Hi Ladies! Thanks for visiting my blog, which I started in 2008. In January of 2012 I got pregnant for the first time, at age 43, after 5 years of trying to conceive. I always wanted to do it “the natural way,” without the assistance of IVF or fertility doctors, for many reasons. They say you can learn a lot from other people’s mistakes... but more than anything, I hope you will learn from my successes! Thanks again for stopping by, and best of luck in your own journey to TTC!
Monday, May 21, 2012
How long does it take for sperm to reach an egg?
Holy moses, I had no idea those little buggers could swim so fast. According to this article I just read, it can take just half an hour for a sperm to reach your egg. I'm not sure why I was thinking it'd take at least 8 hours, or even a couple of days. Apparently they can travel about 1/8 inch per minute (so, about an inch every 10 minutes, or 6 inches in an hour).
Somehow I always pictured the sperm traveling really slowly and taking it's sweet time to get where it's supposed to go. As for those women who say the sperm can last several days in their fallopian tubes.... well, good for you, but I just don't think that's the case for me. I always feel like I need to do it RIGHT when I'm ovulating. Not a few days before. My body tends to be so dry, I just can't picture the sperm living that long in my tubes. Maybe I'm wrong but... that's just what I imagine.
Anyway, here is the article:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_does_it_take_sperm_to_reach_an_egg
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