Want a baby? Women who orgasm during sex are ‘more likely to get pregnant’

WOMEN who orgasm during sex 'are more likely to get pregnant' according to a groundbreaking study.

Researchers at universities in Ireland and the US discovered that women who reached climax during intercourse could boost their fertility by up to 15 per cent.

The experiment involved six women aged 26 to 52, who were asked to masturbate and record orgasms at home for two months.

They were told to use 'semen simulations' - a water-based lubricant - along with a collection device that measured the amount of 'semen' retained.

During some exercises the women would achieve orgasm, and in others they would not - an outcome decided by a flip of a coin an hour before each exercise.

The study revealed that more 'sperm' was retained after women had an orgasm compared to when they didn't.

It also found it could be possible that the female orgasm serves an evolutionary purpose, as scientists try to find out why women climax in the first place.

The male orgasm allows men to inseminate partners during sex, but there is still no conclusive reason for the female orgasm.

The most popular reason is the "sperm up-stuck theory" which suggests that contractions, along with the chemical release of oxytocin during orgasm, could act as a suction and “suck up” semen into the vaginal canal.

Researchers wrote: "It appears that female orgasm does perform some sort of sperm-retention function” but added that the study needed to be replicated with more volunteers to back this up.

Meanwhile, a UK clinic has developed a fertility pump that artificially inseminates its wearer , boosting your chances of getting pregnant.

The device, called Evie, slowly injects sperms into the uterus through a tube attached to a syringe inside a box strapped to the thigh.

It it hoped it will boost pregnancy rates by mimicking nature and giving sperm more time to get to the egg, unlike the current artificial insemination method, where sperm is quickly injected to the womb in one go through a tube.

Manufacturers Reproductive Systems, in Warrington, Cheshire, are currently testing Evie on 250 women, but results will not be revealed for months.

However, bosses say the device may be available in the UK at some time next year.

Measuring Sperm Backflow Following Female Orgasm: A New Method was published in Socioaffective Neuroscience & Psychology on October 25 2016.

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