Some sexual partners are happy with an unplanned pregnancy. Even women, who are more interested in marriage and serious relationships, are confused if sperm is released during sex. This is especially true for young people who do not yet want to have children. Lubricant for sexual intercourse is necessary for the process to be pleasant. And it really has sperm, but is it possible to get pregnant from it. Let's find out.
Men's discharge: classification
To understand the pregnancy risks of male lubricants, you need to know their classification:
Lubricants are clear and viscous liquids that appear during sexual arousal. Sexual lubricants contain a minimum number of sperm, which means the risk of fertilization is minimal.
Smegma is a white discharge during intercourse, which may also appear before the process. They have an unpleasant odor, because smegma is a mixture of secretions produced by the sebaceous glands, moisture and dead epithelium. This discharge accumulates in the glands during sexual intercourse, and is often mixed with female lubricant. These secretions after sexual intercourse are harmless. Vaginal discharge is noteworthy only if it is a sign of disease.
Smegma, despite its natural origin, in the absence of proper hygiene, can cause an unpleasant odor and a number of complications. The fat glands of the head and foreskin are responsible for its production. In fact, this is fat, which, without cleanliness, accumulates and begins to smell bad. For pathogenic microflora, this is a fertile environment, so microbes and fungi can provoke the inflammatory process.
The peak activity of the fat glands of the head of the penis and foreskin is the age of men from 16 to 25 years. It is at this age that sexual activity also reaches its peak. The older a man is, the less smegma he generates. You can avoid the whitish coating on the penis by washing it twice a day. With heavy discharge, it is recommended to use an antibacterial gel for intimate hygiene. Soap is better not to drink, because it can very dry the delicate scalp of the penis.
When should you pay attention to lubrication?
Whether it is clear vaginal discharge or vaginal discharge, there is a risk of pregnancy during sexual intercourse, which should be a reason to choose a safer method of contraception over interrupted sex.
Often, discharge during arousal is not associated with pathology, but there are times when you need to pay attention to it:
- when the vaginal discharge is unnatural, such as yellowish, greenish or gray;
- semen or urine has blood spots;
- discharge has purulent formations or clots;
- they emit an unpleasant odor, which is most often the result of an infection of the genitourinary system;
- An erection causes pain or discomfort.
All of the above can indicate activity in the body of pathological processes. If itching, swelling or hyperemia accompanies it, then you should immediately visit a doctor. Self-medication can only worsen the situation, and lead to serious complications. Only a complete diagnosis will show the essence of the problem, after which the correct therapy will be prescribed.
The reason for mucus formation
Lubrication for sexual intercourse is a necessary phenomenon. The passion of the couple turns into a prelude, during which caresses, intimate kisses inflame them even more, and as a result, mucus is formed. If it is not there, then for both partners sex will be a torment with pain and discomfort. Therefore, nature has kept the pleasures complete and painless, penis lubrication and female lubrication contribute to this. The allocation during sexual intercourse, especially if there are a lot of them, makes the girls panic, and suddenly this is the release of sperm to orgasm. Lubrication during sexual intercourse will be colorless, but in order to find out whether it will lead to pregnancy, you need to find out what it is and where it comes from.
What is lubricant?
It is not difficult to understand what is released before sperm, it is a natural lubricant for a man, which appears when sexual arousal occurs. This is called mucus, pre-seminal or pre-ejaculate. This fluid comes out of the urethra. The norm is transparency and stickiness. The bulbourethral glands are responsible for the formation of lubricant, leaving it, passes through the urethra and appears as a drop on the glans penis. The process is especially active during foreplay or watching fun videos. In the early stages of intercourse and just before orgasm, ejaculation can be very prominent. But all this is natural and should not interfere with the couple.
How much pre-ejaculate is released?
The amount of mucus secreted by each man will vary. Abundant vaginal discharge during intercourse shows how aroused a man is. And the higher this state, the more pre-ejaculate is released. For someone it is one drop, and for someone it is quite a lot - about 5-6 ml. Sometimes vaginal discharge during intercourse does not appear at all. Why is there less lubrication? It directly depends on the man's body and his state of health.
