Alternatives to Shady Grove Fertility for semen analysis?

[Anonymous]

Are there any other places?

[Anonymous]

We chose Fair Oaks. They were great.

[Anonymous]

Virtually any of the local fertility practices offer this service (although, I would avoid JHU at all costs). It is very routine and used after a vasectomy too.

Was there something specific about Shady Grove Fertility which made you seek another practice for testing?

[Anonymous]

In my experience, there is a difference in quality between the different tests offered by various local clinics. I would recommend the service offered by CCRM, which is better at detecting sperm DNA fragmentation.

[Anonymous]

My husband got it done at Labcorp but they only run it once a month and a very certain place and time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband got it done at Labcorp but they only run it once a month and a very certain place and time.

LabCorp is one option, but since they are a “Jack of all trades” bio-testing place, they may not be the best option.

The 2 practices which tend to specialize in this sort of thing are urologists and fertility practices. They test in-house which leads to the most accurate results.

Fair Oaks used to be (during Covid) drop off only. But probably they are back open as normal now (which is a much better option).

[Anonymous]

https://www.dominionfertility.com/

[Anonymous]

Why do all these fertility websites have weird LGBTQ crap on them. I don't feel like spending money there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do all these fertility websites have weird LGBTQ crap on them. I don't feel like spending money there.

Who’s forcing you to?

[Anonymous]

I would avoid both LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics for this. Also avoid the “at home” tests. There are reasons for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do all these fertility websites have weird LGBTQ crap on them. I don't feel like spending money there.

Because they can make a lot of money off of IVF and surrogacy with LGBTQ people. That being said we are all essentially in the same boat so if you need help you're just going to have to deal with it.

[Anonymous]

Why not sgf?

We had it done there but not impressed. There was no report, just had to take the doctors word for it on a phone call a month later

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not sgf?

We had it done there but not impressed. There was no report, just had to take the doctors word for it on a phone call a month later

Now I understand, and yes, they really should have provided you with the full report.

A full report has way more information, such as motility, sperm morphology, Ph, volume, etcetera, and that’s valuable information to have in planning.

It should have been given to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband got it done at Labcorp but they only run it once a month and a very certain place and time.

LabCorp is one option, but since they are a “Jack of all trades” bio-testing place, they may not be the best option.

The 2 practices which tend to specialize in this sort of thing are urologists and fertility practices. They test in-house which leads to the most accurate results.

Fair Oaks used to be (during Covid) drop off only. But probably they are back open as normal now (which is a much better option).

LabCorp only offers it one day a month because they need the right person to be there. So it isn't some rando lab tech reading the results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband got it done at Labcorp but they only run it once a month and a very certain place and time.

LabCorp is one option, but since they are a “Jack of all trades” bio-testing place, they may not be the best option.

The 2 practices which tend to specialize in this sort of thing are urologists and fertility practices. They test in-house which leads to the most accurate results.

Fair Oaks used to be (during Covid) drop off only. But probably they are back open as normal now (which is a much better option).

LabCorp only offers it one day a month because they need the right person to be there. So it isn't some rando lab tech reading the results.

Yes, but that is why a full time fertility clinic, with a dedicated semen lab, is preferable to LabCorp.