Planned Parenthood / male fertility?
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Three questions, and thanks to everyone who commented on my last frantic post.
I made an appointment to go to PP and the soonest they could get me in was two weeks from now. I forgot to ask while on the phone and can't call again until Monday, so I figured you ladies could probably answer this. I have insurance, so would a visit to PP be like a normal copay according to my insurance or what? I don't usually carry cash and I'm short on funds in the first place, so I'd like to know before I go there.
Second! I know this is kind of the opposite of vagina talk, but along the same lines. An earlier post about fertility reminded me of this. My boyfriend is convinced he's shooting blanks because he's never had a scare with a girl before and he didn't use any kind of protection with girls... Basically ever. Not until we started dating (yes he's gotten tested, before anyone asks). I'm not sure I quite agree that he's STERILE, but you never know. Maybe he has a really low sperm count or something. I really don't know anything about it.
So. Aside from just a sperm count, how exactly could he go in to finding out about that?
Second question is how do I convince the guy to go get that checked out in the first place? He's not from the states (Latin American) and has kind of an attitude about Americans going to the doctor too much. Also he's only 20, so I feel silly even thinking about this and I'm thinking any doctor we asked would feel the same. Unless we were trying to conceive, which we sure as hell aren't anytime soon. But what can I say? I'm really curious now.
Thanks VPers :D
I made an appointment to go to PP and the soonest they could get me in was two weeks from now. I forgot to ask while on the phone and can't call again until Monday, so I figured you ladies could probably answer this. I have insurance, so would a visit to PP be like a normal copay according to my insurance or what? I don't usually carry cash and I'm short on funds in the first place, so I'd like to know before I go there.
Second! I know this is kind of the opposite of vagina talk, but along the same lines. An earlier post about fertility reminded me of this. My boyfriend is convinced he's shooting blanks because he's never had a scare with a girl before and he didn't use any kind of protection with girls... Basically ever. Not until we started dating (yes he's gotten tested, before anyone asks). I'm not sure I quite agree that he's STERILE, but you never know. Maybe he has a really low sperm count or something. I really don't know anything about it.
So. Aside from just a sperm count, how exactly could he go in to finding out about that?
Second question is how do I convince the guy to go get that checked out in the first place? He's not from the states (Latin American) and has kind of an attitude about Americans going to the doctor too much. Also he's only 20, so I feel silly even thinking about this and I'm thinking any doctor we asked would feel the same. Unless we were trying to conceive, which we sure as hell aren't anytime soon. But what can I say? I'm really curious now.
Thanks VPers :D
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Date: 2007-10-14 11:05 pm (UTC)