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Sperm formation and maturation
Sperm formation and maturation
The body of healthy males is focused on producing a huge amount of moving sperm every second, which are created in order to carry genetic codes about the hereditary tree, and act as biological materials for a man's ability to conceive a new life. A man's body produces up to 76 million sperm every day.
Even in ancient times, male sperm was considered one of the sacred fluids. It was she, according to ancient ideas, that contained all the vital force. To date, researchers cannot know all the information about spermatozoa and their properties, many of the data have simply not been deciphered.
The total period for maturation in a sperm cell can last 68 days. By this time, cells are born, mature in eggs, go through certain conditional stages so that low-quality material is screened out, and the correct maturation of spermatozoa occurs. When spermatozoa have a certain defect, are exposed to diseases or infection, they are stopped by special cells - spermatophages, which filter out low-quality biomaterials.
Many defective cells avoid this fate, but they can no longer fertilize an egg, because they slow down, cannot even reach the cervix, dying halfway.
The path of the sperm in the female body
Spermatozoa, passing a certain stage of development, end up in the epididymis, where they are finally prepared for release and enter the seminal sacs for subsequent ejaculation. This stage also involves screening out non-fertile and defective spermatozoa.
At the moment of ejaculant ejection, due to muscle tremors, the sperm immediately passes through the vas deferens through the urethra, where it mixes with the secretory fluid of the prostate during ejaculation. This liquid has a large amount of nutrients, fructose, various antibacterial substances, as well as compounds that tend to liquefy sperm, increase their number, and activate sperm cells.
It should be explained how the sperm pathway is determined. When they get into the concentration of an acidic environment, which is characteristic of the vagina, most die, since their usual place is alkaline, and oxidizing, it is considered impossible for sperm to survive.
One ejaculation implies the penetration of 230 to 530 million sperm cells deep into the vagina, and only about three hundred of them survive, rushing to the maturing egg. Most die while still in the uterine cervix, because it is almost insurmountable. A certain amount becomes incapacitated, some die right in the uterine region. Therefore, only a few of the most persistent, strong sperm can enter the egg for further fertilization.
Duration of sperm in the female ovum
How many days can a sperm be active inside a woman's body? A situation may occur when the egg is not yet mature enough to receive the sperm. If this happens, then the small number of sperm that survived combine to reactivate during the ovulation period. Thus, sperm can store their properties in the area of the vagina and its walls for up to seven days.
The speed quality of spermatozoa is typically three millimeters by sixty seconds. At this speed, they have every chance of reaching the area of the eggs and fertilizing them. But the bottom line is that young, energetic, live sperm can develop a velocity quality of up to 46 millimeters in 60 seconds, which can allow them to reach the ovum region in a short period of time, literally, a couple of minutes.
The freshest, strongest, as well as the fastest spermatozoa, which have the highest chances of fertilizing an egg, fully justify the age-old rule of racing - the mature and the strongest win. In fact, the phenomenon of fertilization is nonsense, since from a colossal mass of a cellular scale, only one cell forms the fetus, which forms the basis for new lives.
Frequency of intercourse for conceiving a healthy fetus
Before starting planning for future offspring, each young family is interested in what moments are important for conception. When women are sure that ovulation has come to them, they take all possible options in order to conceive a child as quickly as possible. During such a period, they do not know how many times they need to have sexual intercourse for the onset of a productive pregnancy?
There are opinions that in order to conceive a child, it is necessary to calculate all the days that would be favorable, the days of ovulation. During such periods, you need to have sex as often as possible.In fact, such methods often work, but not always, because there is a high probability that the feeling of fatigue from constant intercourse may occur sooner than the desired fertilization.
Methods for optimal conception
There are two methods that are optimal for conceiving a child, they differ only in the frequency of sexual intercourse. The first technique is designed for a lucky chance, and the second is aimed at calculating ovulation days, as well as maintaining the quality of sperm production, although then the number of intercourse decreases.
