Few of the sexual partners are happy with an unplanned pregnancy. Even women, who are more interested in marriage and serious relationships, are puzzled if sperm is released during intercourse. This is especially true for young people who do not yet want children. Lubrication for sexual intercourse is necessary for the process to be pleasurable. And he really has sperm, but is it possible to get pregnant from him? Let's find out.
Male flow: classification
To understand the risk of getting pregnant from male lubricant, you need to know its classification:
The lubricant is a clear and viscous liquid that appears at the time of sexual arousal. The sexual lubricant contains a minimal amount of sperm, which means that the risk of conception is minimal.
Smegma is a white secretion during intercourse, which can also appear before the process. They have an unpleasant odor, because smegma is a mixture of secretion produced by the sebaceous glands, moisture, and dead epithelium. This white discharge accumulates on the glans during intercourse and is often mixed with female lubrication. These secretions after sexual intercourse are not dangerous. White discharge is worth concern only if it is a sign of illness.
Smegma, despite its natural origin, in the absence of proper hygiene, can cause an unpleasant odor and a number of complications. The fatty glands of the head and foreskin are responsible for its production. This is, in fact, fat that, without hygiene, accumulates and begins to smell bad. For pathogenic microflora, this is a fertile environment, so microbes and fungi can provoke an inflammatory process.
The maximum activity of the fatty glands of the head of the penis and the foreskin is the age of men from 16 to 25 years. It is at this age that sexual activity is also at its peak. The older a man gets, the less smegma he produces. You can prevent a whitish coating on the penis by washing it twice a day. With abundant flow, the use of antibacterial gels for intimate hygiene is recommended. It is better not to take soap, as it can be very drying to the delicate skin on the head of the penis.
When should attention be paid to lubrication?
Whether it is a clear or white discharge, there is a risk of pregnancy during intercourse, which should be the reason to choose a safer method of contraception than the interruption of sex.
Often, discharge during arousal is not associated with pathologies, but there are times when you should pay attention to them:
- when the color of the discharge is not natural, such as yellowish, greenish or gray;
- semen or urine has blood stains on it;
- the discharge has purulent formations or clots;
- they give off an unpleasant odor, which in most cases is the result of an infection in the genitourinary system;
- an erection causes pain or discomfort.
All of the above may indicate the activity in the body of the pathological process. If you are joined by itching, swelling or hyperemia, then you need to urgently visit a doctor. Self-medication can only aggravate the situation and cause serious complications. Only a complete diagnosis will show the essence of the problem, after which the correct therapy will be prescribed.
Reasons for the formation of mucus.
Lubrication for sexual intercourse is a necessary phenomenon. The arousal of the partners turns into a prelude, where caresses, intimate kisses inflame them even more, and as a result, mucus is formed. If it does not exist, then for both partners sex will be a torment with pain and discomfort. For this reason, nature has ensured that the pleasure is complete and painless, contributing to this is the lubrication of the penis and the lubrication of the woman. Assignments during sexual intercourse, especially if they are plentiful, drive the girls into a panic, and suddenly this is the release of sperm to orgasm. Lubrication during intercourse will be colorless, but to know if it will cause pregnancy, you need to find out what it is and where it comes from.
What is a lubricant?
It is not difficult to understand what is released before sperm, this is a man's natural lubricant, which appears when sexual arousal occurs. It is called mucus, pre-semen or pre-ejaculate. This fluid comes out of the urethra. The norm is its transparency and stickiness. The bulbourethral glands are responsible for the formation of the lubricant, leaving them, it passes through the urethra and appears in the form of a drop on the glans penis. The process is especially active during foreplay or watching an exciting video. At an early stage of sexual intercourse and just before orgasm, ejaculation can stand out especially abundantly. But all this is natural and should not bother partners.
How much is released before ejaculation?
