Fellow Semen Analysis + Cryopreservation
Fellow Semen Analysis + Cryopreservation
Fellow Semen Analysis + Cryopreservation
Add cryopreservation to your semen analysis order to help protect your ability to conceive through fertility treatment with a partner for years to come. This service is not intended to be used for directed donor or surrogacy.¹
Add cryopreservation to your semen analysis order to help protect your ability to conceive through fertility treatment with a partner for years to come. This service is not intended to be used for directed donor or surrogacy.¹
Add cryopreservation to your semen analysis order to help protect your ability to conceive through fertility treatment with a partner for years to come. This service is not intended to be used for directed donor or surrogacy.¹
with 130+ reviews
with 130+ reviews
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Best-in-class analysis. Our CLIA-certified lab provides the only mail-in semen analysis to be peer-reviewed and clinically validated.²
Best-in-class analysis. Our CLIA-certified lab provides the only mail-in semen analysis to be peer-reviewed and clinically validated.²
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Registered storage. Our lab is CLIA-certified and FDA-registered for cryopreservation.
Registered storage. Our lab is CLIA-certified and FDA-registered for cryopreservation.
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Secure. Our facility and laboratory are access-controlled, and storage tanks are locked and continuously monitored.
Secure. Our facility and laboratory are access-controlled, and storage tanks are locked and continuously monitored.
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Convenient. Provide your sample in the comfort of your home and mail it back. Your kit ships for free.
Convenient. Provide your sample in the comfort of your home and mail it back. Your kit ships for free.
Top doctors approve
Top doctors approve
Privacy & security
Privacy & security
CLIA-certified lab
CLIA-certified lab
FDA registered
FDA registered
Top doctors approve
Privacy & security
CLIA-certified lab
FDA registered
~300,000 tests
performed to date
3,000+
clinical partners
4.6 / 5
with 15,000 reviews
65+ studies
published & presented
CLIA
certified lab
~300,000 tests
performed to date
3,000+
clinical partners
4.6 / 5
with 15,000 reviews
65+ studies
published & presented
CLIA
certified lab
Why store your sperm?
Storing your sperm now makes it available for use in in the future. When you and your partner are ready for IVF or other treatments, you should have sperm ready to go. Our storage is not intended to be used for directed donor or surrogacy.¹
Here are a few reasons why you may want to store your sample:
Storing your sperm now makes it available for use in in the future. When you and your partner are ready for IVF or other treatments, you should have sperm ready to go. Our storage is not intended to be used for directed donor or surrogacy.¹
Here are a few reasons why you may want to store your sample:
Storing your sperm now makes it available for use in in the future. When you and your partner are ready for IVF or other treatments, you should have sperm ready to go. Our storage is not intended to be used for directed donor or surrogacy.¹
Here are a few reasons why you may want to store your sample:
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A doctor recommended it for you
A doctor recommended it for you
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To help ensure that your sperm are available for your future
To help ensure that your sperm are available for your future
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You’re not planning on having kids for years
You're not planning on having kids for years
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You’re planning on getting a vasectomy and want to store sperm in case you and your partner decide to attempt fertility treatment in the future
You're planning on getting a vasectomy and want to store sperm in case you and your partner decide to attempt fertility treatment in the future
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You’re in a high risk environment (you’re in the military or exposed to chemicals that impact fertility)
You're in a high risk environment (you're in the military or exposed to chemicals that impact fertility)
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You’re undergoing a medical procedure or treatment that will reduce your fertility (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or gender affirming therapy)
You're undergoing a medical procedure or treatment that will reduce your fertility (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or gender affirming therapy)
Created with the highest standards.
Not every mail-in semen analysis and cryopreservation company is the same. We’ve done our homework to bring you flexible, affordable testing and storage options.
Not every mail-in semen analysis and cryopreservation company is the same. We've done our homework to bring you flexible, affordable testing and storage options.
