Sperm Tales

Sperm Tales is an informative guide through the challenges of Infertility. Sperm Tales provides the necessary step-by-step information that enables patients to anticipate and prepare for the various challenges -- medically and otherwise -- that attend the process of infertility treatment. It will help any women of childbearing age to gain a clear understanding about their fertility and the potential roadblocks they confront if they wait too long.

Infertility is a medical problem defined as the failure of a couple to conceive a child after one year of unprotected sexual intercourse, or the inability to carry a pregnancy to live birth. According to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, infertility affects about 6.1 million people in the United States, which is about 10 percent of the reproductive age population. Sperm Tales provides the necessary step-by-step information that enables patients to anticipate and prepare for the various challenges -- medically and otherwise -- that attend the process of infertility treatment. Sperm Tales is written by veteran infertility expert, Lynn Collins, whose up-to-date information and compassionate voice, will put couples at ease and may even make them laugh. Further, the book is intended to help women of childbearing age gain a clear understanding about their fertility and the potential roadblocks they will confront if they wait too long. While great strides have been made in helping women conceive later in life, the book helps women of childbearing age to recognize the complication they will face if they presume too much when it comes to conceiving after the peak years. Sperm Tales is meant for both for men and for women and includes current and prospective patients; their families and support groups; others in medical community.

Lynn Collins previously worked as a laboratory supervisor at a leading U.S. sperm bank. Her previous experience includes running a multi-million dollar infertility laboratory on the North Shore of Massachusetts and working for 12 years at a leading infertility center and Boston and on the North Shore. Her work included responsibilities in the Reproductive Endocrine lab performing sperm washing, sperm banking, semen analysis and running hormones on chemistry analyzers. For 12 years Collins worked at a women’s medical center on the North Shore, where her responsibilities included creating and developing an infertility laboratory and sperm bank; supervising four employees in the laboratory and phlebotomy areas; performing IUIs, semen analysis, including retrograde semen analysis, and cryopreservation of sperm; maintaining daily quality control assessments, and monitoring appropriate quality improvements for the laboratory. Communicating with physicians and nurses regarding all quality improvements for the lab; maintaining and updating quality standards relating to certification with CAP, FDA and AATB. Lynn recently joined the ASRM Ethics Committee.