# Semen as antidepressant . . . . or . . .

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 20, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-as-antidepressant-or/571964 "2011-02-20T01:37:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![veronicalos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@veronicalos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veronicalos)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-as-antidepressant-or/571964/1 "2011-02-20T01:37:09Z")

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I was in the hospital in labour with my child. It was goin a little slowly, not badly but slowly. So the doctor came and gave me some little pills of prostaglandin to pick up the pace a bit. Just as a conversational aside, he mentioned that semen contains plenty of proostaglandin and that in many cultures oral sex would be used for the same purpose.

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-as-antidepressant-or/571964/2 "2011-02-20T10:47:44Z")

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No way am I putting my penis in the mouth of a woman in labor! :eek:

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-as-antidepressant-or/571964/3 "2011-02-20T14:22:04Z")

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> [@veronicalos](#):
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> I was in the hospital in labour with my child. It was goin a little slowly, not badly but slowly. So the doctor came and gave me some little pills of prostaglandin to pick up the pace a bit. Just as a conversational aside, he mentioned that semen contains plenty of proostaglandin and that in many cultures oral sex would be used for the same purpose.

Welcome to The Straight Dope Message Board! Just so you know, you should provide a link to any column you are referring to to make it easier for others to follow along, [like so.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2969/is-semen-an-antidepressant)  
Might I add that the fact that your doctor brought that up while you were in labor seems a bit creepy to me.