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PSA about ejaculation - You learn something new every day!

GraceInCAGraceInCA member
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I picked up a copy of the book "Getting Pregnant" at the thrift store for a buck this weekend. I'm reading through it, and on page 72:


"As the sperm travels, it passes by the seminal vesicles, where a fructose solution is secreted to help push it toward the prostate gland, where more fluid is collected. Since all this seminal fluid is actually secreted behind the sperm as it passes, the first squirt of an ejaculation is always the most potent."

Who knew?? I just assumed sperm was evenly distributed in the ejaculate. Fascinating stuff. I thought I knew all there was to know about human reproduction, but there's all kinds of stuff about which I had no clue.


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  • AngnShaunAngnShaun
    thats interesting i thought the same as you. 
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  • panacea05panacea05 member

    imageVeganlady:
    Fructose?! You'd think it'd taste better. You DO learn something new every day!

    Hahaha! 

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  • bananersbananers member

    imageVeganlady:
    Fructose?! You'd think it'd taste better. You DO learn something new every day!

    ::snort::

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  • Laurakat81Laurakat81 member

    imageVeganlady:
    Fructose?! You'd think it'd taste better. You DO learn something new every day!

    LOL! Right?!


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  • buckeyebaby814buckeyebaby814 member

    imageVeganlady:
    Fructose?! You'd think it'd taste better. You DO learn something new every day!

    LOL Smile 


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  • GraceInCAGraceInCA member

    imageVeganlady:
    Fructose?! You'd think it'd taste better. You DO learn something new every day!

    Seriously! I'm going to incorporate more pineapple juice into DH's diet.


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  • emikatemikat member
    Maybe this is TMI, but I've paid attention to the ejaculate that my DH has had to give for his SAs and I have noticed that it's white followed by clear.  I thought it was all white before I started "analyzing" it for the samples!
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  • keft514keft514
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    imageVeganlady:
    Fructose?! You'd think it'd taste better. You DO learn something new every day!

    LOL!  When I first read that part for some reason Garnier Fructis shampoo came to my mind...I will never think of it the same way now!  haha

    I refuse to wash my hair with ejaculate! 

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  • minicheezburgminicheezburg member

    imageVeganlady:
    Fructose?! You'd think it'd taste better. You DO learn something new every day!

    I thought the exact thing!

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  • lsuhoneybadgerlsuhoneybadger member

    imageVeganlady:
    Fructose?! You'd think it'd taste better. You DO learn something new every day!

     

    LMAO!

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  • psychmajormompsychmajormom member
    You DO learn something everyday, very interesting
    (USE TO BE, WISH2BEMOMMY). 1st BFP ever Aug. 16, 2010.... 1st OB appt. Sept. 8, 2010, u/s showed poss. blighted ovum.... b/w 9/8/10 22,698 b/w 9/10/10 14,521.... mmc confirmed, started naturally m/c 9/15/10, d & c 9/16/10 I love you my precious monkey!! 2nd BFP March 2011.... c/p, miss you lil one!! 3rd BFP Nov. 20, 2011, subcornial hemorrhage detected 11/24/11 heartbeat found.... LO's heartbeat lost 11/25/11.... d & c 11/26/11..... I love and miss you so much baby!!!! C/P 4/26/12.... gone before I knew you.... off BCP 10-1-13.. BFP 11-20-13.. SCH for 7 weeks.. 3-4-14: It's a Girl!.. 4-22-12 emergency cerclage placed..7-7-14 cerclage removed at 36w.. delivered Lillian Marie 7-28-14..
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