The amount of mucus secreted by each man will be individual. Abundant discharge during intercourse shows how excited a man is. And the higher this state is, 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 the discharge during intercourse does not appear at all. Why is there little lubrication? It directly depends on the body of a man and the state of health of him.
Pre-ejaculate may contain some semen. When thinking about whether sperm is released during intercourse, the answer is yes. For some, even this small amount may be enough to conceive. Abundant discharge during intercourse is a reason to refuse protection by coitus interruptus. The presemen itself in its original composition does not have sperm, but when it passes through the channels, its remains can enter the mucus.
Important! Abundant discharge during sexual intercourse, including white discharge, is a reason to visit the hospital to undergo a differential diagnosis that will exclude prostorrhea, the entry of juice from the prostate during urination or bowel movements.
preset function
Lubrication during sexual intercourse is important, because its special composition disinfects and eliminates acid after urination. This is a natural preparation of the organism for the withdrawal of the seed, which will pass through the prepared channel without problems. In the female vagina, the microflora is acidic to prevent various diseases. But an acidic environment is also detrimental to sperm, making them weak and ineffective. And pre-ejaculate reduces acidity, and when sperm is released, the female body is ready to accept it, ensuring conception.
Can a girl get pregnant from lube?
Girls are very concerned about the release of sperm during intercourse. Although there is little in the lubricant, there is a risk of getting pregnant. Repeated studies have shown that sperm release during intercourse is minimal. Sperm are slow and their ability to fertilize an egg is questionable, especially if cervical mucus produced by the cervix is present.
Analyzes have shown that in most men, the lubricant contains no sperm at all. When an accumulation of sperm was found in the canals, these were analyzed and recognized as incompetent. Therefore, sex with such a man is completely 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 take a number of preventive measures:
- use any contraceptive method from barrier to schedule;
- both partners must monitor intimate hygiene, wash before and after sex;
- a man after the first sexual intercourse must empty his bladder to remove the remains 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 to wash or shower, using lemon juice or boric acid.
risks
Is semen released before orgasm? Most of the time this happens if it involves repeated sexual intercourse. 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 is a way to reduce the activity of such a selection. There are many sperm in semen, and although there are few in the lubricant, they can also be active. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce its activity with the acid contained in the urine. You only need to urinate after the first intercourse. This will reduce the risk of conception to 7-10%.
destroying myths
When men ejaculate during unprotected sex, the risk of getting pregnant is extremely high. This leads to the fact that most young couples believe in single sperm conception. In fact, only one sperm penetrates the egg, which leads to conception. But fertilization is the collective work of a large number of sperm, which die and get lost on the way to the egg. Even the most tenacious needs a flow from his associates, otherwise he will not achieve his goal. It is also important for him to find himself on this path with a mature egg, which reaches maturity only once a month.
Getting pregnant is not easy, and for this to happen, specific factors must coincide:
- The egg must be fully mature and ready to conceive a child.
- The active sperm needs to find that egg and fertilize it quickly. Most of the time this happens when a girl is ovulating.
- A man's lubricant must have a large number of active sperm. After all, most of the time the average man has few or none. Even for a particular man, the amount of sperm in the lubricant can change daily and depends on various reasons.
Even the white discharge after intercourse, if it is not semen, will contain a small amount of sperm. Therefore, it is better to make your sex safe.
summarizing
Answering the main question of all girls, can they get pregnant with male lubricant? You can safely answer "yes". But the possibility of this is still minimal. This is why sexual partners who are not yet ready to become parents should protect themselves with condoms or birth control pills. Barrier contraception in this case is the only option for safe pleasure.
For those for whom such options are unacceptable, you can choose to prevent pregnancy by coitus interruptus in conjunction with the calendar method. According to him, couples are guided by the infertile days that appear in each woman's menstrual cycle. This method is only suitable for those girls who know that their cycle is regular and accurate. This is the only way to track safe days and enjoy unprotected sex. This method is used by most couples, but it has a certain risk, because a failure can occur in any organism.