My wife and I have an appointment to see a fertility specialist tomorrow. This past weekend when I got past the point of doing anything productive around the house, my wife gave me some forms that I needed to fill out prior to our visit. Overly exhausted from the week, I began looking at a form that had a series of procedures and check boxes next to them. I saw the usual semen analysis, etc... Suddenly something jumped out at me. The term "Hamster Penetration". What the ...? I am not checking that box!!! Scared of the possibilities, I had to Google. This is what came up...
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The Hamster Egg Penetration Test
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Sometimes healthcare providers will perform an experiment to see if the man’s sperm can successfully penetrate the woman’s egg. To do this, the sperm is actually tested with a specially prepared hamster egg (the human sperm do not actually ‘fertilize’ the hamster egg). The ability of the sperm to bind to the egg and achieve penetration is measured. If there is good penetration in the test situation, there is a good chance the sperm are capable of inseminating a human egg.
Sometimes healthcare providers will perform an experiment to see if the man’s sperm can successfully penetrate the woman’s egg. To do this, the sperm is actually tested with a specially prepared hamster egg (the human sperm do not actually ‘fertilize’ the hamster egg). The ability of the sperm to bind to the egg and achieve penetration is measured. If there is good penetration in the test situation, there is a good chance the sperm are capable of inseminating a human egg.
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I am relieved. You can only imagine what was going through my head. To see those two words, Hamster and Penetration in the same phrase almost sent me running. But thanks to Google, I have calmed myself, and I am a little bit smarter.
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