Order your Malebox kit
Order a Malebox fertility testing kit to your home with Royal Mail Track 24.
At home sample collection
Collection and preservation of your sample using the kit
Return Malebox kit
Drop off at your local Royal Mail
Post Office.
Lab analysis
Analysis by a HCPC registered clinician following WHO guidelines.
Prediction
Malebox predictive models applied to account for sample degradation in the post
Receive fertility report
Simple and easy to read report shared with you via your doctor/clinician.
Expert clinical advice
Tailored advice for the next steps in your fertility journey
Your fertility
Malebox allows you to send your sperm sample to our accredited partner lab for analysis. You receive an easy to read report with personalised advice to improve your fertility health from your doctor
or clinician.
Why Malebox?
What's being analysed?
Due to the complexity of semen analysis, offering a single summary result is not possible. Each aspect contributes uniquely to the overall picture.
Semen volume
Semen volume refers to the total volume of your sample, before you added the preservative. A clinical threshold of 1.4ml is often referred to as ‘sufficient’.
Total count & concentration
This indicates the number of sperm present in the sample. "Total count" is the total number of sperm, while "concentration" is the number of sperm per milliliter. A typical healthy sperm concentration is above 16 million sperm per mL.
Progressive motility
Progressive motility is the percentage of sperm swimming forwards in a straight line. The clinical threshold for this is 30%.
Non-progressive motility
Non-progressive motility is the proportion of sperm that are moving but not forward and straight, i.e. they may be going backwards or in a circle or just wiggling on the spot.
Total motility
Total motility is the combination of progressive and non-progressive sperm.
Immotile sperm
Immotile sperm is the proportion of sperm that are not moving
at all.
Vitality
Vitality measures the proportion of sperm cells that are alive. It assesses whether the sperm membrane is intact and hence whether it is a viable sperm. Vitality focuses on viability, indicating the ability of the sperm to fertilise an egg, whereas motility focuses on the ability of the sperm to move through the female reproductive tract.
Morphology
Morphology measurement assesses the shape of the sperm, this includes the head, mid-piece and tail. A normal form requires all parts of the sperm to be normal in appearance. It is very common to have a very low percentage of normal forms within your sample.