Other mail-in options
Other mail-in options
Other mail-in options
In-person clinic
In-person clinic
In-person clinic
Fellow
Fellow
Fellow
Own and operate a CLIA-certified lab
Own and operate a CLIA-certified lab
Own and operate a CLIA-certified lab
Collect your sample at home
Collect your sample at home
Collect your sample at home
Up-front cost
Up-front cost
Up-front cost
$540 or more
$540 or more
~ $1000
~ $1000
$439
$439
Yearly cost
Yearly cost
Yearly cost
$99–$245
$99–$245
~$300 or more
~$300
or more
$240
$240
Getting started is easy.
1. Buy your kit, and we’ll ship it to you.
1. Buy your kit, and we'll ship it to you.
1. Buy your kit, and we'll ship it to you.
2. Provide your sample, mail it back. Get accurate fertility results.
2. Provide your sample, mail it back. Get accurate fertility results.
2. Provide your sample, mail it back. Get accurate fertility results.
3. We’ll freeze and store your sample, and charge you for your first year.
3. We'll freeze and store your sample, and charge you for your first year.
3. We'll freeze and store your sample, and charge you for your first year.
4. We’ll securely ship your sample to your clinic when you want it.
4. We'll securely ship your sample to your clinic when you want it.
4. We'll securely ship your sample to your clinic when you want it.
Getting tested for STIs is an important step. We help make it easy.
Getting tested for STIs is an important step. We help make it easy.
Fertility clinics require STI testing before they will use your sperm for fertilization with a partner, so it’s a good idea to get it taken care of now.
Fellow uses Request A Test to make it easy to get the STI tests you need at a LabCorp or Quest Diagnostics location near you. When you get your results, store them in a safe place so they’ll be ready if you ever need to use your sample in the future.
Fertility clinics require STI testing before they will use your sperm for fertilization with a partner, so it's a good idea to get it taken care of now.
Fellow uses Request A Test to make it easy to get the STI tests you need at a LabCorp or Quest Diagnostics location near you. When you get your results, store them in a safe place so they'll be ready if you ever need to use your sample in the future.
Assess and preserve your fertility from home.
Our process helps keep your sample safe in transit.
With the Fellow Semen Analysis, you can produce a sample at home and mail it back (shipping is included, and the label is right on the box). We’ll analyze your sample in our CLIA-certified lab.
Our Semen Analysis kit includes a preservation solution designed to stabilize your sample and a gel pack that helps maintain a moderate temperature during transit. Overnight shipping is included so your sample gets to us as quickly as possible.
Get an in-depth analysis of the sperm you’re storing.
We’ll email you a link to a secure webpage with your semen analysis results. Our report offers helpful insights into how your stored samples can be used by fertility clinics to enable you and your partner to become parents. You can bring this report to your doctor to discuss further.¹
See a sample report
Here’s what we analyze in your semen sample:
Here's what we analyze in your semen sample:
Volume
Milliliters (mL) of your entire sample
Volume refers to the amount of semen in your sample (measured in mL). Volume can fluctuate quite a bit depending on when you last ejaculated.
Concentration
How many million sperm per mL
Sperm concentration is the number of sperm per mL in a semen sample.
Count
How many sperm are in your sample
Sperm count is the total number of sperm in the entire sample. To determine the sperm count, sperm concentration is multiplied by the total volume of the sample.
Motility
How your sperm are swimming
Sperm motility refers to the percentage of sperm that are swimming in a sample. This is important for fertility because sperm need to swim to reach and fertilize an egg.
Total Motile Count
How many sperm in your sample are swimming
This is regarded as the most important factor for male fertility- it is the result of multiplying sample volume, concentration, and motility.
Morphology
How your sperm are shaped
Sperm morphology refers to the shape of your sperm. In typical samples, only 4%-20% of sperm cells are normally shaped. Lower-morphology sperm can still result in a pregnancy. Because of our analysis methods, we may not be able to return morphology results for samples with low sperm counts or low motility.
