Sperm Freezing: The Ultimate Key to Unlocking Your Garden's Potential, 03 Conditions

Sperm Freezing – Sperm Freezing is a technique by which men can freeze their sperm and women can freeze their eggs for several years and whenever they try to become parents, they can use these sperm and eggs. However, in the case of women, we call it egg freezing.

If a married couple does not want to have children soon or for some reason they may have to stay away from each other for a long time. So with increasing age, he will have the fear that later due to health issues or old age, he may be unable to become a biological father. For those people, sperm freezing will be a good option. In today’s article, we will clear all your doubts related to sperm freezing.

What is Sperm Freezing?

Sperm freezing is a method of freezing sperm, also known as cryopreservation or Cryofreezing. There is a procedure by which any man can become a biological father after some time by donating his own sperm.

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Usually, the sperm is stored inside sperm banks at sub-zero degree temperature [196 F – 200 F temperature ] and The patient can retrieve it whenever he wants and can become the biological father of any child.

In which conditions, Men can go for sperm freezing?

Lots of reasons and diseases that can deteriorate (poor) the sperm quality. The following are the situations and conditions in which men should go for sperm freezing.

Cancer Patients

There are some men who are suffering from some type of cancer like testicular cancer, prostate cancer. They have to undergo chemotherapy or any kind of therapy like radiation therapy. Or due to any cancer in the body, they have to undergo any therapy. Such people can preserve their semen [sperm] for that time. Because it has been known in medical science that after these treatments like chemotherapy, radiation therapy etc, the quality of their sperm will deteriorate (decrease sperm quality) and due to this, they may not be able to become a biological father after some time. So such people can preserve their sperm before or in the early age of treatment.

Surgeries

There are some surgeries in which it is expected that the quality of sperm and semen will become very poor and in future, becoming a biological father may not be possible. Such people can also preserve or freeze their sperm.

Defence Sector Employees

Some people are in very high risk jobs like soldiers, merchant navy officers and employees, etc in such jobs in which they stay away from the family for a long time and cannot plan pregnancy on time with their partner. Such people can also go for the procedure of sperm freezing or cryopreservation.

How to preserve or freeze the sperm?

Whenever sperm is collected, it should be from a disease free person. The age of the donor should be around 40 – 45 years so that whenever the sperm is used after 10 or 15 years, its quality remains good. Now, we will guide you step by step, how you can freeze your sperm and the steps are as follows.

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Test to Check STDs or STIs

First of all, the man is tested to see whether he has any sexually transmitted infections because these infections can be transmitted to children or even to the partner through semen. To detect STDs or STIs, The test is performed through blood or urine and it will take approx 20 minutes.

Collect Sample of Sperm

If the STIs result is negative then the sample is collected. A small pocket friendly plastic box is given to the man to collect his sample. The man is given a separate room. If the man is not comfortable in a separate room, he can collect the sample in a given plastic box at his home. But the condition here is that the sample will have to be submitted to the lab within 01 hours. Because after 01 hours the quality of the sperm will start deteriorating.

Test the sperm quality or count

Before testing the sperm count, the tester will wash it, prepare it to see its quality. In the test, the tester checks the sperm count, motility (movement), Morphology (Shape), Concentration, etc. After screening all these parameters, its quality is accessed.

Sperm mix with solution

After the successful test, the sperm is mixed with the special medicated solution. And the tester also ensures that the quantity of a special medicated solution is exactly equal to the sperm quantity.

Nitrogen Freezing

After mixing the sperm with a special medicated solution, It will be separated into 03 to 04 jar for nitrogen freezing. And then slowly the temperature is taken to -198 F. However, Some samples are destroyed throughout the process.

Sperm Preservation

Remaining samples of sperm are frozen inside the sperm bank at a temperature of -198 F until the patient wants to use it next time.

Note: Before going with this process kindly consult the infertility specialist.

How to use frozen sperm for pregnancy?

There is a very easy way by which you can use your frozen sperm for pregnancy. The effective period of sperm freezing is only 10 to 15 years. So the patient should use frozen sperm within 10 to 15 years. Let’s look at the procedure of using frozen sperm.

Contact the sperm bank

Whenever a patient wants to use the sperm to become a biological father, he should contact the sperm bank and they need to fill out the respective form.

De-Freezing of Sperm

The sperm bank takes out the frozen sperm from the preservation then it will de-freeze and bring it to room temperature.

Quality Assessment

The sperm quality is again observed and the laboratory tester ensures whether the sperm quality is sufficient for pregnancy or not. See, it is very important to know that during de-freezing the sperm, then definitely the sperm count falls a little. Therefore, initially it is important that whenever sperm is collected, it should be taken from a healthy person only.

Use Sperm for Pregnancy

Once the sperm is accessed for quality, this sperm can be used for different procedures like IVF (In-Vitro fertilisation), artificial insemination or test tube baby.

Note: There is a lot of doubt in the mind of the patient that if they use this frozen sperm then it is possible that there may be some abnormality in it due to which the children will have some genetic problem or some kind of congenital deformities, although none of these things are true. Frozen sperm are healthy sperm and there is no possibility of any kind of genetic problem or congenital defect in the child due to their use.

Charges of Sperm Freezing

The charges may vary for different centres, labs, hospitals, etc. However, the averages costs for sperm freezing is 3k to 5k per year. It’s crucial to remember that additional costs like consultations and diagnostic testing may affect the final cost.

Conclusion

This advancement in science has made the dreams of many people come true. However, this technique has been very effective for those who are not able to become biological fathers due to any kind of reasons such as old age or harmful diseases. Hope this information will be useful to those who need it.

Some Additional Doubts

Question: Is freezing sperm a good idea?
Answer: Your sperm cells are collected, frozen, and kept in a sperm bank. Sperm freezing is a popular procedure used by those who want to improve their chances of eventually becoming biological parents. You may preserve your fertility for years with sperm banking, which is safe.

Question: What is the cost of sperm freezing?
Answer: Yearly, It will be approx 2k to 5k and depend on the centre.

Question: How long is sperm freezing effective?
Answer: The effective duration of sperm freezing or cryopreservation is 10 to 15 years.

Question: What is the maximum sufficient age for sperm preservation?
Answer: The men can be in the age of 40 to 45 years.

Question: Does freezing sperm affect the baby?
Answer: According to NCBI, There has been no difference between the general population and children born through sperm freezing.

Reference Links:-
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11759183_Cryopreservation_of_human_sperm
https://www.emjreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Human-Sperm-Cryopreservation.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353305014_Sperm_Cryopreservation_Principles_and_Biology
https://www.rbmojournal.com/article/S1472-6483(18)30313-4/pdf
https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/97296682/2633_8386_RAF_22_0106.pdf

Sperm Freezing: The Ultimate Key to Unlocking Your Garden’s Potential, 03 Conditions

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