Our sperm banking services provide the caring and sensitive support you need to freeze, store, and maintain the sperm you are counting on to conceive your child. We are fully compliant with the guidelines set by the AABT (American Association of Tissue Banks) and fully compliant with the FDA regulations governing reproductive tissue banks.
MRM Assists in Sperm Banking For Your Following Needs:
Short term (less than 6 months) sperm banking at MRM for male partners can be provided by MRM when:
- The male partner is unavailable at the critical time of expected ovulation or egg retrieval intended for conception. Semen can be collected, frozen for short term and thawed for intrauterine insemination (IUI) at the time of ovulation or with egg retrieval or egg warming for IVF therapy.
- Men have no sperm in their ejaculate. Surgical collection of sperm from the epididymis or testicle can be frozen for future use with IVF therapy.
If the intention for sperm storage is greater than 6 months,
- MRM partners with reputable sperm banks who serve our patients with dedicated long term storage of sperm.
- Plan to collect semen at the sperm bank.
Men with potential sexually transmittable diseases such as HIV or hepatitis may need to store their sperm for fertility use.
- If surgical collection of sperm is necessary, this is performed at MRM. Upon sperm collection, their sperm is frozen and immediately transported to a reputable sperm bank for short and long-term storage.
- If men have sufficient sperm in their semen ejaculate, plan to collect semen at the sperm bank for short and long-term storage.
Oncofertility: Fertility preservation by freezing sperm prior to cancer related therapies.
- Men that are diagnosed with cancer may choose to freeze their sperm before cancer treatments that may damage their sperm causing infertility or sterility. MRM will refer you to one of our reputable sperm bank partners who serve our patients with dedicated long term storage of sperm.
- Plan to collect semen at the sperm bank.
For MTF trans patients:
- Before MTF trans patients begins hormone treatment, they can bank semen specimens to preserve fertility options for the future.
- MRM partners with reputable sperm banks who serve our patients with dedicated long term storage of sperm.
- Plan to collect semen at the sperm bank.
