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hi ladies found this quite interesting to read and now know enjoy 
All about sperm (and getting pregnant!)
Fascinating sperm facts
Immature sperm are present in baby boys but need the puberty hormone surge to make them grow into big sperm.
About 2-6 ccs (about a teaspoonful) of sperm is ejaculated each time a man comes.
The sperm itself only makes up about 5% of what a man ejaculates.
These 2-6 ccs contain between 200-300 million sperm plus a mixture of sugar, protein, Vitamin C, zinc and prostaglandins (which help the sperm on their travels).
When sperm is ejaculated it is like a gel which liquefies in about 5-15 minutes. Only when this gel becomes liquid do the sperm really get going about 30 minutes later (but may take up to 24 hours).
Sperm and getting pregnant
It only takes one sperm to get a woman pregnant!
Sperm has to get into the womans vagina for there to be any possibility of her getting pregnant.
Sperm doesnt have to get into the vagina only via the penis. A woman can get pregnant if the sperm is on someones fingers and they put their fingers into her vagina, or if the man ejaculates very near the entrance to her vagina.
Sperm have a long journey to make to get to the egg, and most of them never make it. They travel from the vagina, through the cervix, up the womb and into the fallopian tubes.
Studies show that some sperm reach the fallopian tubes in as little as 5 minutes after the man ejaculates. But most take 45 minutes or more.
Studies in rabbits show that even if you destroy all the sperm in the vagina five minutes after ejaculation, the rabbit still gets pregnant.
The chances of a woman getting pregnant as a result of having sex once, without contraception, is abound 30% at the womans most fertile time. In rats it is 90% - just as well we are not rats!
It used to be thought the most likely days for a woman to get pregnant were two: the day on which the egg in a woman is released (known as the day of ovulation) and the day after ovulation. But it turns out that having sexual intercourse the day before ovulation as well as the day of ovulation carries the highest chances of getting pregnant.
Sperm can hang around for along time up to 85 hours or more after the man ejaculates into the woman's vagina, so a woman can get pregnant even if she has sex six days before she ovulates.
MADE ME SMILE
All about sperm (and getting pregnant!)
Fascinating sperm facts
Immature sperm are present in baby boys but need the puberty hormone surge to make them grow into big sperm.
About 2-6 ccs (about a teaspoonful) of sperm is ejaculated each time a man comes.
The sperm itself only makes up about 5% of what a man ejaculates.
These 2-6 ccs contain between 200-300 million sperm plus a mixture of sugar, protein, Vitamin C, zinc and prostaglandins (which help the sperm on their travels).
When sperm is ejaculated it is like a gel which liquefies in about 5-15 minutes. Only when this gel becomes liquid do the sperm really get going about 30 minutes later (but may take up to 24 hours).
Sperm and getting pregnant
It only takes one sperm to get a woman pregnant!
Sperm has to get into the womans vagina for there to be any possibility of her getting pregnant.
Sperm doesnt have to get into the vagina only via the penis. A woman can get pregnant if the sperm is on someones fingers and they put their fingers into her vagina, or if the man ejaculates very near the entrance to her vagina.
Sperm have a long journey to make to get to the egg, and most of them never make it. They travel from the vagina, through the cervix, up the womb and into the fallopian tubes.
Studies show that some sperm reach the fallopian tubes in as little as 5 minutes after the man ejaculates. But most take 45 minutes or more.
Studies in rabbits show that even if you destroy all the sperm in the vagina five minutes after ejaculation, the rabbit still gets pregnant.
The chances of a woman getting pregnant as a result of having sex once, without contraception, is abound 30% at the womans most fertile time. In rats it is 90% - just as well we are not rats!
It used to be thought the most likely days for a woman to get pregnant were two: the day on which the egg in a woman is released (known as the day of ovulation) and the day after ovulation. But it turns out that having sexual intercourse the day before ovulation as well as the day of ovulation carries the highest chances of getting pregnant.
Sperm can hang around for along time up to 85 hours or more after the man ejaculates into the woman's vagina, so a woman can get pregnant even if she has sex six days before she ovulates.
MADE ME SMILE
