sperm!

[tetleytea]

I should know this by now, been ttcing for long enough dammit but just how long after SWI-ing can sperm hang around and actually fertilise the egg?

On the 2WW and feeling obsessional, is there a TTC Anonymous i can join?

I think the longest is 5 days... girl sperm live longest apparently - slow and steady wins the race and all that

Oh, by the way, there is a 2ww thread and you could come and join us on the November bus xx

Hi Tetley -- my Zita West book says 'although sperm can live for up to seven days in the female reproductive tract; one study found that 94 per cent of pregnancies were attributed to sperm that were one or two days old.'
Hope that helps?