Semen sample

[Tsall]

A few weeks ago, I had to give a semen sample for my doctor because they were concerned I wasn’t developing correctly. I just want to know if you’ve ever done it and what your experience was. If you haven’t, no point in answering.

Age you gave the sample:
Why:
Where did it take place:
Who was in the room:
Were you uncomfortable:
Did you know you were going to before the appt:
Did your doctors learn anything:

inappropriate questions removed. ~bougainvillea

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[mick01]

I don't think you will get any legit responses to your post. The only reason for a doctor to take a semen sample is to check sperm count for fertility purposes. The don't take semen samples to check teen boy development. So if your experience was legit, which I seriously doubt, you need to report your doctor.

[Falcons_11]

I don't think you will get any legit responses to your post. The only reason for a doctor to take a semen sample is to check sperm count for fertility purposes. The don't take semen samples to check teen boy development. So if your experience was legit, which I seriously doubt, you need to report your doctor.

Mick is right about this. I've had several physicals since I started with puberty and never been asked to give a semen sample. There would have to be a good medical reason for me to give one. Besides, I think I pretty fertile anyways.

[Katie2003]

As a girl, I wanted to point out that I know a few boys who have been required to give that sample and there are definitely valid medical reasons for it.

One boy fell hard between his legs on a metal handrail while skateboarding on some steps, and the doctor needed that sample to check for bleeding. They did find traces of blood in that sample, which showed there had been some injury to those parts. He had to go back a couple of weeks later and give another sample to show that it was clear of blood.

The other is one of my best friends, who has always been small for his age and a late developer. At age 14 he was still only about 4'8" tall and they took that sample to check because they told him that just being able to produce the sample proved that he was approaching puberty even if he was short and didn't weigh a lot. The results showed he was well outside the lower end of the range seen in boys his age. They told him they would do a recheck at age 16 after putting him on hormone shots. He's already up to 5'2" after taking the shots. So there's another valid medical reason and it sounds like that is exactly what the original question involved.

[Gazebo]

Sounds like a normal, valid practice. Katie’s response is the best one you could possibly get.

[mick01]

Sperm analysis measures are very limited in scope. They measure sperm concentration, sperm count, motility and vitality. Sorry, maybe I'm just being thick, but I'm just not buying that a doctor would use that approach on a 14 year old boy to determine development. There are too many other ways to check on development. He could simply ask if the patient was ejaculating. Knowing motility and volume wouldn't be important in a 14 year old.

But, hey, let's see the other responses from people who have actually had it done, and not second hand responses, and maybe I'll be proven very wrong.

[ska8er]

Usually a doctor would order a semen
sample to detect an STD or if there was
an injury to the testicles and sterility and
also fertility otherwise it is not standard for
a teen.

[Hermes]

The other is one of my best friends, who has always been small for his age and a late developer. At age 14 he was still only about 4'8" tall and they took that sample to check because they told him that just being able to produce the sample proved that he was approaching puberty even if he was short and didn't weigh a lot....

If whether he was able to ejaculate or not was all they were interested in why not just ask, unless they didn't trust him not to lie.

...They told him they would do a recheck at age 16 after putting him on hormone shots. He's already up to 5'2" after taking the shots...

That certainly seems more valid. There was someone on one of these forums, and I don't remember if it was this one, who had Kallmann syndrome. That's treated by giving testosterone or an artificial analogue but that doesn't replace FSH so the testicles remain mostly inactive and don't produce sperm.

There is also a risk with testosterone therapy because usually the level is controlled by a negative feedback loop, i.e. the brain senses how much testosterone is in the blood and adjusts its GnRH production which in turn causes the pituitary to produce more or less FSH and LH which then control how fast the cells in the testes work. The issue is that if the reason for the low testosterone is because the sensor in the brain is too sensitive, rather than an issue with the testes, the brain will respond to the extra testosterone by making less GnRH which will cause the pituitary to make less LH and FSH and less FSH will mean the testes produce fewer sperm.

So given that effect I can see why a medic might be interested in whether therapy was actually reducing sperm count.

Different places seem to have a different approach, though. Here in the UK, with a taxpayer funded NHS, the approach is to do no tests or therapy around fertility until someone says they want a baby and it isn't happening naturally. Kallmann syndrome would be treated, though, both because secondary sexual characteristics are psychologically important and because there are other heath issues with that disease.

