Once the need for sperm banking is established by the patient and his physician, the patient contacts ReproTech, Ltd. to order an OverNite Male™ Kit or kits. While the patient will always decide on the number of specimens to cryopreserve, sperm quality and time will often limit the number of kits a patient may use. Ironically, men with lower quality sperm typically collect fewer specimens as they will be used in more advanced procedures. Men with higher quality sperm may want to collect more specimens since they will benefit from less technical and less expensive reproductive procedures to achieve pregnancy.
Keep in mind that with today's advanced reproductive technologies, even one cryopreserved specimen can provide enough sperm for multiple attempts at pregnancy.
Generally 2—3 days sexual abstinence is preferred between collections, thus producing multiple specimens can take up to 2 weeks. However, the collection interval and the number of collections can be adjusted to accommodate physicians who believe this time frame is too lengthy and/or for therapy or surgery which must begin sooner.