Semen analysis is usually the first male fertility evaluation we do in the fertility assessment process. Getting a semen analysis may seem intimidating for many men and their partners, but there’s no need to feel embarrassed. Male infertility is a common condition affecting one in 10 men.

In fact, up to one in 20 men have no sperm at all in their ejaculate. Even if you have no sperm in your ejaculate, this doesn’t mean you’ll never be able to have a child. We can help up to 70 percent of men who have no sperm in their ejaculate have children.

The factors we look at in a semen analysis are:

• sperm concentration,
• percentage of sperm that are motile—or able to swim, and
• sperm morphology (shape).