We prioritize safety and security in our state-of-the-art facility.
We prioritize safety and security in our state-of-the-art facility.
Our CLIA-certified lab has the same FDA tissue banking license that fertility clinics must acquire in order to store seminal fluid for use in fertility treatments with a sexually intimate partner. Our lab is access controlled, and our cryo tanks are locked and monitored for changes in temperature to help ensure your sample is safe. The vials holding your sample are marked in a way that protects your privacy, and they can only be removed with your instructions.
When you’re ready to use your sample, we’ll help coordinate delivery to a fertility clinic of your choosing.¹
Our CLIA-certified lab has the same FDA tissue banking license that fertility clinics must acquire in order to store seminal fluid for use in fertility treatments with a sexually intimate partner. Our lab is access controlled, and our cryo tanks are locked and monitored for changes in temperature to help ensure your sample is safe. The vials holding your sample are marked in a way that protects your privacy, and they can only be removed with your instructions.
When you're ready to use your sample, we'll help coordinate delivery to a fertility clinic of your choosing.¹
Here’s a recap of what we offer.
Here's a recap of what we offer.
Regulations
Highest quality standards
Highest quality standards
We operate a CLIA-certified lab and have an FDA tissue banking license for the storage of seminal fluid for use with sexually intimate partners.
Convenience
Provide your sample from home
Provide your sample from home
With Fellow’s mail-in semen analysis and cryopreservation solution you have the convenience of producing your sample from the comfort of home, and then we’ll send it to your preferred clinic when the time is right.
Confidence & Control
Security & Privacy
Security & Privacy
Our lab is locked 24/7 to ensure your sample is safe. Your sample can only be removed with your approval and fertility results are only shared with you and your doctor.
Fellow Semen Analysis + Cryopreservation Customer Reviews
Fellow is easy, quick, affordable, and thorough. The best kind of comment I could give for a medical experience is not a good one, but rather the lack of a bad one, and that's the case here
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Helpful and speedy customer service, sent extra kits numerous times when issues came up with previous samples
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Simple, effective and fast test. Testing is easier in your own home, better results can be expected. /
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If you are trans, this is the company for you. Great people that understand and no judgement.
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It is great.... however, more info details re your FREEZING semen, e.g. safety, long term safety, and testing method OR adding a picture or video of test result/ showing movement or lack of movement / shape, etc., of sperm.
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Fellow provided an easy, quick, and stress free process. I will use them again in the future for testing after my vasectomy. Too efficient to pass up.
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Overall good experience. My only complaint is that I had to reach out to the support team because I hadn't received my results. There was an issue with payment for cryopreservation the prevented my resulted from being shared, but I was never notified that a payment was pending
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The kit that was shipped to me had very clear instructions, was really well designed and had a premium feel. The results were ready quickly. The customer service responded quickly and was helpful
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Fellow is easy, quick, affordable, and thorough. The best kind of comment I could give for a medical experience is not a good one, but rather the lack of a bad one, and that's the case here
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Helpful and speedy customer service, sent extra kits numerous times when issues came up with previous samples
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Simple, effective and fast test. Testing is easier in your own home, better results can be expected. /
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If you are trans, this is the company for you. Great people that understand and no judgement.
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It is great.... however, more info details re your FREEZING semen, e.g. safety, long term safety, and testing method OR adding a picture or video of test result/ showing movement or lack of movement / shape, etc., of sperm.
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Fellow provided an easy, quick, and stress free process. I will use them again in the future for testing after my vasectomy. Too efficient to pass up.
