How long does sperm really survive?

[pinkiepie]

I always here different things most people say they only survive 48 hours max. My ovulation was late so I ended up with a 5 day cut off and really hoping im preg but doubt it. I did an early preg test (first response) and im on cd 27 of a 31 day cycle used fmu and got a negative. Could I still be preg?

[blueeyedguys]

I've always heard 5 to 7 days. Wasn't temping or doing pols, but I'm pretty in tune with when I O & ds4 was at least a 5 day cut off, possibly more like 7(we were trying to avoid, thought it was further away)

[princessCharlotte]

strong sperm can last 5-7 days.
you still stand a chance.
some ppl hcg level wont able to detect that early

[BlessedMomma]

I always thought not more then 72 hours, but im not an expert, I hope u get ur bfp!

[pinkiepie]

I hope so too one bug part of me thinking that I don't stand a chance is I used acijel to make myself acidic and we were doing bd 5 days in a row with our last attempt approx 5 days before o

[pinkiepie]

Hubby works on the oil rig home a month away a month :(

[boymommyx3]

I have conceived with one BD 5 days before O and also one BD 6 days before O(we weren't really TTC either time), but we are super-fertile!!! And didn't use any jellies with those two pregnancies. Best wishes!

[pinkiepie]

I have conceived with one BD 5 days before O and also one BD 6 days before O(we weren't really TTC either time), but we are super-fertile!!! And didn't use any jellies with those two pregnancies. Best wishes!
Sounds like if I am then maybe it will most likely be a boy as I can see in your name youve got 3 boys from cut off.

[mommymachine]

My charting instructor tells me that during non fertile mucus, sperm can not survive, but during fertile mucus, sperm can survive 6 days.

[The Anchor]

Up to 5 days, but that is under the most ideal conditions. Probably more like 3...

[hotdogz&boyz]

Most women will not get pregnant from a 5 day cut-off. But there are those few who do so. I think fertile mucus needs to be involved (I get fertile mucus 4-5 days before O, so it's possible) and it needs to be pretty good conditions. So, not impossible. But not likely.

[atomic sagebrush]

technically 5-7 days under absolutely ideal circumstances, but those circumstances are not at all something that occurs often at all and it's unclear if, after having survived all that time, those sperm are capable of fertilizing anything.

Functionally, 3-4 days under good circumstances, 1-2 under normal, and hours under poor ones.

[atomic sagebrush]

Most women will not get pregnant from a 5 day cut-off. But there are those few who do so. I think fertile mucus needs to be involved (I get fertile mucus 4-5 days before O, so it's possible) and it needs to be pretty good conditions. So, not impossible. But not likely.

Yes thanks - the data indicates that if you had fertile mucus the day before BD (which is unusual 7 DBO but not totlaly impossible) and after BD, you're in with some shot, no matter how distant.

[atomic sagebrush]

I have conceived with one BD 5 days before O and also one BD 6 days before O(we weren't really TTC either time), but we are super-fertile!!! And didn't use any jellies with those two pregnancies. Best wishes!

I am not trying to secondguess anyone's experience, however the most likely scenario is that you ovuated early with these conceptions. It happened to me once where I had intercourse literally right after AF ended and got pg, and I almost certianly ovulated early that month. It does happen.

[atomic sagebrush]

Timing doesn't sway.