Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: Gman on June 11, 2005, 06:10:07 pm
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My sister in law told me to watch the amount of time my son spends in the tub - that it was bad for sperm count (or would reduce it later - he's only 8 ...
Has anyone else heard this -- is it true or an urban legend? I don't let him spend much time in anyway (only while I'm there).
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I've heard that. I don't know if it's true or not, maybe check with his Pediatrician? One thing I do know is boxers are preferred over briefs.. as far as sperm count goes. I would imagine that exposure to very hot temps could possibly affect them. Good question. I have a son but he's only 10 months. We are in the process of buying a hot tub. I'd love to know what you find out.
Rachel
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I think it can kill sperm that has already been produced .....but I have never heard anything about it having any effect on the ability to produce sperm ....
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No ---sitting in a hot tub for any length of time will not effect the future fertility of your son.
However, it does temporarily effect the sperm count of fertile men. I have had a customer that had to opt out of using a hot tub in order to ensure enough of his 'swimmers' were available to impregnate his wife, as they were trying for a baby.
On the other end of the spectrum I did view a documentary some time ago of some European (nordic?) men soaking their testicles in very hot water on a regular basis as an experiemental means of birth control. They did find that this 'hot water testicle soaking' reduced their count to almost nil- of course, this did nothing to prevent std's and wasnt 100% effective, and surely stung like hell.
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On the other end of the spectrum I did view a documentary some time ago of some European (nordic?) men soaking their testicles in very hot water on a regular basis as an experiemental means of birth control. They did find that this 'hot water testicle soaking' reduced their count to almost nil- of course, this did nothing to prevent std's and wasnt 100% effective, and surely stung like hell.
hummm what about Hot Wax... ;)