Young Adult Sexual Health & Fertility

Because relationships are important to talk about

Although it might not be the first thing you think about after a cancer diagnosis, your intimate relationships and your ability to have children in the future may be affected by your cancer and cancer treatments.

Sexual health

The health care MDs and PNPs s at Children’s Minnesota are specially trained to help AYAs talk about sexuality before, during and after treatment. By encouraging open, confidential conversations about sexuality and sexual activity, we aim to help you feel informed and safe throughout your cancer care.

Preserving fertility

Even if having your own children is not on your mind now, it might be in the future. So, at Children’s Minnesota, we place special emphasis on informing you about options for preserving fertility. Since treatment can often affect your fertility, concerns about family planning and fertility should be discussed before treatment begins. We provide information about possible treatment effects on fertility, guide you through decisions about preserving fertility and make referrals to fertility specialists before treatment begins when possible.

Female fertility options
Male fertility options

We offer:

24/7 consultation services about fertility preservation options
Sperm banking
Options for regulating menstruation and preserving fertility
Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC)
Dedicated pediatric and adolescent gynecologists—the only two fellowship trained in the upper Midwest
Referral to fertility specialists
Other conditions that are associated with ovarian insufficiency or removal of the ovary(s), some examples are:
- Galactosemia
- Turner Syndrome
- Differences in sex development
- Gender-affirming care
- Bone marrow transplant
- Side effects of medications used to treat conditions like lupus