An At-Home "Sample"

You've been trying to get pregnant for many months now, and you're starting to wonder if something is wrong. But your doctor, not to mention all the books you've read, says that you should wait a year before starting infertility treatment. Gathering some information, however, would help you

feel better about what's going on. So what can you do? One of the first things many doctors recommend is to have the man tested to determine the quality of his sperm, as testing men is a much easier task than evaluating the female. But testing the male means producing that all-important "sample" in the doctor's office, a process that makes many men cringe.

Home sperm testing with products like FertilMARQ, produced by Lake Consumer Products, allows men to test their sperm concentration in the privacy of their own home.