going through artificial insemination, I ejaculated at home, usually with the help of my wife and she then quickly brought the sample in. I guess it works both ways!

I had a fertility exam years ago. Was told by the nurse to bring a sperm sample in a small glass, not plastic, container. No suggestion that I would be able to produce a sperm sample at the doctor's office. The exam by the doctor involved me dropping my jeans and briefs. He examined my penis and scrotum. The doctor told me that I had a variocele but that it was a small one and shouldn't be a fertility problem. No rectal exam and I didn't have to undress more than dropping my pants. He looked at my sperm under a microscope and said that they looked good.

I have never, personally, had to produce a semen sample, but in the Lab at the Naval Hospital in Groton, CT, bot patients bringing in a sample and collecting it in house were used. (The patient rest rooms had a shelf with a sliding door that opened directly in to Urinalysis. )

If the patient obtained the sample "in house," we would make an early morning appointment before the rush came on for drawing blood, etc. Either way, the patient had to be totally abstinent for 3 days so we could get an accurate sperm count.

When my wife was trying to get pregnant we were given a private room with a locked door. I had taken my favorite porn mag but they had them there as well as lube. I got a fingering from my ex! Not too bad.

Lucky man.

In my mid-twenties - I had a prostate infection. Urinating and ejaculation both felt like I was trying to pass razor blades.

When the doctor told me I had to produce a semen specimen, I almost cried. They gave me an option of using a room and that they had some erotic magazines available if needed. Fortunately, I lived close enough that they gave me the option to produce it at home and deliver it back (within 20 minutes if I recall).

I opted to go home just because I was dreading the idea so much. Now days i would opt to just take care of it in their "room". I wonder what they would do if you told them you were unable to reach an adequate state of arousal? Any chance a compassionate nurse would be willing to jump in and help?

Doug,

Nice fantasy, completely unethical and illegal. The nurse gets paid, the nurse 'helps' you during her shift, therefore the nurse is being paid to provide sexual release = prostitution.

Unless you are on a road trip...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rtUvlR1pZE

Almost as good as Meg Ryan's "performance" at the diner in When Harry Met Sally.

Years ago my was trying to have a kid with my ex wife doctor ordered a sperm test so went to typical lab with the order. Ended up in some bathroom nothing in it the door was about 2 inches gap and I could hear the lab techs talking out there. Took me like 45 minutes didn't get that great of a sample but about 5 lab techs in the room saw me come out and hand the cup over to the guy. The last 2 times I just did it at home and drove there had 30 minutes to make it. Lucky for me we never had a kid and we divorced shortly after all that.

I had to produce a semen sample for analysis and I was given the option to produce my sample at home or at the doctors office. I chose to produce the sample at home since I lived less than 20 minutes away.

There are some countries in Europe, which offer to the young men during their recruiting medical exams a fertility test. This test can be done in a special room, where the boys just can "drop in" during their medical examination. It's not mandatory and the results of this test remains anonym for the military recruiting staff.

A special room where the boys, feeling stressed out during the process, can jerk off together. 😃

...offer to the young men during their recruiting medical exams a fertility test

Oh, what a nice way to relieve the stress of their recruitment exam! Is this a private room, or do the boys enjoy this bonding experience together?

No - that's the trouth - then you go into a strictly private room!

No jerking off together! This you may do later during your military service! (Smile)

What is involved for. Females fertility exam?

I heard 1 exam that are fun is the female has an gyno exam right after having the man ejaculates into the vagina. Someone told me once the doctor wanted to try injecting sperm with a device like a long hose right after the sample was produced. She was put in the gyno chair and he was directed to a connecting office to cum in a cup once done he would hand it directly to the doctor who would inject it while it was still warm. He would stand next to his wife while the doctor injected it.

IloveGyn the exam for male and female fertility is far more complicated than you might imagine. For men the beginning test is for sperm count,activity and morphology. Then a hamster egg test is done to see if the sperm can penetrate an egg. Following this are endocrine tests. If the patient has a varicocoel it may be surgically ligated. For women the test is even more complicated. Blood tests for hormone levels are done. Meds may be given to manipulate the levels or even replace them. Next a hysterosalpingogram is done to see if the path from the uterus through the tubes to the ovaries is open. It's a whole medical specialty in itself.

Is there a reason the prostate can't be milked for a sample???

The prostate doesn't have sperm in it so milking it won't yield anything.

Does a 'reverse fertility' test count? After my vasectomy you need to bring in a sample after 25 ejaculations. The standard container at that time was an empty 35 mm film canister.

My wife was in such a hurry to get off 'the pill' that she routinely helped me reach 25 quickly.

Does a 'reverse fertility' test count? After my vasectomy you need to bring in a sample after 25 ejaculations. The standard container at that time was an empty 35 mm film canister.

My wife was in such a hurry to get off 'the pill' that she routinely helped me reach 25 quickly.

There's another thread about this. http://www.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;msg=660010