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What is the average time that sperm survive?

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Leah3346 · 23/04/2020 15:58

Can someone give me an estimate on how long sperm survives? And what is the most common length of time it lasts inside the female body? Each website is saying different but the average time is 2 days.

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BuffaloCauliflower · 23/04/2020 16:01

Up to 5 days but around 2 days is most likely, it will vary a lot between different men which is why you won’t get an exact average

Imboredinthehouse · 23/04/2020 16:03

From nhs website

“You're most likely to get pregnant if you have sex within a day or so of ovulation (releasing an egg from the ovary). This is usually about 14 days after the first day of your last period, if your cycle is around 28 days long.

An egg lives for about 12-24 hours after being released. For pregnancy to happen, the egg must be fertilised by a sperm within this time.

Sperm can live for up to 7 days inside a woman's body. So if you've had sex in the days before ovulation, the sperm will have had time to travel up the fallopian tubes to "wait" for the egg to be released”

www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/getting-pregnant/

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