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It takes, on average, 3 months for a healthy couple to conceive. If the limiting factor is the number of sperm, then it would take 3 times as long if you produc
by freyr 13y ago
It takes, on average, 3 months for a healthy couple to conceive. If the limiting factor is the number of sperm, then it would take 3 times as long if you produce 1/3 the sperm. That's nine months, but it could conceivably take over a year.
- BrandonMarc 13y ago> ... but it could conceivably take over a year. I see what you did there. 8-)
- revelation 13y agoI don't think thats the correct logic to use here. It's more like using an undersized engine to try and climb a steep slope: you don't have enough power to push you over, even if you try for years. This is due to the vagina being a generally hostile environment for sperm (evolution is funny like that).
- freyr 13y agoAh, I thought it was like a population trying to produce a one-in-a-billion sperm. The Usain Bolt of sperm, able to sprint through that hostile environment and reach the finish line in record time. But I don't understand how having more is like having a bigger engine. Are they working collectively?
- speeder 13y agoActually, yes... Although most people see sperm as a "race", several of the barriers (specially, the "shell" of the female gamete) need several sperms working on it at once.