How long can sperm live in a womans body?

Question

I heard the maximum is about 5 - 7 days, but what is the minimum?

and also i'm ovulating on friday i think(thats day 14), and my husband works, so we could only have intercourse today, at like 3 am in the morning(thats when he comes off of work. and then i work on friday and we can only have intercourse friday night. i just want to know, do you think that his sperm would still be alive from wednesday 3am to friday night?

Answer 1

My doctor told me 3 days

Answer 2

5 Days.

Answer 3

The classic answer is 'up to one week'

Answer 4

It usually lives for 3 days. I'm trying to get pregnant right now too....I'd say make sure you try to do it again on Friday and Monday to ensure the best chance of the sperm getting to the egg. After you ovulate the egg lives for only 24 hours.

Answer 5

72 hours = 3 days my doc told me last week

Answer 6

Either a couple hours, or a couple of days it just depends.

Answer 7

It is more like 3 days.

Answer 8

Sperm can live for up to 72 hours, if it is healthy.  There a lot of reasons sperm wouldn't live that long, doesn't swim well ect.  I would assume that everything is ok and try the 36-48 hour method.  To give the sperm a chance to build back up try bd every other day.  That means if you bd on wed, you should then on Friday.  I think you will be covered!

Good luck!

Answer 9

,72 hours

But you know what,it is a fact, with me,that every time I tried doing the same thing you doing right now,counting,14 days,plus2,minus 2 days,so in these 5 days you can get pregnant,but only for 24 hours, never worked.You get yourself so worked out in this getting pregnant,relax and take it easy and when you least expect it,it will happen.

So if your are just counting days,and not doing the temperature thing,you need to have s*x every day of those 5 days,at least 2 or 3 times a day!!My suggestion.Good luck.