If we only have sex for 15 seconds, can i still get pregnant?

For of all you need to understand that the length of time you have sex⁠ (sex: Different things people choose to do to actively express or enact sexuality and sexual feelings; often this involves genitals, but not always. ) has nothing to do with your 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.) . It doesn’t matter if it was 15 seconds or 15 minutes; it doesn’t matter.

If your 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.) did not ejaculate, your risk of pregnancy is pretty low. Your 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.) (STIs) is much higher.

If your partner DID ejaculate, you have substantial risk of both pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

Because it’s been 10 days, you can no longer 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.) (which is only effective up to 120 hours after the risk). If you’re really worried, you can 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.) . Tests are accurate 10-14 days after the risk or the first day of a missed period⁠ (period: The fluid – or flow – which contains blood, from the shedding of the uterine lining usually at the end of each menstrual cycle. Sometimes periods may be less fluid and more globby; this is the state that is often mistaken for blood clotting.) .

If you haven’t done so already, you BOTH need full 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.) screens. In the meantime, you need to be using condoms. Only condoms can prevent STIs.

Have you two talked about having sex? Have you talked about 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.) , or what you would do if you got pregnant? These are things you NEED to talk about before engaging in any sort of sexual⁠ (sexual: About or relating in some way to sex or sexuality.)  activity.

We have lots of articles here that you and your partner need to read through. Seriously. If you’re not able to discuss all of this, and protect yourselves, you’re NOT ready for sex.

• Ready or Not? The Scarleteen Sex Readiness Checklist
• Sexual Negotiation for the Long Haul
• What’s the Risk? Easy Pregnancy Risk Assessments
• Safe, Sound & Sexy: A Safer Sex How-To
• Condom Basics: A User’s Manual
• Birth Control Bingo