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Good morning
If you watched our last video, you'll know that we were doing something this week
That is very exciting, a little nerve wracking
And today's the day
Do you want to tell them what we're about to do, Shane?
Why do you look like that?
Oh, your hair... we just woke up (laughs)
We're about to...
There are so many inappropriate jokes I could do here
S: That I am feeling a bit overwhelmed H: Yeah
I know, I know that when we edit and put this out there
We're gonna be like wow, wish Shane had kept it a little more...
So just, why don't you just say it as if this is a business?
Can you put the camera directly in front of me?
Let's use our most business like judgment
Hello, my name's Doctor Burcaw
Today we'll be extracting a semen sample from one Shane Burcaw, for science
H: (laughs) That was, that was.. S: Nothing funny about it
H: Nothing funny about it S: We're testing my...
H: Extract? (laughs) S: We're testing my fertility
H: Yes, fertility testing is being done today, we have our stuff ready to go
S: First we need to get there H: (laughs)
S: Just kidding, it's not invasive H: It's not invasive
We have it here in this box, we're using a brand that you do at home
And then send in, so this is called Fellow
You can't really see it very well but it's written right there
And I should note, they gave me the kit for free, so thank you Fellow
Yeah, it was actually really bizarre
H: Because Shane was online, this is so weird S: This is really weird
Googling at home testing kits, and he had found one
And he was like I'm going to get this one, it's well reviewed, whatever
And it was a different one, it wasn't Fellow
So he was like oh, I'll just order it in the morning
And then that night he got an email from Fellow and they were like
"We saw that you had talked about doing sperm testing, we're happy to send you a kit"
He was like oh my god, it was the strangest timing, just out of the blue
So we're using them
The other part of this is that I'm nervous about the results
I didn't think I would be because I don't connect my ability to reproduce
With my worth, but there's still a part of me that's like
Well, I mean I don't want to find out that I can't
Which is interesting, I think, some kind of animal instinct
That I have to consciously work to overcome
H: Yeah (laughs) S: We'll see what happens
So we're doing it now in the morning because we have to immediately bring it
To UPS, so we're gonna go do that, package it up
And then we'll probably all go together to UPS
What do you mean all?
Like with the camera, like we'll be right back
I was like, who's coming? (both laugh)
What is that face? (Hannah laughs)
It's time for the extraction phase
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H: We're kind of in it S: Extraction complete
We're in the car, we've got our box in the back seat
Oh wait, you know what? I have this on manual focus
H: Anyway, we have our box in the backseat S: Precious cargo
There's never been a more perfect example of precious cargo
H: Oh yeah? S: Yes, my future's in that box
H: Okay
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H: We're here, we're trying to get the camera
H: I just dropped off the parcel S: The specimen
H: The parcel S: Biological specimen
I think this is focusing on your Jaco hand instead of our faces
This video's not about focus, it's about reproduction
S: The specimen has been dropped off H: Yep
S: This is a big moment H: I know
The results take a couple days I think
Yeah, once they get it it's one and a half days
And they should get it tomorrow, so it's like three days
So now, with the power of movie magic
We're going to fast forward through time and space
I hope we did everything right, I'm worried that it's not going to get there
Did you put the specimen in the box?
It's in the box, but I'm worried that it's not going to get there on time
Or they're going to be like, it got jostled in shipping, or they lost it
Or they write back and they say "you do know this isn't human, right?"
They're like "we can't analyze this"
I'm gonna say, oh, it's that bad? (both laugh)
So I just hope everything goes to plan, but yeah I guess at this point now
In the video we're gonna just fast forward
Through our next two nerve wracking days until we have the results, lucky you
We have to actually...
S: I'm honestly not very nerve wracked H: No?
S: No H: I'm excited, I just want to know
S: Yeah, we'll find out and I know I'll be a little bit bummed if it's not great results
But there's a variety of lifestyle things that I do that can...
H: Negatively impact it S: Hinder it
So there's multiple things that we know we can do
To try to improve the results
Yeah
So it's definitely not a be all end all result
And we're gonna take it and just be done
Like I haven't eaten a vegetable in probably nine years
Just kidding, I don't even know if that's related
S: I'm sure it is
H: I don't think so, whatever, it probably is
S: Anyway H: Alright
S: I'm not gonna be upset if the results are bad
H: Yep, but we'll have some discussions about it, it's going to be interesting
S: Yeah, yeah, it's just a big thing to find out, you know?
H: Yeah, it does feel like a big thing, it feels like a very adult thing
S: It is super adult, and I'm not equipped to handle that
If I am fertile, we're having a party
We're inviting everyone over
And they're gonna be like wait, whose birthday is it?
This is our family speaking, there's no one's birthday... Shane's fertile!
And they'll all say, yeah, we're going to head home, we're gonna leave
We're gonna wrap it up now, we'll see you in two days
Hello
How'd you like that transition?
