Patient's question:
My husband has been experiencing some difficulty in his sex life recently, always finishing early. My family is pressuring us to have a child, and I want to know if premature ejaculation can interfere with conception?Doctor's answer:
How premature ejaculation can interfere with fertility depends on the severity of the condition. During sexual intercourse, if a man becomes erect and ejaculates before penetrating the vagina, this can affect fertility. If a man typically can penetrate the vagina after becoming erect, even though the sexual intercourse time is short, if the semen is deposited into the partner's vagina, it is entirely possible to conceive. For patients with severe premature ejaculation, it is important to seek further examination at a public hospital's urology department to check the quality of the semen before deciding how to conceive.