The patient: A 29-year-old woman in Lithuania The symptoms: The woman had been trying to conceive with her male partner but had not become pregnant. Two rounds of in vitro fertilization (IVF) also failed to produce a pregnancy, but gynecological exams did not find any underlying causes for why she was unable to become pregnant. (When the patient’s doctors described …
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What’s the difference between sperm and semen? And can pre-ejaculate get you pregnant?
Semen, sperm, spunk, cum, ejaculate, pre-cum, seminal fluid. These are just some of the many words we use to describe what comes out of an erect penis. Some of these terms can be used interchangeably, but they’re not all the same. Do you know the difference? What is sperm? Sperm are male reproductive (sex) cells. The word “sperm” can refer …
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