The use of Clomid to increase testosterone levels has been in practice for many years. Clomid is the preferred treatment to increase testosterone levels in men who want to maintain fertility options because testosterone replacement products (Testim, Androgel, etc) can decrease sperm production. Over time, the use of testosterone can shut down sperm production by …
Continue ReadingSelf-Insemination – A Natural Pregnancy Hack
Have you heard of Self-Insemination? Self-Insemination is a process in which a man will ejaculate at home into a sterile cup, draw up the sample into a syringe, and then insert that sample into his partner’s vagina. The sample will be clumpy and goopy at first, but after about 20 to 30 minutes, sometimes a little …
Continue ReadingESSM: A New Hope for Fertility
One of the things that we do here at Maze Health is an Extended Sperm Search and Microfreeze, also known as ESSM, where we are taking ejaculate and spending 6-8 hours looking through and often finding sperm where no one has found them before and then freezing them in a way where they are easy …
Continue ReadingDelaying Fatherhood? Here’s Why You Should Consider Sperm Banking.
Two papers recently published in the journal Fertility and Sterility have revealed various disadvantages of increased paternal age on offspring outcomes. Paternal age has increased dramatically in the US over the past 40 years, and the trend seems to be continuing. The average age of paternity has gone from 27.4 to 30.9 years in the last 40 years. In …
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