[JohnC]

I think it depends on the doctor and the situation. I was a late developer too. When I would go to get my sports physical the doctor would check things like my height and weight and look for the obvious signs of puberty like increases in size and the appearance of pubic hair. They took blood samples from me to see how much testosterone was being produced and the hormone the pituitary gland produces that tells the testes to work. All my doctor ever asked was if I was able to ejaculate or had a wet dream yet. And she usually did that without my mom in the room. I never had to get the hormone shots, but I started to get those obvious changes right around the time I turned 15.

[Aussiekid2018]

Sperm analysis measures are very limited in scope. They measure sperm concentration, sperm count, motility and vitality. Sorry, maybe I'm just being thick, but I'm just not buying that a doctor would use that approach on a 14 year old boy to determine development. There are too many other ways to check on development. He could simply ask if the patient was ejaculating. Knowing motility and volume wouldn't be important in a 14 year old.

But, hey, let's see the other responses from people who have actually had it done, and not second hand responses, and maybe I'll be proven very wrong.

I agree

[mick01]

Nice conversation and anecdotes. Is there a poster on here that has given, first hand, a sperm sample?

[Alex_Swim]

Nope

[Mark smith]

Nope

[scott2002]

He could simply ask if the patient was ejaculating. Knowing motility and volume wouldn't be important in a 14 year old.
I totally agree. I remember reading somewhere that when we start ejaculating (12, 13) we definitely are not yet producing adult quantities of sperm or mature healthy sperm (that are moving well and things like that that are important for being able to fertilize an egg). So doing a semen exam on anyone who is 14 would be crazy.

[Franciscofixe]

I never gave a semen sample.

[Shamal]

Never done one - I think the general consensus is that they are not a popular thing for doctors to ask for, especially as a teen to measure development

[scott2002]

Who would pay for it? Somebody has to process the "specimen", and there is going to be a cost, and probably a lot. Why would an insurance company (or government) approve this test for any 14y.o. boy unless there was a strong reason to suspect something is wrong with his semen.

[Ozzie13]

Sperm analysis measures are very limited in scope. They measure sperm concentration, sperm count, motility and vitality. Sorry, maybe I'm just being thick, but I'm just not buying that a doctor would use that approach on a 14 year old boy to determine development. There are too many other ways to check on development. He could simply ask if the patient was ejaculating. Knowing motility and volume wouldn't be important in a 14 year old.

But, hey, let's see the other responses from people who have actually had it done, and not second hand responses, and maybe I'll be proven very wrong.

I agree. Never heard of this.

[Ben99]

I have never had to give a semen sample. I don’t really see a reason for this tbh.

[Jericho14]

Why did you do it?

[ImXur-girl]

A few weeks ago, I had to give a semen sample for my doctor because they were concerned I wasn’t developing correctly. I just want to know if you’ve ever done it and what your experience was. If you haven’t, no point in answering.

Age you gave the sample:
Why:
Where did it take place:
Who was in the room:
Were you uncomfortable:
Did you know you were going to before the appt:
Did your doctors learn anything:

inappropriate questions removed. ~bougainvillea

So. did the sample reveal anything?

[Wtwtegdhd]

I've never had to do that. Most that has happened for me is just the usual checking of my testicles, penis, all that.

[arnorway]

never have given semen sample or even heard of this until i saw it on this forum

[Aungvoung]

Doctors never asked me for a semen sample. But going through growth disorder, getting a shot to stunt growth in prevention of bone disorders. I have had a bunch of weird side effects that lead to weird and inconsistent body development. They had to measure all parts of my body, including my erection.

[paxtonwrestles]

I think it depends on the doctor and the situation. I was a late developer too. When I would go to get my sports physical the doctor would check things like my height and weight and look for the obvious signs of puberty like increases in size and the appearance of pubic hair. They took blood samples from me to see how much testosterone was being produced and the hormone the pituitary gland produces that tells the testes to work. All my doctor ever asked was if I was able to ejaculate or had a wet dream yet. And she usually did that without my mom in the room. I never had to get the hormone shots, but I started to get those obvious changes right around the time I turned 15.

So how old were you when you first started making cum?

[vandilization]

I have never been remotely asked to give a semen sample for a physical

[sports_nut]

never asked for a semen sample either sounds a bit off