Last time, I promised I would write about my husband's semen analysis. I know we went in not really knowing what to expect. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
My husband was referred for a semen analysis (SA) by his endocrinologist. G was originally seeing Dr S as a yearly check up that he's had since he was first diagnosed with cancer back in 1985. While at the appointment, we explained to Dr S that we had been trying to have a baby for almost a year. He recommended that we have an SA, and we made the appointment about a month later. I really procrastinated on that. I didn't want more bad news.
Anyway, I made the appointment for 24 April. We had to be there by 9:00am. That sounds really great until you realise that we're about an hour and a half away from the hospital with normal morning traffic. We knew that we needed to leave no later than 7:30am. We also knew that because it would take us so long to get to the hospital, we knew that G would have to do his stuff at the hospital. This is because they will not take any semen to be tested for fertility if it was not collected within an hour of ejaculation. Fortunately, we were able to find a single person toilet for him to carry out his business since Lincoln Hospital does not provide rooms for men to do that.
Once there and after G had finished his part, we dropped it off at the sample collections counter. They asked for some information, and we left. We only had to wait about a week or two before we found out the results.
The time in the hospital did not take long, and it was not what I anticipated. I didn't really know what to expect so I hope this helps someone out there. Please just remember that this was done on the NHS in England.
I was not able to get a picture for today, but I will get G to take one soon.
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