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As far as I know, it has to be in the ZH. Maybe you can do it at home if you live nearby.
Not meant to be annoying, but this is the easiest option once you're in the medical system...maybe you should talk to him about it again and he'll see it too.

It depends on how far you live from the hospital whether you need to do it at home or at the hospital. There's a maximum time allowed from when it's collected to when it needs to be in the lab. We live about 20 minutes away by car, and my husband was allowed to collect it at home. He also had to walk through the whole hospital because the fertility clinic was all the way at the back. I thought it had to be within 2 days after my husband collected it. And then you collect it in a jar. If you're doing it at home, you need to keep the jar warm during transport, like in your clothes, so it stays at body temperature. But your doctor will explain all this in detail. My husband was also nervous about the examination, but it turned out to be okay when he had to do it. I helped lighten the mood, so to speak, but he collected it himself in the jar and brought it to the hospital.
My husband found waiting for the results really stressful. He was worried something might be wrong with him. For us, though, that wasn't the case because the issue was with me. But you get an intake session where everything is explained. And if you have any questions, write them down so you can ask them.

At the hospital, he's alone (with some books and stuff..)

Butterfly, no, you're not allowed to help... it has to be done by hand... My husband also found it really hard having to come for such a small jar... The abstinence period is usually between 2 and 3 days... My husband always had to do it at home... We live 20 minutes from the fertility clinic and had to be at the lab within an hour... At our regular hospital, we had 30 minutes to get to the lab. Are you already with the fertility service or still with the gynecologist?

Where he feels the most comfortable... my husband finds those clinics absolutely terrible... stand your ground in the South-Holland region because they kept us on a tight leash for a long time and gave us false hope, even though they already knew back then that my husband had azoospermia instead of referring us directly to fertility treatment...

So relatable. We've been at it for 10 months now, and I also brought up the idea of doing a sperm count test. At first, he was totally fine with it, but now that I'm seriously considering it, he doesn't really want to anymore. He thinks it's too early and believes there's nothing wrong since he already has kids. I'm now debating whether to go myself to rule out any issues on my end. Can't you order a test online and do it at home? They're obviously less reliable than a hospital test, though.

Not sure if something like that is reliable

What is it with men? Isn't just masturbating completely normal? Is it less of a big deal if his wife has to spread her legs?

My husband had the test too. We found it mostly funny and a bit embarrassing to hand in the sample. Hope it's fine soon.

I'd let your husband do it himself. Also because he feels shy. Why actually? No, sex is definitely not allowed. I think you're allowed to help him as long as it's produced by masturbation. He needs to abstain completely for 2-3 days.

We found waiting for the results quite stressful. We felt the same about my results. What if something is wrong? It really affects your femininity or masculinity.