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Overall good experience. My only complaint is that I had to reach out to the support team because I hadn't received my results. There was an issue with payment for cryopreservation the prevented my resulted from being shared, but I was never notified that a payment was pending
SA + Cryopreservation
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The kit that was shipped to me had very clear instructions, was really well designed and had a premium feel. The results were ready quickly. The customer service responded quickly and was helpful
SA + Cryopreservation
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Fellow is easy, quick, affordable, and thorough. The best kind of comment I could give for a medical experience is not a good one, but rather the lack of a bad one, and that's the case here
SA + Cryopreservation
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Helpful and speedy customer service, sent extra kits numerous times when issues came up with previous samples
SA + Cryopreservation
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Simple, effective and fast test. Testing is easier in your own home, better results can be expected. /
SA + Cryopreservation
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If you are trans, this is the company for you. Great people that understand and no judgement.
SA + Cryopreservation
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It is great.... however, more info details re your FREEZING semen, e.g. safety, long term safety, and testing method OR adding a picture or video of test result/ showing movement or lack of movement / shape, etc., of sperm.
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3,000+ clinics trust Fellow.
Developed by experts
Fellow’s tests were created and validated with leaders in men’s reproductive health.
Developed by experts
Fellow’s tests were created and validated with leaders in men’s reproductive health.
Developed by experts
Fellow’s tests were created and validated with leaders in men’s reproductive health.
Optimized for patients & customers
Fellow tests are convenient, affordable, fast, and provide easy-to-understand results.
Optimized for patients & customers
Fellow tests are convenient, affordable, fast, and provide easy-to-understand results.
Optimized for patients & customers
Fellow tests are convenient, affordable, fast, and provide easy-to-understand results.
Clinical-grade quality
Our CLIA-certified lab and clinically validated tests allow us to provide results on par with in-person semen analysis.²
Clinical-grade quality
Our CLIA-certified lab and clinically validated tests allow us to provide results on par with in-person semen analysis.²
Clinical-grade quality
Our CLIA-certified lab and clinically validated tests allow us to provide results on par with in-person semen analysis.²
FAQs
Have questions? We’ve got answers.
About Fellow cryopresevation
Is storing my sperm something I should do?
Is storing my sperm something I should do?
Is storing my sperm something I should do?
Why should I get tested for STIs after storing my sperm?
Why should I get tested for STIs after storing my sperm?
Why should I get tested for STIs after storing my sperm?
Which STI tests will a fertility clinic require?
Which STI tests will a fertility clinic require?
Which STI tests will a fertility clinic require?
What is your refund policy for cryopreserved samples?
What is your refund policy for cryopreserved samples?
What is your refund policy for cryopreserved samples?
How do I cancel my cryopreservation subscription?
How do I cancel my cryopreservation subscription?
How do I cancel my cryopreservation subscription?
What does it cost to take my sample out of cryopreservation?
What does it cost to take my sample out of cryopreservation?
What does it cost to take my sample out of cryopreservation?
When does my cryopreservation subscription start?
When does my cryopreservation subscription start?
When does my cryopreservation subscription start?
Are there instances in which my sample can't be stored?
Are there instances in which my sample can't be stored?
Are there instances in which my sample can't be stored?
Do the cells lose functionality or motility with freezing?
Do the cells lose functionality or motility with freezing?
Do the cells lose functionality or motility with freezing?
How do you keep my sperm safe?
How do you keep my sperm safe?
How do you keep my sperm safe?
How does this compare to storing my sample at a local clinic?
How does this compare to storing my sample at a local clinic?
How does this compare to storing my sample at a local clinic?
How long can frozen sperm last?
How long can frozen sperm last?
How long can frozen sperm last?
How much sperm should I store?
How much sperm should I store?
How much sperm should I store?
What can stored sperm be used for?
What can stored sperm be used for?
What can stored sperm be used for?
I am trans or gender-nonconforming. What name is going to appear on my results?
I am trans or gender-nonconforming. What name is going to appear on my results?
I am trans or gender-nonconforming. What name is going to appear on my results?
About Fellow Semen Analysis
How do I know if Fellow Semen Analysis is right for me?
How do I know if Fellow Semen Analysis is right for me?
