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I have always wondered - when reading articles like this - whether it would just be better to freeze one's sperm at age 20 and then save it for when you want to
by sounddust 18y ago
I have always wondered - when reading articles like this - whether it would just be better to freeze one's sperm at age 20 and then save it for when you want to have a child. In fact, it might even be better to save sperm from age 14 or so to reduce even further the chance of generic mutation.
I don't know if this is easy or even possible to do (or whether using frozen sperm brings its own complications), but it's worth researching further.
- whacked_new 18y agoI have wondered about this too, but I recall reading that sperm quality also varies with the current bodily state. Maybe the end of high school would be the best age. But it is a strange thought to have: you are essentially depositing unborn babies into a bank, and retrieving them when you decide you want them. To take it further, you could freeze enough sperm for 100 conceptions, then get a vasectomy. Which probably yields an even more efficient outcome, with stranger connotations.
- pavel_lishin 18y agoMy stepfather has said a few times that he wishes he had taken the "further" option. I'm not sure if I ever want kids, but something about freezing my sperm and getting a vasectomy worries me. A fire at the sperm bank, and my genetic legacy is lost forever. (Of course I could go in for a reversal, but those don't always take, etc., etc.)
- raganwald 18y agoHeinlein's book "Podkayne of Mars" describes couples marrying and freezing entire babies to be thawed out later when they are older, wealthier, and presumably wiser.
- delano 18y agoYou don't need to wonder. You can do it and then forget about it until you're interested in it again.