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How long after sexual intercourse does it take to conceive?

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Dr. Ankush Bansal answered

Depends: It can take a few minutes to a few days. It depends on the sperm.

Dr Ali and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/10/2013

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Does sperm quality degrade with prolonged (years) total abstinence to the point that it could result in poorer health outcomes later on for the child conceived after resuming sexual intercourse?

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Is it true that having sexual intercourse everyday multiple times a day can weaken your sperm and will start to have trouble conceiving?

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I had sex with this guy on d 18-20march 22 and had sex with anther one on the 24-7 Apr 22 and d doctor said I conceived on the 1-2 April and d most likely sexual intercourse that led to my pregnancy is between 25 to the 4th of Apr who is d psble dad?

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6 days late for period.No sexual intercourse since past few months.U have sleeping pill every night.What could be the cause other than conceiving?

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Delayed pregnancy after every sexual intercourse i normally exprience watery discharge and also have a noisy stomach please could this be the reason why am not conceiving.

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