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Step 1
Contact a sperm bank and ask if they are currently accepting donations. Two area firms are the New England Cryogenic Center in Newton at 617-244-4447 and California Cryobank in Cambridge at 617-497-8646.
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Step 2
Answer their preliminary questions to determine your eligibility to donate sperm. Requirements may include good health; age between 19-38; height over 5’9”; college student, graduate or working as an EMT, police officer, firefighter or paramedic, and a commitment to the full round of their donating procedures.
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Step 3
Set up and attend an intake interview. Answer questions about your health, lifestyle and personal and family medical history.
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Step 4
Go to a private collection room and produce a sperm sample. The sample will undergo analysis. If your sample meets their criteria, you will be asked to submit to a physical for further testing.
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Step 5
Undergo a physical, provide another semen sample and a urine sample and allow the bank to draw blood.
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Step 6
Wait for the results of their testing and approval.
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Step 7
Sign a contract with the sperm bank, agreeing to a schedule of once or twice a week for a period of six months to a year. Sperm banks set their own schedules and have differing donation requirements.
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Step 8
Attend your weekly sessions and produce the sperm for donation at each appointment.
