On the other, it takes a remarkably long time to train as a physician. Some specialists can take 16 years or longer to complete their training, and even family practitioners -- who treat a wide variety of conditions for patients of all ages -- typically require a total of 11 years of schooling.
The fact of the matter is that, while you will only ovulate for about 24 hours, the period of time that you are actually fertile is more like 5 or 6 days. After sexual intercourse, once the sperm are in a womanâs body, they can survive for as many as five days afterwards.
1 Sperm can last 3 to 5 days inside a woman. 2  Every woman ovulates differently. 3  People will tell you the average woman ovulate 14 days from the day you start your period. 4  It takes about two hours to make the entire journey to the egg; however, some sperm are Olympic swimmers and can reach the egg in a half an hour.