2007-02-14 19:41:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous 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!
2007-02-14 20:39:00 · answer #1 · answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on their environment and how they are stored.
If they are normal and healthy, once they leave a man's body they can survive inside a woman, depending on the acidity of her cervical secretions, for on average about 2-3 days, although some sperm may stay mobile for 5 days, and in very rare cases a bit longer - any longer than a week would be seriously pushing it.
Sperm ejaculated outside a woman's body and into the air, if left exposed to the air will die within a couple of hours, if they are correctly processed (washed) and kept warm in an incubator they can live for 2-3 days (allowing procedures such as artificial insemination and IVF to occur) or if they are frozen can be stored pretty much indefinitely if the conditions are right.
2007-02-15 01:33:33 · answer #2 · answered by SydneyMum101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not very long, i'm sure it's only about an hour, maybe two, if that. It depends on the conditions it's in also. Sperm can be kept alive frozen for years and years.
2007-02-14 19:45:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
relies upon. Few hours on a room temperature floor, below an hour interior a spermicidal condom, as a lot as ten days in a particular answer, and over 20 years even as cryogenically frozen.
2016-11-03 12:20:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once at room temperature, and exposed to oxygen, less than 30 minutes.
2007-02-14 19:49:03 · answer #5 · answered by smartsassysabrina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine live forever, if I forget to wipe them up they start a colony and start to build skyscrapers and airplanes, do you know how hard it is to knock down a sperm flying around the room?
2007-02-14 19:46:59 · answer #6 · answered by shadycaliber 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It depends on if they are kept warm, I know if kept warm they live at least an hour. Once cold I'm sure they're dead.
2007-02-14 19:45:31 · answer #7 · answered by tylw85 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why dont you ask them?
2007-02-14 19:49:00 · answer #8 · answered by grant k 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