On days I don't see her I usually don't masturbate, as I want to save it up for the next time we have sex. The more semen I save for sex, the longer I ejaculate, which just feels great. The problem is that by the second day my testicles are aching and hurting. My older brother says he had the same problem, but now he is at college and is having sex several times a day. He says that at our age your body makes a lot of semen and stores it in your testicles – and that if you do not ejaculate often, the pressure in your testicles is what makes them hurt. Is this true? Is there anything I can do to stop them from hurting? I would rather save my semen for sex, but should I masturbate, too? My brother says I ejaculate more semen than most guys, so maybe my body just makes more.
Everyone's body manufactures different amounts of semen, and that amount can change over time, both in the short term and the long term. Perhaps it's true you're generating a lot of semen right now. However, your semen is not being stored in the testicles and causing them to ache. (Semen is stored in an organ called the ampulla; see Science Corner, Semen Production & Ejaculation.) The ache is probably from testicular vasocongestion, known on the street as "blue balls." It usually results from prolonged arousal that doesn't end in ejaculation. Blood builds up in your testes when you're aroused, and the blood tends to leave after you ejaculate. If you don't ejaculate it the blood tends to stay there, causing discomfort. So for you specifically, if you get this discomfort but you aren't doing anything in particular to cause arousal (making out, looking at erotic pictures for a long time, etc.), I'd suggest that you masturbate more often to relieve the discomfort. If you are in fact causing the condition by getting aroused but not ejaculating, don't do it if you want to be comfortable and "save" your semen. Or just continue to masturbate, but when you have sex, hold off your ejaculation for a while. That will build your semen back up.
Do you find yourself masturbating more often during some seasons than others? Why?
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