2006-10-17 07:54:02 · 18 answers · asked by foreverhypeboy 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
No, this is not true.
If you don't want to get someone pregant, use birth control. There's the patch, the pill, the ring, Depo-Provera injections, condoms with spermicide, the IUD, etc.
2006-10-17 08:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by EmLa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, sperm do not die when they hit the air.
This is a common myth!
Sperm can usually live up to seven days when they are in the cervical mucus of a woman's vagina. However, when they're not being nourished and protected by cervical mucus, vaginal secretions, the warmth and moisture of a man's urethra and reproductive tract, or other warm and moist conditions, they die anywhere between a half an hour to four hours.
Hope that helps
2006-10-17 16:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by bebegurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I believe sperm can live as long as it is moist. Once the semen dries then the sperm dies. I mean think about when men donate their sperm to clinics..or are sperm donors, they ejaculate into a cup..which it full of air, and then their sperm is saved from there..fully able to impregnate a woman after having come in contact with air.
2006-10-17 15:22:26 · answer #3 · answered by ktpb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats rubbish. Certainly if left to air, sperms will die after a few hours. But its not like fish where sperms need air to breath. In any case, how does it matter. U planning to play 'bullets' with sperms?
2006-10-17 15:11:06 · answer #4 · answered by jumbo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the temperature of the area surrounding it but if your question is to mean as soon as the air gets to it then the answer is no.
trust me im a sperm donor and it hits the air when i finish yet test have shown i still have well over 35miilion still swimming in the little pot
2006-10-17 15:08:24 · answer #5 · answered by Gary L 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to what some people will tell you that is not true. Think about it, men can donate sperm and in order to do that they have to ejaculate in a cup and it has to hit the air before it hits the cup. It will die after a couple of hours outside of the body but it will not die the second the air hits it
2006-10-17 15:08:08 · answer #6 · answered by Rachel H 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Sperm is in a solution known as semen which protects it from many outside factors, including air for a limited time. Of course, sperm dies in 48-72 hours on its own anyway.
2006-10-17 15:31:08 · answer #7 · answered by Cara B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not true. Air kills AIDs/HIV after 10 seconds because it is a virus. Sperm is not the same as a virus. It stays mobile in air.
2006-10-17 15:29:32 · answer #8 · answered by Educated 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, its not true. At least, I dont think it is-if youre asking in terms of contraception-please make sure that no sperm is given contact with the area of the vagina - just incase! Also -I dont think that sperm samples would be able to be taken and frozen for future use if it died stright after ejeculation.?!?
2006-10-17 15:10:40 · answer #9 · answered by pinkbead 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, its not true. It is the coolness that kills them, but if its in a warm place, they stay alive. In sperm tests, my friends hubby did the deed at home, and had to bring the sample in. They just told him to put the container under his armpit to keep it warm, and his count and motility was fine when they did the test.
2006-10-17 15:09:12 · answer #10 · answered by shrimpseys 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