{"id":7002,"date":"2021-12-17T22:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/givelegacy.com\/?p=7002"},"modified":"2023-06-14T13:47:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:47:07","slug":"sperm-freezing-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/resources\/sperm-freezing-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm freezing 101"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sperm cryopreservation, or freezing, uses liquid nitrogen to preserve your sperm at its youngest and healthiest. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/guide-to-sperm-freezing\/\">Sperm freezing <\/a>protects your fertility and gives you the option to be a biological parent regardless of injury, illness, age, or anything else that may come your way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should consider freezing your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/what-is-sperm\/\">sperm<\/a> if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You\u2019re entering a high-risk occupation.<\/strong> <em>Such as the military, professional sports, fields in which you may be exposed to chemicals or toxins<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You\u2019re undergoing medical treatment that may impact your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/sperm-quality\/\">fertility<\/a>.<\/strong> <em>Such as cancer treatment, surgery, testosterone replacement therapy, gender-affirming hormone therapy<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You may have children later in life.<\/strong> <em>Especially after age 40<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You plan to have a vasectomy.<\/strong> <em>Sperm freezing before vasectomy is less expensive and more effective than vasectomy reversal if you change your mind<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You just want peace of mind about your fertility.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sperm cryopreservation, or freezing, uses liquid nitrogen to preserve your sperm at its youngest and healthiest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"%%post_title%% %%sep%% %%sitetitle%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"Sperm cryopreservation, or freezing, uses liquid nitrogen to preserve your sperm at its youngest and healthiest.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[302],"tags":[304],"class_list":["post-7002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dashboard-content","tag-dashboard-analysis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17564,"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7002\/revisions\/17564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.givelegacy.com\/vnext\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}