How much is normal?

LegacyUser

27 yr old guy here. Have been with my gf for a couple of years, generally have sex around three times a day, which is great. Both v highly sexed. Ive noticed , though, that when I come, often I ejaculate what seems like a very small amount. Sometimes as little as a half teaspoonfull, roughly speaking! Generally, if we happen to go without for a day or two (rare!) the amount increases, but not by that much (maybe double or triple that amount).

There has been no recent change, Ive never been a big... emmm... jizzer, for want of a better phrase. It doesn't bother me that much, but I do worry if this means Ive a low sperm count, and will it affect the chances of having kids etc in a few years time. What Im really asking is, are these sort of amounts normal, or what? If small amounts can still "do the job", then Im not really worried, but it' just something I've started to wonder about. ( I know one is enough technically, but you know what I mean!) Anyone offer some insight?

LegacyUser

If you're having sex 3 times a day then its no wonder you dont spurt much
Think of a well
If you draw water from it 3 times a day and never let it replenish, the water wont run dry but you wont get a big bucket of water of each time


3 times a day lol

echosound

AFAIK, there's no reason to worry - this doesn't indicate your sperm count is low:
seminal fluid is different to sperm - the seminal fluid is the "carrier" for the sperm, and to my knowledge has no bearing on the actual count or motility of sperm contained in it, IYKWIM?
If you're at it 3 times a day, of course the amount of fluid coming out is going to be a little less as your body only has a shorter timeframe to replenish stocks as it were of the seminal fluid (as you noticed yourself with the slightly larger amount if you leave it a few days) but the sperm contained in it should not be affected (taking into account of course the length of time it takes your body to produce sperm again again after ejaculation). Eg. if a couple are trying to get pregnant, docs advise you do the business every second day to allow sufficient sperm to build back up for best chances of fertilisation.

So to answer your Q, small amounts can still do the job just fine, as it's the sperm it contains, rather than the amount of seminal fluid that matters.

silja

You've nothing to worry about. As PP said, the fact that you "release" often will affect your volume. Also, average volume is around 2 ml (less than a teaspoon), so not that much anyway.

Searlait

Another way of looking at is that if you are trying to conceive they say you shouldn't have sex more than once than every 2 - 3 days, as this is the length of time it takes to build up the sperm in your ejaculate, so if you're having sex more often than that you just haven't given your body enough time to build up the volume from the last time! Its not a bad thing!

Marksie

Searlait wrote: »

Another way of looking at is that if you are trying to conceive they say you shouldn't have sex more than once than every 2 - 3 days, as this is the length of time it takes to build up the sperm in your ejaculate, so if you're having sex more often than that you just haven't given your body enough time to build up the volume from the last time! Its not a bad thing!

you can have sex as many times as you want. Just dont ejaculate.

Sangre

Lets not throw a tantraum Marksie...

milod

You might be dehydrated - is the consistency a little lumpy? i.e. are there what appear to be tiny lumps of a jelly-like substance? if so, drink more water...

Miss Fluff

Sangre wrote: »

Lets not throw a tantraum Marksie...

ROFL:D

You've answered your own question OP, the volume of cum will be bigger of course if you come less and this has no bearing whatsoever on your sperm count.

Wibbs

Volume isn't everything and recently the old advice of abstaining to increase fertility has been proven wrong. Apparently the more you ejaculate the healthier the sperm. Stands to reason I suppose.

tantraum... Class.:D

cathalspot

Great thread if ya get the Jizzit of it, sorry could not resist.
Yep your nuts are knocking out the fresh swimmers this actually takes quite a while, like weeks. So having an active or even over active sex life is good. Restocks the shelves with fresh produce so to speek. The things you have to watch out for are stuff like smoking, too much drinking and smoking pot which makes some of the little dudes a bit too chilled to swim the marathon.
I seems Taxi drivers and truck drivers can have problems with there sperm count, I quess cause you are sitting down for so long, legs beside each other and restricted air flow around the production area (nuts) raises the ambient temperature beyond what nature has intended, I guess this impeasds the production process. I had do a test recently. thank god it was ok, but the nurse gave me a rather large receptical I had to tell her she was rater optamistic, which got a nice smile.
As with most things it seemens (cant help it) its not quantity its quality, and as we all know that shouild rise to the top.

jdivision

Eating tomatoes apparently boosts the amount but basically as others said it's because you're ejaculating so much you can't replenish to the same extent as when you've waited a day.

COC

Jaaaaaaney mack..........and this is "thread of the day!"