"When it comes to infertility the burden seems to often fall on women. Theyre poked and prodded and scoped in an effort to figure out whats complicating conception. While its just as likely that infertility is related to the male half of the couple only  of men in duos struggling to make a baby get a spermcount analysis early on or at all according to data from SpermCheck Fertility http which earlier this month announced the availability of its athome screening test for men. SpermCheck which is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration assesses sperm count with  accuracy in  minutes and does away with the unpleasantness of conjuring up a sperm sample in a doctors office. As SpermChecks website http puts it a trip to a fertility clinic for a semen analysis is not for everyone. These tests can be expensive costing hundreds of dollars and not typically covered by insurance inconvenient and are often embarrassing. MORE Sonicated Sperm Could Ultrasound Be the Next Male Contraceptive httphealthland.time.comsonicspermcouldultrasoundbethenextmalecontraceptive Low sperm count or oligospermia is a main cause of male infertility. By addressing the issue SpermCheck will join a crowded infertility market that includes more than  types of femalefertility tests in Walgreen stores alone. For women who are having trouble getting pregnant the test may very well be one they  and not their squeamish partners  snap up along with overthecounter ovulation kits. In our society the woman carries the burden of trying to determine the issues surrounding infertility Ray Lopez CEO of SpermCheck told Bloomberg News http Men dont say Let me go to the urologist and give a semen sample. That reluctance has created a  millionayear market for male fertility tests in the U.S. Lopez says. The test reveals whether sperm count appears normal at  million or more sperm per ml lower than that indicates a trip to the doctor is pretty much unavoidable. Stores will begin stocking the . test in April until then men  or their partners  can find it online at  http and  http MORE The Sperm Bike Cycling to Drum Up Sperm Donations httphealthland.time.comthespermbikecyclingtodrumupspermdonors It relies on scrutiny of a particular protein found only in the head of mature sperm the protein was discovered by John Herr director of the Center of Cell Biology at the University of Virginia and the chairman of SpermCheck. This athome test was created to meet the needs of couples who are considering and just planning on starting a family those currently having trouble conceiving says Herr and even those men who are just curious about their sperm count. Wouldbe virile men just curious about their sperm count Hard to believe. And yet assuming fertility aids of some sort successfully pave the way to parenthood SpermCheck could also prove of some use at the other end of the spectrum the company also manufactures a doityourself test for postvasectomy screening."