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Why Does The Timing Of Intercourse Matter? - Dr. Adamson (VIDEO)

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Dr. Adamson explains why the timing of intercourse has an effect on fertility.

Dr. David Adamson:
It’s important to have intercourse at the right time when a woman wants to get pregnant because only one egg usually is ovulated each month, and that egg only survives in the woman’s body for about 12-24 hours. So it’s really essential for sperm to be around the egg in the fallopian tube, which is where fertilization occurs, within the 12 to 24 hours that ovulation actually happens.

Now the sperm actually can live for about two to four days and so the way that translates into what should be done is if the couple have intercourse every couple of days or so there will always be viable sperm in the fallopian tube waiting for the egg to show up at the time of ovulation and that’s why we make the recommendation to have intercourse every couple of days starting four or five days before the expected time of ovulation.

About Dr. David Adamson M.D., F.R.C.S.C., F.A.C.O.G., F.A.C.S.:
Dr. David Adamson is a Board Certified specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is Director of Fertility Physicians of Northern California and the Fertility and Reproductive Health Institute, a Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Associate Clinical Professor at U.C. San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Adamson received his M.D. degree from the University of Toronto in Canada, and his reproductive endocrinology fellowship training at Stanford University. Dr. Adamson has published extensively and is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on IVF, reproductive surgery and endometriosis. Dr. Adamson is President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and a charter member of the Society of Reproductive Endocrinologists and the Society of Reproductive Surgeons.

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