Hope my transition worked
We're all about transitions here at Squirmy and Grubs
I noticed you had an eyelash as I was saying that
I had an eyelash in the last video
I know, lot of eyelashes recently, I don't know why
Alright, it's the big moment
We had our results delivered via email about a week ago, now
We did, my results specifically
You're so rude, we got Shane's results delivered in an email
And we have taken the week to process and tell our family members
We wanted to tell them
This is a big, big, big life thing, you know?
Yeah
And so we didn't want to just rush in and immediately put a video out about it
And not give ourselves time to process this, as I said
Yeah, and it's obviously a very personal and delicate topic to talk about
So we're trying to figure out exactly what to say, what words to use
Making sure we're sharing everything that we want to and appropriately
Yeah, keep what we want private, private, things like that
We want you to be on this family journey with us
And that means being completely transparent with you
That's what we've decided
And so we're going to tell you all about my results and what they mean
I'm going to sneeze, I'm so sorry
I'm sorry, it's okay
That was actually amazing comedy
Cause I'm doing my serious adult face
I held it in, I wonder if you can tell
I was really focusing hard on holding the sneeze and it didn't work
Alright, so we'll tell you all about it, we hope that you treat it and us
With the respect and love ands support that you always do
But now more than ever, for this topic
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Separate email thread (both laugh)
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I love the packaging, it's so fun
I'm sorry, this is the kind of stuff we're talking about
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Yes, now moving on to our results
I mean, we gotta do a drumroll
H: Go ahead S: Ta da! Never mind, you can stop
How about we do...okay, so..
That was the world's worst drumroll
I know, I realize I didn't have a one word
Okay, just hurry up
One word to encapsulate all of the results
Bad, however...
H: Not great S: However, let's begin with the good news
They looked at five different areas of my sperm health
Yeah, what is the first one called? Volume?
Volume, literally, volume
H: Volume, okay S: The one that we want to talk about first
Okay, so the first one on the list and the first that we'll tell you about
We'll just go in order, was volume
And for each of these they had a little arrow type thing
That was like low to high
And we're not going to give exact numbers
Because I don't have them in front of me, and that's probably weird
You don't need that much info
Yeah, that's probably weird
I mean, probably all of this is too much info, but..
Yeah, we're just giving an overview
In terms of volume, that was the only factor in which Shane was off the charts good
In the green direction
This was so surprising, literally above the highest chart
Off the chart
I produce more volume than most people
If you could pat me on the back
Which is kind of a funny one, we were like really? Of all the things
And I don't think that one really helps
I'm not sure it even matters, right?
I don't know, maybe it does a little
It does a little but it's not the big one
It's not the biggest factor
So there was that one, then the next one
So the main one was the concentration of sperm
How much active sperm is in there
And I, if you can do your little chart again, very much on the low end
The low, low, low end
And that, as you can imagine, makes it more difficult to conceive through intercourse
There was this thing that said it's still possible that you can
Yeah, because these numbers are in the thousands and millions
Like they're huge numbers, so if they're saying you still have thousands of sperm
That are active, obviously it's possible but there's not the number
That there should be to get the best chance
But the basic headline here was that with the numbers that I have
It will be much harder to conceive through... why do I keep forgetting the word?
H: Intercourse S: Intercourse, yeah
And there's a list of possible reasons why, there's tons of factors that affect this
And the good news is that most of them
If you change it, it's reversible in a couple of months
Because it's just constantly regenerating
So when we were looking at that list
Shane was like check, check, check
Every single factor he was like, okay
I don't know if you're aware of this but there is a thing
That people who use wheelchairs and sit all day on the important parts
That can have a negative effect, because of lower circulation down there
From sitting all day, and higher heat levels
It's all kind of in my seat down there, doesn't breathe a whole lot
That can have a big effect, so that was a big one
Lifestyle choices
H: Yep, alcohol, food, dehydration S: Alcohol, water, hydration
Yeah, like Hannah said, we went down the list and I was like...
It was like, poor sleep, stress, obviously Shane's been stressed
Size of body, like being underweight can affect it
Everything, it was like, I have that one, I have that one
So we saw all my results and I kinda had this moment like oh
That sucks a little bit, I definitely hoped that it would be better than that
So we had a couple days where I was not in the greatest mood
But I think the more we talked, the more we realized that okay
There is a lot that we can do to improve my numbers
And Shane's already started doing some of those things
We're going to test again soon because it's constantly regenerating
Tests a couple weeks apart can be really different
And then we're going to test again after a month or two months
Of more severe lifestyle altering
Yeah, of lifestyle altering, to see if it's making a difference, basically
And so I think another thing that we are focusing on
Is that even now with my numbers being where they are
It's still possible to have kids biologically
It might be harder, it might take longer
But the results didn't say, no, you are infertile, there's no way you're having kids
And that does give me some hope
I'm hoping with the lifestyle changes I can get my numbers even higher
But even now, I'm capable
So yeah, those are the results and we will keep you posted
On what goes on in the next couple months
Every month I'll post my sperm count
And you can follow along
No, not quite like that
But it was interesting to find and learn
Our family has all been really supportive obviously, so that's been nice
And yeah, now you know
Yep, we'll see you soon
Bye