Reproduction

Sperm are hearty, but they’re not that hearty! As long as your hands were dry when you had contact with your girlfriend, you’ve got nothing to worry about from this situation. Dry ejaculate or pre-ejaculate poses no risk. I’m not quite sure what you mean by saying you “poked” your girlfriend, but I…

For of all you need to understand that the length of time you have sex has nothing to do with your risk of pregnancy. It doesn’t matter if it was 15 seconds or 15 minutes; it doesn’t matter. If your partner did not ejaculate, your risk of pregnancy is pretty low. Your risk of sexually transmitted…

Your body doesn’t really care how long intercourse goes on for. Whether it’s 30 seconds or fifteen minutes (and it’s worth mentioning that five minutes of intercourse is about average, so that’s not a short period of time for that activity), what your body cares about if it has been exposed to…

For a pregnancy risk to occur, sperm must have contact with your vulva. You say you don’t think this happened, so I don’t see any pregnancy risk here. Also, missing one pill at the beginning of your cycles does not greatly decrease it’s effectivness. As there is no pregnancy risk, emergency…

Whether you orgasm or not, sex without a condom leaves you open to both STI transmission and pregnancy risk (assuming your partner is not using another form of contraception that would protect against pregnancy). Pre-ejaculate (sometimes referred to as “pre-cum”), the fluid that is released by men…

First of all, good for you and your partner for educating yourselves about safer sex and wanting to be as safe as possible! The first step in having safer sex is deciding on and using some form (or forms) of birth control. The second, really important step then is making sure that you are using your…

If you feel you are at risk for an accidental pregnancy and are past the 120 hour mark for emergency contraception, you can wait until 10 days after the incident or after the first day your period is late to take a pregnancy test. It is much more likely to have a false negative pregnancy test than…

Depending on when exactly you ovulate, that may not have been a safe time at all. Some people ovulate fairly early in their cycles, so for those people – let’s say someone who ovulates on day 10, and had unprotected sex on day 7 – that would have been a very high risk time. Please understand that…

If it seems just like your period normally does – with the same level of flow, for instance – then it is very unlikely you are pregnant. Rarely, a test will show what is called a “chemical” pregnancy, especially when tests are taken on the early side. In other words, it can test positive when an…

In short, yes, that lubrication can result in pregnancy. Penises release special fluid during sexual arousal in order to lubricate and neutralize the inside of the urethra (the duct in the penis where urine and sexual fluids are released). This helps assist the sperm as they make their exit during…