Having a child is important for many couples and people keep trying different ways to conceive. But while medical help and other techniques in bed may aide pregnancy, simpler steps can also work wonders.
Scientists are now recommending having sex twice in one night for people trying to have a baby. The suggestion comes after findings that show how sperm is stronger and faster the second time a man ejaculates.
New research from North Middlesex Hospital suggests that having sex twice within an hour could triple a man’s chances of becoming a father. The study, which was recently presented at the European Health and Care Excellence, suggests that it’s the second time that could help another line appear on the pregnancy test.
The study involved 73 couples who were all undergoing intrauterine insemination, where the sperm is injected directly into the womb. Researchers found that when the men who produced two batches of sperm within an hour, the second batch resulted to pregnancy more than 20-percent of the time. That’s three times the success rate (6%) of pregnancy using this fertility technique!
“Though this is a relatively small study, we believe it is a big step forward and could make a major difference to pregnancy rates. It would be reasonable to assume the same effect would apply to men trying to conceive naturally,” says research leader Gulam Bahadur of North Middlesex Hospital. It should also be noted that the women who participated in the study also took certain medications to stimulate their fertility cycles.
This all comes with the caveat that ejaculating twice within an hour is not possible for every guy, so obviously this technique has its limitations.
