Few of the sexual partners are satisfied with an unplanned pregnancy. Even women, who are more interested in marriage and serious relationships, are confused about ejaculation during sex. This is especially true for young people who do not yet want to have children. Lubrication for sexual intercourse is necessary for the process to be pleasant. And indeed there is sperm, but is it possible to get pregnant from it. Let's figure it out.
Male discharge: classification
To understand the risk of pregnancy from male lubricant, you need to know its classification:
Lubricant is a clear, viscous liquid that appears at the time of sexual arousal. Sexual lubricant contains a minimal amount of sperm, which means that the risk of conception is minimal.
Smegma is a white discharge during sexual intercourse, which can also appear before the procedure. They have an unpleasant smell, because smegma is a mixture of secretion produced by sebaceous glands, moisture and dead epithelium. This white secretion accumulates in the glans during intercourse and is often mixed with female lubrication. These secretions after sexual intercourse are not dangerous. White discharge deserves concern only if it is a sign of illness.
Smegma, regardless of its natural origin, in the absence of proper hygiene, can cause an unpleasant smell and a number of complications. The sebaceous glands of the head and foreskin are responsible for its production. This is actually fat, which, without hygiene, accumulates and starts 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 oil 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 at its peak. The older a man gets, the less smegma he produces. You can avoid a white coating on the penis by washing it twice a day. With heavy discharge, the use of antibacterial gels for intimate hygiene is recommended. Soap is better not to take, because it can dry out the delicate skin of the head of the penis.
When should you pay attention to lubrication?
Whether it is 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 having sex.
Often, discharge during awakening is not associated with pathology, but there are cases when you should pay attention to them:
- when the color of the discharge is unnatural, such as yellow, green or gray;
- semen or urine has blood stains;
- the discharge has purulent formations or clots;
- emit an unpleasant smell, which is most often the result of an infection in the genitourinary system;
- an erection causes pain or discomfort.
All of the above can indicate the activity of the pathological process in the body. If itching, swelling or hyperemia joins it, then you should urgently visit a doctor. Self-medication can only worsen the situation and cause serious complications. Only a complete diagnosis will show the essence of the problem, after which the appropriate therapy will be prescribed.
Causes of mucus formation
Lubrication for sexual intercourse is a necessary phenomenon. The teasing of the partners turns into a prelude, where caresses, intimate kisses turn them on even more and as a result, mucus is formed. If it does not exist, then for both partners sex will be a painful and uncomfortable ordeal. Therefore, nature has taken care that the pleasure is complete and without pain, for this contributes the lubrication of the penis and the lubrication of the woman. Separations during sexual intercourse, especially if they are numerous, lead girls to panic and suddenly this is the release of sperm in 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 semen, this is a man's natural lubricant, which appears when sexual arousal occurs. It is called mucus, pre-sperm or pre-ejaculate. This fluid comes out of the urethra. The norm is its transparency and stickiness. The bulburethral glands are responsible for the formation of the lubricant, leaving them, it passes through the urethra and appears as 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 shortly before orgasm, ejaculate can be distinguished especially abundantly. But all this is natural and should not bother partners.
How much ejaculate is released?
The amount of mucus secreted by each person will be individual. A lot of discharge during intercourse shows how excited a man is. And the higher this condition, the more pre-ejaculate is released. For someone it is a drop, and for someone it is enough - about 5-6 ml. Sometimes discharge during sexual intercourse does not appear at all. Why is there little lubrication? It directly depends on a man's body and his state of health.
Pre-ejaculate may contain some sperm. When you think about whether sperm is released during intercourse, the answer is yes. For some, even this small amount may be enough to get pregnant. Profuse discharge during sexual intercourse is a reason to refuse protection from interrupted intercourse. Presmen itself in its original composition does not contain sperm, but when it passes through the ducts, its remains can get into the mucous membrane.
Important! Abundant discharge during sexual intercourse, including white discharge, is a reason to visit the hospital to undergo a differential diagnosis that will exclude prostatitis - the entry of fluid from the prostate during urination or bowel movements.
Preset function
Lubrication during sexual intercourse is important, because its special composition disinfects and removes acid after urination. This is a natural preparation of the body for the withdrawal of the seed, which will pass into the prepared canal without problems. In the female vagina, the microflora is acidic to prevent various diseases. But an acidic environment is also harmful to sperm, making it weak and ineffective. And before the ejaculate reduces the acidity and when the sperm is released, the female body is ready to accept it, ensuring conception.
Can a girl get pregnant from lubricant?
Girls are very worried if sperm is released during intercourse. Although there is little in the lubricant, there is a risk of pregnancy. Repeated studies have shown that the release of sperm during sexual 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 does not contain sperm at all. When an accumulation of spermatozoa was found in the ducts, they 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 practicing unprotected sex to avoid an unplanned pregnancy.
To protect yourself from conception, you can take a number of preventive measures:
- use any barrier contraception on the calendar;
- both partners must monitor intimate hygiene, wash before and after sex;
- a man after the first sexual intercourse must empty the bladder in order to remove the remains of the seed, and for a woman this is a way to make the environment in the vagina acidic again;
- after sex, use a weak acid solution for washing or washing, using lemon juice or boric acid.
The Risks
Is sperm released before orgasm? More often this happens if it is a matter of repeated sexual relations. The urethra may contain active sperm that has not had time to exit. 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 a lot of sperm 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 acid contained in the urine. You only need to urinate after the first sexual intercourse. This will reduce the risk of conception to 7-10%.
The destruction of 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 conception from a single sperm. In fact, only one sperm penetrates the egg, which leads to conception. 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 persistent needs an influx of his associates, otherwise he will not achieve his goal. It is also important that he meets on this path a mature egg, which reaches maturity only once a month.
Getting pregnant is not easy, and for this to happen, special factors must match:
- The egg must be fully matured and ready to fertilize a child.
- Active sperm must find that egg and fertilize it quickly. Most often this happens when a girl is ovulating.
- A man's lubricant should have a high active sperm count. After all, more often than not the average person has little or nothing. Even for a given man, the amount of sperm in the lubricant can vary from day to day and depends on various reasons.
Even white discharge after intercourse, if it is not sperm, will contain a small amount of sperm. Therefore, it is better to have safe sex.
Summarizing
Answering the main question of all girls, can they get pregnant from male lubricant, you can safely answer "yes". But the chances of this are still minimal. Because of this, sexual partners who are not yet ready to become parents should be protected with condoms or birth control pills. Barrier contraception in this case is the only option for safe satisfaction.
For those for whom such options are unacceptable, you can choose to prevent pregnancy by ceasing coitus along with the calendar method. According to him, partners are guided by the barren days that appear in every woman's menstrual cycle. This method is suitable only 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 there is some risk in it, because a failure can occur in any organism.