Patient's question:
I am currently in the pre-pregnancy stage. From books, I learned that after a man's sperm enters a woman's body, only one will combine with an egg. Could you please ask the doctor, where do the other sperm go inside a woman's body?Doctor's answer:
During sexual intercourse, a man releases about 1.5 to 2 milliliters of semen with each ejaculation. If a woman's reproductive tract is unobstructed, some sperm pass through the cervix and into the uterine cavity, eventually reaching the fallopian tubes. There, only one sperm combines with a woman's egg to become pregnant. The majority of the sperm are absorbed by the female body, while some semen is also expelled from the vagina after intercourse. It is recommended to have intercourse around the time of ovulation if pregnancy is desired.