At-Home Sperm Analysis
Key Terms
Volume: The amount of semen ejaculated.
Concentration: The number of sperm in a unit of semen.
Count: The total number of sperm in your sample.
Motility: The percentage of sperm that are moving.
Motility Count: The number of active sperm that can reach an egg.
Morphology: The percentage of sperm with normal shapes.
Probability of Generating a Pregnancy (PGP)
Capacitation: The percentage of sperm that can fertilize an egg
Product Offerings
Company | Price | Analysis Type | Test Type
SpermCheck | $40 |Qualitative sperm count | at-home sperm detection
YO Sperm | $80 | Motile sperm concentration, sperm quality (YO Score) | at-home collection and video test
Bird&Be | $80 | Motile sperm concentration (how many are moving), sperm quality | at-home collection and video test
MyLabBox | $89 | Motile Sperm Concentration (how many are moving), Sperm Quality | at-home collection and video test
Fellow | $189 | Volume, Concentration, Count, Motility, Total motile count, Morphology | at-home collection, mail-in
Cap Score | $199 | Volume, Concentration, Count, Motility, Motility Count, Morphology, PGP, Capacitation | at-home collection, mail-in
Labcorp | $199 | Sperm concentration, semen volume | at-home collection and analysis
ReproSource | $289 | Sperm concentration, Motility, Morphology (Kruger Strict), Inflammation markers | at-home collection, mail-in
Legacy - standard | $295 | Volume, Concentration, Motility, Total motile count, Morphology | at-home collection, mail-in
Legacy - advanced | $570 | Volume, Concentration, Motility, Total motile count, Morphology, DNA fragmentation, Post-thaw analysis | at-home collection, mail-in
My Experience
March 11, 2024: The best value to me was Cap Score’s product. The price was average, they had more analysis types than most, seemed more evidence-based than most, and were HSA-certified. My kit is on its way!
March 15, 2024: Turns out FedEx lost my package! CapScore was super easy to deal with and gave me a QR code to reorder a new test for free.
April 9, 2024: Received the test and shipped it out the next day. Here are the results!
In talking with my urologist, she says there is really nothing for me to change that would directly and specifically address the various ‘LOW’ metrics. I already eat really healthy, exercise more and harder than most, don’t smoke, prioritize sleep, etc etc - chasing down the causes for my low stats would be medically nonsensical at this stage, meaning when I’m just measuring for curiosity’s sake. All of these metrics don’t accurately predict my ability to impregnate someone and really should only be medically assessed if I continue to fail at doing so. Despite this, I’m curious to see if or how it changes every 3 months, so will likely burn more of my HSA funds to see!