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How Legacy works

At-home sperm testing and freezing that’s fast, easy, and secure.

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STEP 1

At home

Order and receive your kit

Your semen collection kit is delivered directly to your door — expedited shipping included. No prescription or doctor’s order required.

Collect your sample

Register your kit online. Produce a semen sample, via masturbation, from the comfort of home. Follow the simple instructions to prepare it for shipping.

Ship the kit back to our lab

Overnight shipping is included. Legacy’s sperm transport liquid maintains the health of your sperm until it arrives at the lab for analysis and freezing.

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STEP 1

At home

STEP 2

At our lab

STEP 2

At our lab

Get your results

Semen analysis results are delivered securely to your phone within 48 hours, along with personalized recommendations to improve sperm health.

Your sample is frozen

If you choose, we can store your sample for up to 25 years. We conduct a post-thaw analysis — in which we thaw a tiny portion of your sample and re-analyze it — to ensure it’s viable for long-term sperm freezing.

Your sample is analyzed

Our andrology scientists assess key measures of sperm health, including sperm count, motility (how many sperm are swimming), and morphology (how many sperm are the right shape). Advanced DNA fragmentation testing is also available, that looks at the genetic integrity of your sperm — we’re the only at-home solution that offers it.

STEP 3

In long-term storage

Your sample is safe

Your sperm is divided and stored in multiple geographic locations as an extra level of protection against any risk. You can see exactly where your sperm is stored on your client dashboard.

Your sample is secure

Our facilities are monitored 24/7, and your sample is stored with redundant liquid nitrogen to protect against power outages.

Your sample is easy to use

Withdraw your sample and send it to a healthcare provider at any time. We’ll renew your plan until you’re ready. Sperm frozen for up to 40 years has been used to produce healthy children

STEP 3

In long-term storage

Supported by science

Legacy is the largest male fertility clinic in North America. We’ve tested more than 30,000 semen samples, and more than 25,000 are stored in our secure facilities.

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The most advanced at-home kit

Legacy’s kit uses an FDA-approved sperm transport liquid to maintain the health of sperm for overnight shipping.

Our kit is:

Tamper-proof

shock-proof

insulated

all-weather tested

Trans woman smiling while opening a Legacy collection kit

Tamper-proof

shock-proof

insulated

all-weather tested

Trusted by sperm experts

Incubated at Harvard, Legacy’s board of advisors contains the world’s top urologists, fertility doctors, and scientists.

Everything is better at home

Research shows semen quality may be 30% higher when the sample is collected in the comfort of home.

The results from mail-in semen analysis kits are highly correlated with the results of 1-hour semen analysis.

Sources: Huang et al, 2019

Gloved hand placing a vial into a cryostorage tank—secure, temperature-controlled sperm preservation using liquid nitrogen

A proven process

When sperm is frozen in a high-quality facility like Legacy’s, it can be stored indefinitely with no impact on pregnancy chances. Frozen sperm can be used in IUI, IVF, and ICSI with the same success rates as “fresh,” never-frozen sperm.

Sources: Sources: Huang et al, 2019

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