Test and freeze your sperm from home
Use code GRINDR10 for 10% off all sperm testing & freezing.
Whether you’re ready for kids now or they’re a “maybe” in your long-term plan, testing and freezing your sperm today keeps your options open.
LGBTQ-friendly option
Private, convenient at-home collection kit
Standard and advanced semen analysis available
Use sperm for 40+ years after freezing
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Why test your sperm?
Analyzing your sperm health gives you an in-depth understanding of your overall health and helps you explore your options for building a family when you’re ready.
Lifestyle and medical factors such as drug use, testosterone treatment, and STIs can temporarily or even permanently affect sperm health.
Sperm freezing
Recommended
Your sample may be frozen for future use.
4 vials ready
Total motile count
125 million
swimming sperm
Normal
Volume
0.9mL
of semen
Low
Concentration
95.7 million
sperm per mL
Normal
Motility
44%
of your sperm are moving
Normal
Morphology
6.1%
of your sperm are shaped normally
Normal
DNA fragmentation
15%
of your sperm are showing
damage in DNA
Normal
Sperm freezing
Recommended
Your sample may be frozen for future use.
4 vials ready
Total motile count
125 million
swimming sperm
Normal
Volume
0.9mL
of semen
Low
Concentration
95.7 million
sperm per mL
Normal
Why freeze your sperm?
Everyone is affected by the biological clock. Freezing sperm now can help ensure a successful pregnancy, whenever you’re ready for kids.
Fertility procedures are carefully timed, complex, and expensive. Freezing a healthy sample in advance gives you a back-up plan.
Sperm freezing options
Family building can be expensive. Our flexible, affordable sperm freezing plans make it easier.
HSA/FSA accepted. CLIA-certified lab results in 48 hours.
Family size
We recommend freezing one sample per child you hope to have in the future.
Sperm storage plan
Renew your plan or retrieve your sample at any time.
STI testing
Highly recommended as it’s required in most states when using frozen sperm.
Standard analysis
Tests the main 5 metrics of sperm health.
Advanced analysis
Includes a test of your sperm’s genetic health to freeze your best sample.
Standard Semen Analysis + 1 year storage
If you’d like more flexibility
Most popular
For Tomorrow Bundle
Protect your option to have children with 2 samples stored for 5 years
Forever Bundle
To maximize the chance of having your dream family
1 child
1 sample frozen
2 children
2 samples frozen
3 children
3 samples frozen
1 year included
Equivalent to
$119/year/sample
5 years included
Equivalent to
$65/year/sample
25 years included
Equivalent to
$36/year/sample
Not included
Included
Included
Included
For all samples
Included
For all samples
Included
For all samples
Not included
Not included
Included
For 1 sample
Important screenings for LGBTQ family planning
If you’re planning to or may need to use a surrogate in the future, there are additional screenings necessary for you before you freeze your sperm, including an STI test. This is required by the FDA in order to use your sample with a surrogate in the future. There are no pre-screenings required for an analysis.
Want to learn more? Contact a client advisor
Start with a semen analysis
After you get your test results, you can choose to freeze your sample for 1–25 years. Use GRINDR10 at checkout for 10% off standard or advanced semen analysis.
Explore at-home testing options
“Testing with Legacy was the easiest thing I’ve ever done.”
Colton Underwood
Former Bachelor star, athlete, and activist Colton Underwood thought he was doing everything right: eating well, working out seven days a week, and detoxing his body in saunas. But when he and his husband started their LGBTQ family-building journey, he was shocked to discover that his sperm count was near zero.
After 6 months of “sperm rehab,” Underwood retested his sperm health with Legacy. He loved the ease and privacy of at-home testing and getting results delivered to his phone in 48 hours.
How to freeze your sperm with Legacy
How to test or freeze your sperm with Legacy
1
Order your kit
2
Produce your sample at home and ship it back same-day
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We’ll analyze your sample, and you’ll get results within 48 hours
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Questions about your results? Schedule a consultation with a clinician
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You can choose to freeze your sample for 1–25 years
LGBTQ fertility resources
FAQs abxout LGBTQ fertility options
Pregnancy options for gay couples vary depending on the biology of each member of the partnership.
- For gay couples with two cisgender men or any two people without uteruses, gestational surrogacy is an option that can allow them to have biological children.
- For lesbian couples with two cisgender women or any two people with uteruses, sperm donation from a known or anonymous donor is an option for building a family.
We are! Our care team has been trained by Folx to provide an inclusive, affirming experience to every client, no matter what their identity, orientation, or relationship status.
We know the process of building a family can feel complicated. We’re here to make it easier and more affordable.
If you are planning to build your family through thirdparty reproduction — AKA, you might use a surrogate or sperm donor — there are some additional screenings that the sperm-producing person should undergo before freezing their sample. These screenings are required by the FDA.
Screenings include, but are not limited to:
- A physical exam
- Infectious disease testing with an FDA-cleared lab:
- Gonorrhea and chlamydia urine cultures
- HIV-I and HIV-II screening
- Hepatitis B surface antigen and Hepatitis B core antibody
- Hepatitis C antibody
- Syphilis RPR
- CMV
- HTLV-I and HTLV-II
These screenings apply only to those working with a surrogate in the US. If you’re working with a surrogate abroad, talk with your surrogacy agency or fertility clinic to understand any screening requirements.
Short answer: as much as you can afford. A few questions you might consider:
- Do you want one child, multiple children, or maybe you’re not sure you want kids at all? How much sperm you should freeze will change depending on family size and how certain you are that you want biological children in the future.
- Will you be using IUI or IVF to attempt pregnancy? Generally speaking, one vial of sperm is used in each IUI or IVF procedure, and 1 semen sample = 4 vials of frozen sperm. IUI pregnancy rates range from 10–25% per cycle; IVF success rates range from 5–60% per cycle. So, you may need multiple attempts to achieve pregnancy.
As long as sperm is kept frozen in a high quality cryogenic lab like Legacy’s, it can be stored indefinitely with no significant impact on its quality or the chances that it will result in a healthy pregnancy. That means you can keep your sperm frozen until you’re ready to start a family.
The chances of conceiving with frozen sperm depend on several factors:
- The quality and quantity of the sperm
- The quality of the donor egg (if using a surrogate) or the age and overall fertility health of the person carrying the pregnancy
- Whether you use intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
IUI pregnancy rates range from 10–25% per cycle; IVF success rates range from 5–60% per cycle. So, you may need multiple attempts to achieve pregnancy. The good news is that using frozen sperm doesn’t affect your chances of success. IUI and IVF pregnancy rates are the same for those using frozen sperm, compared to “fresh.”
No. Legacy’s services are intended to help individuals with sperm preserve their fertility and their options for the future. We’re not seeking sperm donors, nor do we pay for or sell semen samples.