Yes.
Please understand that becoming pregnant isn't about how long someone lasts, if someone is having
sex
(sex: Different things people choose to do to actively express or enact sexuality and sexual feelings; often this involves genitals, but not always. )
for the first time, if someone reaches
orgasm
(orgasm: An event typically in response to physical or intellectual sexual stimulation, controlled by the involuntary nervous system. )
or not.
There is ALWAYS a risk of
pregnancy
(pregnancy: The state of carrying a developing embryo or fetus within the uterus. Medically, someone is considered to be pregnant when an egg has been fertilized by sperm, cells divide, and the fertilized egg is implanted within the lining of the uterus.)
if a man and a woman have
vaginal intercourse
(vaginal intercourse: When a penis or sex toy is inserted into and held by the vagina while partners move their bodies as feels good to them for the purpose of either sexual stimulation and/or reproduction.)
, and a high risk if during that
intercourse
(intercourse: When people interlock their genitals and move together as feels good to them for the purpose of sexual stimulation and/or reproduction.)
the male
partner
(partner: In a sexual context, a person with whom someone is having some kind of sex. The term "partner" can be used for all kinds of relationships, not just serious ones. "Partner" can also mean the person someone is with in a romantic or familial partnership.)
ejaculates. That risk is only reduced if those people do so using a reliable method of
birth control
(birth control: Any number of methods people use to intentionally prevent unwanted pregnancy, including the condom, the cervical barrier, the implant, the patch, the pill, the rhythm method, the ring, the shot, the IUD, spermicide and withdrawal.)
. If birth control -- like condoms, a hormonal method like
the pill
(the pill: A common term for birth control pills/oral contraceptives. A hormonal medication used to prevent unwanted pregnancy.)
, a Depo-Provera injection, the
withdrawal
(withdrawal: A method of birth control which involves the person with the penis "pulling out" of a vagina well before ejaculation and ejaculating away from a partner's genitals.)
method, or a combination of more than one method -- is not used, there is a high risk of pregnancy. Overall, with vaginal intercourse, on average, most men will ejaculate within just a few minutes after intercourse beings, so it's not even like 30 seconds isn't that long of a time. The issue is if it was long enough for your partner to ejaculate: if it was, there was a high risk.
As well, with unprotected intercourse there is also always a risk of
sexually transmitted infections
(sexually transmitted infections: STIs: illness, infection and/or disease which is often or can be transmitted through sexual or other intimate contact, like HIV, Chlamydia or Herpes. Some people call STIs STDs.)
, and statistically, for young
adults
(adults: People whose age in years exceeds the legal age of majority, people considered to be adults by law, or people who a culture or individual considers to have reached an adult stage of life.)
, they are MORE likely to contract an
STI
(STI: Sexually transmitted infections: illness, infection and/or disease which is often or can be transmitted through sexual or other intimate contact, like HIV, Chlamydia or Herpes. Some people call STIs STDs.)
than to become pregnant. So, anyone who thinks that's not a real risk is mistaken.
If you have had this happen to you, you're female, you don't want to become pregnant and it has been less than 120 hours since it happened, you can get
emergency contraception
(emergency contraception: A method of contraception used to prevent pregnancy after sex or rape has already occurred, rather than used before or during, like most types of contraception. Includes emergency contraception pills and IUDs.)
for use after-the-fact to prevent a pregnancy. You can find
out
(out: Short for ‘out of the closet’. When someone’s LGBTQ+ identity is known to other people.)
where to get EC here.
If this has happened, but it happened over 120 hours ago, and you're female, you will need to wait until around two weeks after your risk to take a
pregnancy test
(pregnancy test: What we tell you to take when you ask us if you're pregnant. A test that can be done at home or by a healthcare provider to determine pregnancy. Usually a urine test, a pregnancy test measures for a specific hormone, hCG, only produced with pregnancy.)
. Since you also had STI risks, I would strongly advise you to schedule that test with a screening for all sexually transmitted infections.
And if you have a partner with whom this has happened, you don't want a pregnancy right now and you're still with that partner, do yourself a favor and sit down with that partner and explain that that CANNOT happen again, and that if you two are to have sex again it will ONLY happen when you're being safe about it, by using condoms at the very least. Getting pregnant or getting an STI are both really big deals that can impact your whole life. Sex can be great, but there's no sex so good it's worth gambling for with your life and health.
If you're the partner having sex without putting a
condom
(condom: A thin sheath or tube of latex or another material, worn over the penis during sex to prevent or reduce the risk of pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted infections.)
on your
penis
(penis: One of the two external reproductive organs of people often assigned male at birth.)
first? Knock it off, okay? Seriously, condoms are so easy to use, easy to get, and easy to afford, there is just never any reason to go without unless you and your partner ARE trying to become pregnant and are prepared to be and are also already done with six months of
safer sex
(safer sex: Practices which aim to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections, such as use of latex/nonlatex barriers, regular testing for infections and limiting the number of sexual partners.)
practices.
Here are a few links to help round this out:
