A 24-year-old female asked:
in reality, how long can sperm stay alive inside of a women after ejaculation, and actually have a real chance of getting a woman pregnant?
2 doctor answers
Dr. Yash Khanna answered
57 years experience Family Medicine
Only up to few hours: As a rule as soon as semen dry the sperms are dead it can be few minutes to few hours depending on the humidity and temperature of the envoirenment in which sperms are out of the body.
Answered on Mar 31, 2013
Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered
26 years experience Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Up to five days.: Sperm can survive in the female genital tract for up to five days.
Answered on Feb 5, 2014
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Donald Alves answered
24 years experience Emergency Medicine
3-5 days: Is how long semen usually survives within the vagina.
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Francisco R. Rodriguez answered
9 years experience Urology
Discharge: That discharge may or may not contain sperm but is usually produced by glands in the urethra. If there sperm in the discharge there is always the risk ... Read More
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Carolyn Thompson answered
28 years experience Obstetrics and Gynecology
No: Sperm have a life span of only 3-4 days.
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Silverman answered
49 years experience Fertility Medicine
Half life of sperm: Have relations again closer to ovulation, or have an insemination closer to ovulation.
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