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Posted on: 03/04/2008
Question
During sexual intercourse, does it take the male and the female to cum to get pregnant?
Answer
No, there is no requirement that either person cum, or have an orgasm. Pregnancy requires an egg (from the female) and sperm from the male to meet somewhere in the female reproductive tract.
A female releases one egg a month from her ovary sometime between her periods, and the egg can be fertilized anywhere by sperm, from the male.
Sperm is present in the liquid that leaks from a penis whenever it is erect, and in larger quantities when he cums (ejaculates) into the woman.