Ben Mol receives consultancy fees from Guerbet, the manufacturer of Lipiodol oil-based contrast and Telebrix water-based contrast used in this study. The H2Oil study was funded by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and did not receive commercial funding. Ben Mol was born on 21 September His parents married in From the fact that he is the oldest son and has no sisters, one can derive that his parents suffered 8 years infertility.
Study confirms 'flushing' blocked fallopian tubes can improve fertility and reduce need for IVF
Sperm are constantly in danger. Once mature, sperm are stored in a long tube called the epididymis where they wait to be ejaculated. Vaginal walls tend to be acidic to protect women from potential infections. During the fertile window, the female creates a sperm friendly fluid that enables sperm to swim up towards the egg. Sperm are not that smart.
Getting pregnant is not an easy task, but understanding the essential physiology of the process is the best place to start. In this chapter I will describe the arduous journey that sperm must make through the female genitals to reach the egg, as well as the simultaneous adventure of the egg during which it matures to become genetically ready for fertilization, erupts from the ovary, and gets grabbed by the fallopian tube, fertilized, and then hustled along into the womb at exactly the right moment to implant. Failure of the sperm or egg to make an important connection anywhere along this complicated itinerary will prevent pregnancy from occurring. The vagina is an elastic canal, about four to five inches long. At the end of this canal, in the deepest recess of the vagina, is a structure called the cervix, which is the entrance to the womb, or uterus.
Whether you know it or not, your testicles are a sperm factory set up to produce sperm throughout your life time. Inside the tubes are sperm nurse cells which manage sperm stem cells. Sounds pretty crowded down there, right?