🧪 Semen analysis & sperm quality: the complete lowdown

How does the test actually go down?

1. 1. What to prepare

   Use the laboratory’s collection and transport instructions, including its requested abstinence period; report collection difficulties or recent illness.

2. 2. What to check

   Discuss results and any repeat testing with the clinician. Do not diagnose infertility from a single value or use generic thresholds in place of interpretation.

3. 3. In South Africa

   Ask a registered fertility service about treatment, donor consent, costs and parentage under the Children’s Act. Same-sex marriage is available through the Civil Union Act; do not describe same-sex families as prohibited or assume marriage alone resolves every donor-conception issue.

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