# Want Children? Try sex.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-children-try-sex/245675>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 17, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-children-try-sex/245675 "2004-05-17T23:26:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-children-try-sex/245675/1 "2004-05-17T23:26:33Z")

</div>

[A German couple was told by a fertility clinic that the reason they were childless after eight years was because they never had sex.](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_957945.html)

:eek:

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-children-try-sex/245675/2 "2004-05-17T23:31:42Z")

</div>

[Again?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=256667)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-children-try-sex/245675/3 "2004-05-18T00:51:04Z")

</div>

N. B.: If you want _children_, you try _sex_. Be sure not to get the order mixed up.