Nobody knows where the deep faith of the next generations comes from that intermittent intercourse is effective in preventing pregnancy, since the Pearl index for this method is 15-28. This means that out of 100 couples who choose intermittent intercourse, 15 to 28 risk becoming pregnant.

Intermittent intercourseContrary to the opinion of many people, carries a high risk of pregnancy. Primarily, the reason ispre-ejaculate , which is a discharge that contains sperm. Secondly, reflexes sometimes fail, thirdly, women have irregular cycles, and sperm lives longer than five minutes.

Why the belief that intermittent intercourse protects against pregnancy?

  • some men do not pre-exude
  • more and more men have very poor quality semen
  • a lot of intercourse takes place on infertile days
  • he althy couple not using any contraceptives it can take up to a year to get pregnant

Intermittent intercourse: when is the risk of pregnancy lower?

The risk of pregnancy in intermittent intercourse decreases when the couple are very close to each other, the woman knows her cycle perfectly, and the man has full control over his reactions (but not over the secretion of pre-ejaculate).

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