Storing Frozen Sperm

If you’re using a sperm donor for surrogacy, cryopreservation allows you to store frozen sperm for whenever you’re ready to create your family.

Storing frozen donor sperm gives you the flexibility to plan for your surrogacy journey on your own timeline, with confidence in the quality and viability

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Below, we’ll explain the process of how sperm is frozen, where it can be stored and the costs that come with it.

Can You Store Frozen Sperm at Home?

No, you can’t store frozen sperm at home. That’s because most household freezers are not designed to maintain the temperature needed to store frozen sperm.

You are able to have frozen sperm shipped to your home but would then require the help of professionals that can store your frozen sperm.

How Cold is Frozen Human Sperm Kept Stored?

Frozen sperm is kept at a temperature of -196 Celsius.

The semen sample will be divided and treated with a cryopreservative before being stored in vials. These vials will be placed in a freezer at -29 Celcius to prevent the sperm from dying due to the temperature drop.

Then, your fertility specialist will put the frozen sperm in liquid nitrogen vapor at -66 Celcius for about two hours before the sperm is kept in the deep-freeze storage tank containing liquid nitrogen that keeps the frozen sperm at -196 Celcius.