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.
In a classic 28-day cycle, a woman ovulates on day 14 of her cycle (day one is the first day of their period). Women who have a 30-day cycle ovulate on average on day 16. Women who have a 32-day cycle ovulate on average on day 18, and women who have a 34-day cycle ovulate on average on day 20. I tell my patients to have intercourse on days 11, 13, 15, 17, and 19 because it is very difficult to determine when someone ovulates. Sperm can live in cervical mucus up to 72 hours.