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    The return of the old-fashioned fertility treatment: Daily sex could be the key

    Remember back in the old days when the treatment for infertility was thought to be simply having a lot of sex? Those days seem to be back.

    This time around, though, the reasoning is not just that the more you do it, the more sperm will make their way to the waiting egg, and the more likely you will be to conceive. A new study finds that having daily sex could actually improve the health of the sperm and therefore improve the chances of conception. These days, it's not about quantity as much as quality.

    This study may answer recent debates over whether men should abstain from sex for a few days before trying to conceive.

    Australian researchers say that their study of 118 men who were evaluated to have sperm with higher than average DNA damage revealed that daily sex significantly improved the quality of the sperm. They believe that more frequent ejaculation moves sperm more swiftly out of the testicular ducts, where DNA damage can occur. While the volume of sperm was shown to decrease due to all the sexual activity, the increased health of the sperm outweighed any concern over that.

    The lead researcher reported that the study may be good news for couples trying to conceive, stating, "It seems safe to conclude that couples with relatively normal semen parameters should have sex daily for up to a week before the ovulation date."

    There are a lot of dos and don'ts circulating at this point in time for couples trying to conceive. Is having daily sex one more thing on the big list of conception stuff to consider? Or would you take more frequent sex seriously after reading about research like this?



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    27 comments

    • MichaelS  •  1 year 2 months ago
      I LOVE THE POST THAT just me POSTED ON MARCH 6, 2011!! That is the way all woman and men should be towards each other when they love each other. To want each other is a blessing, especially if they make love as often as they want!!
    • MichaelS  •  1 year 2 months ago
      I agree with jasonb!!!! More sex is great any way you slice it!!! Any way you can get it is good with the right partner!!!!
    • BillC  •  1 year 2 months ago
      SOUNDS GOOD TO ME....
    • just me  •  1 year 2 months ago
      I'm not one to tell anybody how to have sex, how to make babies or even if they should or should not have sex! I just want to add a tiny bit of humor if you don't mind. My mother told me shortly after I was married and I sometimes complained about how often my husband wanted sex, (pretty much, everyday). She looked at me with a spark in her eye and said, "just do not turn his offer down too many times, because everytime you refuse, have a headache, too busy etc., is a time you can NEVER get back"! I've been married almost 48 years and I have never forgotten that statement. I can tell you ladies, I would give anything if my husband could make love to me; he's been unable to for at least 15 years and it is something that nothing can replace. I often, in fact, most of the time, really need that natural orgasim and I'm going to tell you, there is nothing on this earth that replaces a man in that department! All of the man-made gadgets, masturbation, or whatever you might do for personal satisfaction just isn't the same. My advice girls, "don't turn him down most of the time; there will, I promise you, come a time when you're going to wish for him so badly that it hurts"! It's pure "HELL on EARTH" when he is lying right beside and can't help you by having normal, natural sex, the old fashioned way. Did God know what He was doing? Oh, YES, He certainly did.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  2 years 10 months ago
      a trial will convince
    • Emily L  •  2 years 11 months ago
      THAT IS SO CRAZY I REALLY GOT TO TRY AND HAVE SEX ALOT MORE OFTEN SO I GUEST IMA TRY IT BUT THAT KOO!!!!! ;)
    • LA  •  2 years 11 months ago
      I would concur...
    • mommaofsun  •  2 years 11 months ago
      Holy cow.....before I had my tubes tied, all I do was say the word "pregnant" and I was.
    • notypo  •  2 years 11 months ago
      Thats a great way to end a marriage! Sex everyday? The romance would fly right out of the window!
    • Nicole  •  2 years 11 months ago
      It does make sense that more sex would better increase your chances of having a baby. Its practically common sense after all. And the more sex the better, as long as the woman doesn't make it feel like a job to her partner, sex should be something fun after all. I'm a proud mother of a 5 yr. old and 4 month old girls and by no means had sex every single day. Tho I can't complain, nine years with my husband and we still have a very active and healthy sex life.
    • Laurie  •  2 years 11 months ago
      if the author had actually read about the study, she would see that it was about the sperm with damaged DNA, not about fertility in general. the older these sperm got the greater the chance of the DNA becoming damage, so for those individuals more frequent sex was advised.
    • Catalina T  •  2 years 11 months ago
      no comment.........
    • Morgan  •  2 years 11 months ago
      I'm sorry but it is just a bunch of bull sahit to me!
    • lesia  •  2 years 11 months ago
      i think that is an excuse for men who hardly ever get sex to get more sex
    • jasonb  •  2 years 11 months ago
      Who cares if it boosts fertility???? More sex is great any way you slice it!
    • Mantra  •  2 years 11 months ago
      I think that being able to be calm and into the experience when having sex makes a big difference and also eating the right foods. I believe that trying to have a baby is a spiritual experience and when you have to much stress in your life and you are not really into feeling pleasure, your body reacts. I think that you are right in a way. I don't necessary believe you have to have sex every night. I believe it is the quality of sex that you have and when you are done having sex. Just lay there for a couple of minutes before taking a shower.
    • CONFUSED SENSE  •  2 years 11 months ago
      well
      i married man and 7 years passed
      i hav experience, that i dont know if sex expands fertility ,but it also makes the man very lazy and slows u r mind thinking\
    • Gino  •  2 years 11 months ago
      A few years ago I was watching an interview with a fertility expert who had just opened shop in my hometown and the first question he was asked was, what is the main cause of infertility?, and he jokingly replied, "lack of trying". He then went on to explain that one of the first things he did with new patients was explaining to them that there are days and positions that can increase the possibility of conception. Now, one thing I have read over and over, is that when couples are trying to conceive they should have intercourse every other day, not everyday.
    • tin-tin  •  2 years 11 months ago
      i am complete with you Deedle. because having sex everyday is not what i have had heard on another study. and just be practical that women's eggs are not active every damn day. the reason why they want you to have sex everyday so you won't miss the day when the woman is fertile.
    • Vanisha  •  2 years 11 months ago
      I think its true because thats what I did and now CONGRATS!!! I'm a soon to be mama

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