2006-07-04 16:22:17 · 10 answers · asked by confusedgoober23 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Sperm can live in a woman's body for up to six days — possibly seven. That's why most pregnancies result from fertilization by sperm that have been waiting in a woman's reproductive tract days before the release of her egg — ovulation — takes place.
Outside the body — where they're not being nourished and protected by a woman's cervical mucus and vaginal secretions, or the warmth and moisture of a man's urethra and reproductive tract — sperm die anywhere between a half an hour to four hours after being ejaculated. If the ejaculate has dried out, or has been wiped or washed off, there are no longer any living sperm to worry about.
Hope this information helps!
2006-07-04 18:57:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The female sperm are usually gone by 4 days, but some sperm can live up to 6 days.
2006-07-04 17:52:00 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sperm lives for only a short time (hours) in the vagina because the acidity quickly kills them.
Sperms are released in a fluid that neutralizes the acid and allow time for them to swim into the cervical mucus which is a more supportive chemistry. Moving sperm can be found for at least 2 days and non-moving sperm can be found after many days, perhaps one week.
Sperms quickly move into the uterus and fallopian tubes: here they are again in a supportive environment and are capable of fertilizing an egg for at least two days.
I assume your question is an attempt to understand how often to have intercourse to maximize attempts at pregnancy: every two days; or to understand how long after intercourse pregnancy is possible: 2 days is the ususal answer. There are reports of women who have conceived a week after isolated intercourse, but such happenings are clear exceptions.
2006-07-04 18:03:22 · answer #3 · answered by RRE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 days
2006-07-04 17:20:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
between 24 and 72 hours, depending on the conditions inside and sperm health.
2006-07-04 16:26:31 · answer #5 · answered by vin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3-4 days tops. Female sperm swims slower than male, but lives longer. Sex far from ovulation produces girls. Sex close to ovulation produces boys.
2006-07-04 16:26:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
72 Hours.
2006-07-05 05:36:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Up to 6 or 7 days....That's why the rhythm method is soooooo unreliable
2006-07-04 16:31:27 · answer #8 · answered by April 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard only like 30 minutes cus it has no food source
2006-07-04 16:27:59 · answer #9 · answered by megamix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forever.
2006-07-04 16:27:12 · answer #10 · answered by Roe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