• You may feel uncomfortable involving someone that you’ve just met in your decision about the future, and that is okay.
  • You can make a decision about whether or not to bank your sperm without involving your new partner.
  • If you want, you can also mention it to your partner as something that you’re doing as part of cancer treatment. If you make it about you and the treatment process, then it doesn’t necessarily put pressure on the new relationship.
  • “Cancer makes you think about all of these things that you don’t think about every day. My cancer team suggested that I bank my sperm in case I want to have kids someday. I just have to go to the fertility clinic and provide a sperm sample. They freeze it and store it for me to use at a later date.” Describe banking as an insurance policy that will allow you to make choices in the future. If you’re comfortable bringing up your partner’s role in that future, go ahead.