Cryopreservation of sperm
Procedure
If you would like to have your sperm sample frozen at the Erlanger Samenbank, please contact us by telephone (09131/89 84 11 or 0170/ 709 55 51) or by E-Mail.
Make an appointment with a doctor at the Erlanger Samenbank with a subsequent appointment for sperm collection and (if possible) do not ejaculate for 3 days beforehand.
1. Registration
Please register for your appointment at the Kinderwunsch Erlangen reception.
2. Please bring
• Your insurance card
• The completed questionnaire before the visit
3. Appointment
At the appointment, you will first have a medical consultation at our facility, to which you are welcome to bring a companion. You will also receive all other contract documents, which you can view here (Storage contract for sperm samples, Costs for self-paying cryopreservation).
We will then take a blood sample to exclude HIV/hepatitis B and C, as required by commercial law. You then give us your sperm sample in a sterile cup in a quiet room. As a rule, we will inform you within a few hours (the next day at the latest) about the quality of the semen sample and, if necessary, recommend that you provide another sample at a later date. Allow approximately 90 minutes for the entire visit.
4. Report
Finally, if you wish, you and your doctors will receive a written report of the semen quality and the number of frozen straws (sample containers) by mail.
