The road from home to the uterus can be a very treacherous and arduous adventure for the sperm! Once in their new environment the last thing the sperm need is a hostile mucus.
Sperm tires easily and needs plenty of energy to be able to swim from the vagina to the uterus and then up the fallopian tubes where hopefully a princess egg will be waiting for her knight.
What Dangers Lurk in the Dark Waters of the Vagina?
- Hostile mucus. Firstly there is the pH of the mucus and the vagina. If it’s too acidic not only will the sperm be immobilized – unable to swim any further but they will die very soon.
