How Much Sperm Does It Take To Get Pregnant

It can take a pindrop of sperm to get pregnant or a teaspoon full. It doesn’t make too much difference, and pulling out is not a form of birth control since most of the healthy sperm are released first. It can also depend on the amount of sperm generated and how long it takes for each man to regenerate his sperm.

Infertility issues in couples can really be frustrating and lead you to question whether or n0t you can have kids at all.  Often it is believed that the man is not producing enough sperm to produce baby making material.

From Today’s Parent: If you’re 35 or older, you should seek help after just six months of trying because egg quality declines and medical conditions become more prevalent as we age, so the likelihood that you may need some fertility help is higher.

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Sometimes, it is not really the amount of sperm that matters but the physiological and morphological properties of the sperm. In other instances, there are various factors that are in play altogether which may hinder the ability to have a child.

• It only takes one sperm and one egg to make a baby
• In order to get pregnant, only one sperm needs to swim from the vagina, through the cervix and into the fallopian tube to fertilize one egg
• The issue of infertility only comes into play when this one sperm fails to achieve its goal of fertilizing the ovum

Even when we talk about one sperm in order for pregnancy to occur, the consequence is that millions of sperms do not reach the egg.

Pregnancy Statistics From Statista: In the United States, the latest figures report some 6.2 million pregnancies for 2010. Of this number, 4 million had a live birth outcome. On the other hand, approximately 1.1 million induced abortions and 1 million miscarriages at all gestational periods were reported.

How Does Ejaculation Work?

When a man ejaculates, he releases an average of 100 million sperms. You may be wondering why his body produces that much sperm while you only require one sperm to get pregnant.

The survival of the sperm is usually difficult as the journey from the vagina to the fallopian tubes is not easy. The vaginal walls are usually acidic in order to protect women from potential infections. However, during the fertility window the female body secretes a sperm friendly fluid to enable the sperm to swim upwards to the egg.

Most sperms get lost in the cervix.

The sperms that make it to the uterus encounter a new challenge; white blood cells. White blood cells see sperms as invaders and hence will attack them in order to protect the body.  It gets even more difficult for the sperms to locate the fallopian tubes amid the attack from the white blood cells. For the sperms, the fallopian tube is like a needle in the haystack.

You can clearly see that while millions of sperms are released during ejaculation, it is only a handful that make it to the fallopian tube where the ovum is waiting for fertilization. Even of these handful sperms, only one is required to fertilize an egg and cause conception.  The sperm must survive long enough to meet and fertilize the egg.

Some men produce more sperm than others depending on a variety of factors. You can see How Long Does It Take For A Man To Refill His Sperm.

There are some other ways men and women can help boost their fertility chances.

A Man’s Fertility

A man’s fertility is really pegged on the number of healthy sperms he releases because an unhealthy sperm will definitely not survive the process required for fertilization.

By having many healthy sperms, the chances of at least one fertilizing the ovum increases.

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