Due to high-quality sperm and correctly calculated ovulation, the likelihood of conception increases significantly. The break between a series of sexual intercourses directly depends on the method that a married couple wants to adhere to, who wants to have a baby.
The essence of the first method
Many representatives of the fairer sex are quite often annoyed, worried, because they need to undergo a test on an ongoing basis in order to correctly determine ovulation days. A woman does not find a place for herself because she is constantly on the verge of stressful situations precisely for this reason, because it is expensive to carry out such tests every day.
The essence of such tests is to measure the basal temperature, as soon as it rises normatively, the woman understands that ovulation has come, it is necessary to start studying the secretions. So that females do not bother with the ovulation test, do not calculate the number of suitable days on the calendar, those who are the most impatient should have sex with a mind-boggling frequency.
It is a well-known fact that systematic sex leads to a quantitative minority of spermatozoa in all further intercourse, but the quality tends to improve, respectively, the probability of fertilization - to increase. Medical research shows that in the semen itself, the quality of sperm maturation should be no less than 49%.
If both sides have no problems with sexual health, and the sperm are of sufficient quality and fast, the likelihood of pregnancy is extremely high. That is, the first method is characterized by sexual acts from four to five intercourses in seven days, ovulation will come sooner or later, a favorable time for conception will definitely not be missed.
The essence of the second method
The second technique is ideal for all females who tend to calculate the days of ovulation on the calendar, then apply all possible options for the early onset of conception. But do not forget that you do not need to dwell on the processes of fertilization of a woman. Other days can also be favorable, so do not deprive each other of attention so that mature high-quality sperm do not lose their speed.
Medical researchers recommend having sexual intercourse on all calendar days, when the woman is ovulating according to the plan, but only on the condition that the quantitative and qualitative nature of sperm cells cannot deteriorate. As soon as a female individual has determined the day of ovulation, calculating the basal temperature, she needs to have sexual intercourse with her partner for three days, until the egg starts to fully mature, then you need to remember about the first ovulation day.
When partners have the opportunity, they wish to continue having intercourse in the following days, such a desire will bring them only an early result, as well as untold benefits for the health of the reproductive system. When the qualitative, quantitative variations of sperm are normative in value, or the qualitative production is slightly below normal, having sex during the ovulation period should be reduced.
It can be assumed that the first weekdays in a female individual cause too much discharge, and tests show the onset of ovulation, then medical researchers recommend intercourse every other day. Days for a respite are given to a male individual, so that he has enough time to restore the previous qualitative composition of sperm. Such states of affairs give effective chances of early conception.
Sperm life and death
Spermatozoa are formed and are in the body of a male in a multi-million quantity. All spermatozoa are composed of heads, necks, midsections, and thin filamentous tails. The sperm that overcomes the test of spermatogenesis, becoming a part of the egg, remaining in it, loses its tail bundles, because the latter is necessary for it to move, and the area of the egg is able to skip only the most necessary parts, this case involves the hit of a head carrying hereditary genetic materials of a male individual ...
In order to qualitatively perforate the strong outer oocyte membranes, the sperm head has something like a cap - an acrosome containing a special substance to dissolve the egg membrane.
In order to see a sperm, a person must visually examine it using a microscope, because this male reproductive cell is approximately 54 microns long from the beginning of the head to the end of the tail. That is, the total length for the sperm that matures is minimal.
Sperm maturation pathway
Such an important ability of the male organism is called spermatogenesis. Spermatogenesis begins from a young age of a man, therefore, at the end of puberty, a familiar appearance and debugging occurs. An interesting factor is that the production of quantitative sperm is manifested in men on a continuous basis until old age.
The body, in order to create a normal sperm, ready for the process of high-quality fertilization, takes about 74 days. The process of maturation, according to the characteristics of the male body, lasts in the seminal canal of the eggs of the male.
The production of all sperm originates from the process of cell division, which is given half of the chromosomes that are necessary in order to start a new life in the womb. This cell division is called spermatids. The quality of each formed sperm can be determined by a spermogram. Each sperm must necessarily pass to the epididymis in order to acquire an acrosome there.