How do I know if Fellow Semen Analysis is right for me?
When should I produce my sample when using the Semen Analysis kit?
When should I produce my sample when using the Semen Analysis kit?
When should I produce my sample when using the Semen Analysis kit?
How do I ship my Semen Analysis kit back to Fellow?
How do I ship my Semen Analysis kit back to Fellow?
How do I ship my Semen Analysis kit back to Fellow?
What is your refund policy?
What is your refund policy?
What is your refund policy?
Is this the same semen analysis I would receive at a doctor's office or fertility clinic?
Is this the same semen analysis I would receive at a doctor's office or fertility clinic?
Is this the same semen analysis I would receive at a doctor's office or fertility clinic?
When will I receive my Semen Analysis results?
When will I receive my Semen Analysis results?
When will I receive my Semen Analysis results?
How does this work? Won't my sperm die on the way back to the lab?
How does this work? Won't my sperm die on the way back to the lab?
How does this work? Won't my sperm die on the way back to the lab?
What's inside the kit?
What's inside the kit?
What's inside the kit?
My preservation solution vial is expired. What should I do?
My preservation solution vial is expired. What should I do?
My preservation solution vial is expired. What should I do?
Does my Fellow Semen Analysis kit have an expiration date?
Does my Fellow Semen Analysis kit have an expiration date?
Does my Fellow Semen Analysis kit have an expiration date?
What should I do with the gel pack? Does it need to be cold?
What should I do with the gel pack? Does it need to be cold?
What should I do with the gel pack? Does it need to be cold?
Is Fellow's Semen Analysis covered by insurance or FSA/HSA?
Is Fellow's Semen Analysis covered by insurance or FSA/HSA?
Is Fellow's Semen Analysis covered by insurance or FSA/HSA?
Why did I receive a "No Result" for morphology?
Why did I receive a "No Result" for morphology?
Why did I receive a "No Result" for morphology?
I am trans or gender-nonconforming. What name is going to appear on my results?
I am trans or gender-nonconforming. What name is going to appear on my results?
I am trans or gender-nonconforming. What name is going to appear on my results?
Producing your sample
Due to religious or medical reasons, masturbation is not an option for me. Can I still use the Fellow Kit?
Due to religious or medical reasons, masturbation is not an option for me. Can I still use the Fellow Kit?
Due to religious or medical reasons, masturbation is not an option for me. Can I still use the Fellow Kit?
Can I use a lubricant to help create my sample?
Can I use a lubricant to help create my sample?
Can I use a lubricant to help create my sample?
When should I produce my sample?
When should I produce my sample?
When should I produce my sample?
I'm worried about the volume of my sample. How much do I need to create in order for my sample to be analyzed?
I'm worried about the volume of my sample. How much do I need to create in order for my sample to be analyzed?
I'm worried about the volume of my sample. How much do I need to create in order for my sample to be analyzed?
Can I test if I'm not feeling well?
Can I test if I'm not feeling well?
Can I test if I'm not feeling well?
Oops, I messed up while producing my sample. Can you send me a new kit?
Oops, I messed up while producing my sample. Can you send me a new kit?
Oops, I messed up while producing my sample. Can you send me a new kit?
Have a different question? See all our FAQs or contact support@meetfellow.com.
Assisted reproductive care is evolving and can be medically complex. We recommend that you consult with a physician prior to utilizing our cryobank to ensure our services will meet your future needs.
Samplaski et al. Development and validation of a novel mail-in semen analysis system and the correlation between one hour and delayed semen analysis testing; Fertil Steril. 2021;115(4):922-929
Assisted reproductive care is evolving and can be medically complex. We recommend that you consult with a physician prior to utilizing our cryobank to ensure our services will meet your future needs.
Samplaski et al. Development and validation of a novel mail-in semen analysis system and the correlation between one hour and delayed semen analysis testing; Fertil Steril. 2021;115(4):922-929
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