Pre-ejaculation may contain some semen. When thinking about whether sperm is released during intercourse, the answer is yes. For some people, even this small amount may be enough to get pregnant. Abundant discharge during sexual intercourse is a reason to refuse protection with interrupted sexual intercourse. The semen itself in its original composition does not have sperm, but when it passes through the ducts, its remains can get into the mucus.
Important! Abundant vaginal discharge during sexual intercourse, including vaginal discharge, is a reason to visit the hospital for a differential diagnosis that will exclude prostorrhea - the ingress of juice from the prostate during urination or defecation.
Initial function
Lubrication during sexual intercourse is important, because its special composition disinfects and removes acid after urination. This is the body's natural preparation for seed withdrawal, which will pass through the prepared channel without any problems. In a woman's vagina, the microflora is acidic to prevent various diseases. But the acidic environment also harms sperm, making them weak and ineffective. And pre-ejaculation reduces acidity, and when sperm is released, the female body readily accepts it, ensuring fertilization.
Can a girl get pregnant from lubricant?
Girls are very worried about whether sperm is released during intercourse. Even though there is little in the lubricant, there is a risk of getting pregnant. Repeated studies show that the release of sperm during intercourse is minimal. Spermatozoa are sluggish and their ability to fertilize an egg is questionable, especially if there is cervical mucus produced by the cervix.
Analysis has shown that in most men, the lubricant contains no sperm at all. When accumulated spermatozoa are found in the ducts, they are analyzed and recognized as incompetent. Therefore, having sex with such a man is absolutely safe, but it is impossible to know for sure that he does not have sperm in the lubricant or that they are inactive. Therefore, doctors do not recommend having unprotected sex to avoid an unplanned pregnancy.
To protect yourself from conception, you can adopt a number of precautions:
- use any contraception from barrier to calendar;
- both partners should monitor intimate hygiene, wash before and after sex;
- a man after the first sexual intercourse must empty the bladder to remove the remnants of the seed, and for a woman this is a way to re-acidify the environment in the vagina;
- after sex, use a weak acid solution for washing or douching, using lemon juice or boric acid.
Risk
Does sperm come out before orgasm? Most often this happens if sexual intercourse is repeated. The urethra may contain active sperm that have not had time to come out. This is what causes an unplanned pregnancy. The risk of getting pregnant in this case is 30%. There are ways to reduce such selection activity. There are a lot of spermatozoa in the semen, and although there are few in the lubricant, they can also be active. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce their activity with the acids contained in the urine. You only need to urinate after the first sexual intercourse. This will reduce the risk of conception by 7-10%.
Destroying myths
When a man ejaculates during unprotected intercourse, the risk of getting pregnant is very high. This leads to the fact that most young couples believe in fertilization from one sperm. Indeed, only one sperm penetrates the egg, which leads to fertilization. But fertilization is the collective work of a large number of spermatozoa, which die and are lost on the way to the egg. Even the most tenacious needs the flow of his comrades, otherwise he will not achieve his goal. It is also important for him to meet on this path mature eggs, which reach maturity only once a month.
Getting pregnant is not easy, and for this to happen, specific factors must match:
- Eggs must be fully cooked and ready to bear children.
- Active sperm need to find that egg and fertilize it quickly. Most often this happens when a girl ovulates.
- Lubricant a man should have a large number of active spermatozoa. After all, most often the average man has little or nothing. Even for certain men, the number of sperm in the lubricant can change every day and depends on various reasons.
Even vaginal discharge after sexual intercourse, if not semen, will contain very little sperm. Therefore, it is better to make your sex safe.
Conclude
Answering the main question of all girls, can they get pregnant from male lubricant, you can safely answer "yes". But this possibility is still minimal. Therefore, sexual partners who are not ready to become parents need to be protected with condoms or birth control pills. Barrier contraception in this case is the only option for safe pleasure.
For those for whom this option is unacceptable, you can choose to prevent pregnancy with coitus interruptus together with the calendar method. According to him, couples are guided by the barren days that appear in each woman's menstrual cycle. This method is only suitable for girls who know that their cycle is regular and accurate. This is the only way to keep track of safe days and enjoy unprotected sex. This method is used by most couples, but there is some risk in it, because failure can occur in any organism.