Coffee increases serotonin levels, etc. (You can check epocrates.com for the full "physician desk reference" run-down. ) Coffee is not on the "must avoid" list. It is on the "not recommended" list. I never changed my fairly normal coffee consumption. I am not recommending you drink coffee, and this is not medical advice. YMMV. I am just trying to lay out the facts to help - and I hope they do. Good luck. Source: almost 3 years ago

I used givelegacy.com . They mail you a kit and have you overnight it back. Whole process was bonkers easy and they even sent me a second kit cause my first sperm count was too low. Source: about 1 year ago

The fees as listed are so much higher than the mail-in services as to put it out of reach for me to pay out-of-pocket. Storage at $1780 for 5 years is a lot higher than $595 from givelegacy.com, ro.com with the Planned Parenthood discount was even lower, but they aren't available at the moment. Source: over 1 year ago

On my own, I found givelegacy.com , which doesn't have the lovely Planned Parenthood discount that dadi did, but seems a lot cheaper than other fertility medical practices. Source: over 1 year ago

Full disclosure, I am a fertility specialist that works at givelegacy.com which is the largest digital fertility clinic in the world. That being said, I can share with you that Legacy is a science first company and the leader in at home sperm testing and cryopreservation. Legacy offers semen analysis testing as well as dna fragmentation testing. You also get a FREE results review call with a licensed medical... Source: about 2 years ago

I'm so glad you are being proactive about your reproductive health. There are some services that offer at home SA kits. The one I'm most familiar with is Legacy givelegacy.com (disclosure: I do not work for Legacy, but I would like to in the future.). Source: over 2 years ago