scorpionf
11-05-2009, 03:21 PM
Mike and Julie Boyde had been in a sexually active relationship for two years when they got married in 2005 but only had unprotected intercourse for the first time on their wedding night.
But Julie quickly succumbed to extreme pain and a visit to the doctor revealed why — her body had reacted violently to the presence of Mike's sperm.
"The pain that I was feeling was inside, like somebody sticking needles up inside me like a real painful burning," she revealed in an interview with the Discovery Channel.
The "really scary" experience was triggered by seminal plasma hypersensitivity, where Julie's body recognises Mike's sperm as being a foreign protein in the same way others react to peanut or pollen allergies.
Nerve endings are inflamed and blisters form as Julie's body attacks Mike's sperm — meaning the couple can't have children as well as unprotected sex.
Alternative forms of conception failed and the couple have started adoption proceedings.
The Boydes were interviewed for a documentary called Strange Sex.
But Julie quickly succumbed to extreme pain and a visit to the doctor revealed why — her body had reacted violently to the presence of Mike's sperm.
"The pain that I was feeling was inside, like somebody sticking needles up inside me like a real painful burning," she revealed in an interview with the Discovery Channel.
The "really scary" experience was triggered by seminal plasma hypersensitivity, where Julie's body recognises Mike's sperm as being a foreign protein in the same way others react to peanut or pollen allergies.
Nerve endings are inflamed and blisters form as Julie's body attacks Mike's sperm — meaning the couple can't have children as well as unprotected sex.
Alternative forms of conception failed and the couple have started adoption proceedings.
The Boydes were interviewed for a documentary called Strange Sex.