Normally, specialists recommend the male to maintain a period of 2-5 days of abstinence in order to freeze a semen sample or perform a semen analysis. This ensures that the results obtained are correct. The same applies before undergoing artificial insemination (AI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF).
If the time of sexual abstinence is more than 5 days or less than 2 days, the semen quality will be altered, causing a lower success rate of fertility treatments.
Read the full article on: How Does Sexual Abstinence Affect Sperm Quality? ( 60).
By Carmen Ochoa Marieta M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. (gynecologist), Marta Barranquero Gómez B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist), Paula Fabra Roca M.D., M.Sc. (gynecologist), Rebeca Reus BSc, MSc (embryologist) and Cristina Algarra Goosman B.Sc., M.Sc. (psychologist).
Last Update: 04/08/2022
