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There are indeed multiple points of failure in the process of impregnation; here are just a few that I can think of off the top of my head with my largely basic understanding of the subject.Conceiving naturally in the real world is harder than artificial insemination too. You'll hear all kinds of stories of 30/40s couples going at it like crazy but nothing happening and then some 18yo doesn't pull out in time on a safe day and boom, preggers. Nature can be cruel.
This is all off the cuff, but I wouldn't be surprised if the lack of sexual activity in such a world does affect fertility. I'm sure there's science out there to prove me wrong/right, but I imagine that the ovulation cycle would slow down is there's less sexual stimulus (or expectation of stimulus).
Then again, porn still exists, so maybe that cancels it out lol.
You hate to see it happen. But I guess there's so many variables in pregnancy it's hard to tell.
- The sperm may be too weak to survive all the way to the ovum.
- The surviving sperm that does reach the ovum may be too weak to wear down the ovum's outer shell enough for one of them to successfully penetrate.
- The ovum itself may have an innate problem that prevents successful fertilization.
- Zygote/embryo implanation may fail outright; even IRL ~85% of successful conceptions fail at this stage, with two thirds of that being attributed to poor uterine receptivity and the rest due to problems with the zygote/embryo itself.
- Even after a successful implantation, miscarriage is still possible for all sorts of reasons, which obviously means a failed pregnancy.
The effectively constant stress caused by the emotional friction that pervades female-male interactions in this world undoubtably has a negative impact on fertility rates, as both male and female fertility is negatively affected by prolonged stress levels.