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We dated all through college and got married in September We have always wanted kids, but we were going to enjoy being newlyweds for a little bit first. Surprisingly, a few months after getting married my period was 10 days late and we thought maybe I was pregnant. It turns out I was not pregnant, but we both realized at that moment we wanted to start actively trying to have kids. Months went by with no pregnancies, so we decided to begin doing some things that are supposed to increase the chances of getting pregnant.

Update: A previous version of this article contained quotes from an expert whose credentials are now in question. We have reached out to him for confirmation of those credentials and have not heard back. You can read Gizmodo's investigation here , and his response here. Most people with penises produce between 39 million to million sperm per ejaculation, according to the World Health Organization. But how much do you really know about sperm?

Source: Youtube. Of course, it varies between men naturally and because of certain circumstances — but science has prevailed and tested the average amount. This Oakland University study gets into the nitty gritty of it:. Source: Imgur.

Sperm gets ejected from the penis, enters the vagina, and swims up the reproductive tract until they reach the egg to fertilize it. Barely years ago, it was considered a major scientific breakthrough when scientists came up with the idea that a fully formed, tiny human inhabited the head of each sperm — totally debunked and untrue. Fortunately, as the human body has evolved over thousands of years to maximize fertility potential, so has our scientific understanding about sperm. But many of us still believe some pretty unscientific, long-standing sperm myths. Here are twelve of the most common ones.