Is avoiding pregnancy as easy as using condoms and going on the pill? A doctor at Yale University says not!
Ah, the gift of life. With so many sexually active and fertile individuals on the planet, you’d think that most of them would be well aware of what it takes to create a baby. Yes, almost all of them are aware that when the sperm cell meets the egg cell, a baby can be formed. But unfortunately, there are a lot more ways for those two cells to meet than most people know.
Just so you know, this info comes from Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, who is a reproductive health professor from Yale School of Medicine.
Teeth, scissors, or a razor blade. Keep those away from condoms as they can accidentally puncture the condoms without you knowing. Those notches in the packaging are there for a reason!
While not expired, if the condom’s been in your wallet or exposed to either hot or cold temperatures, they’re definitely less effective.
Oil-based lubricants can degrade latex condoms, and can cause tiny, near-invisible holes. They’re near invisible, but big enough for sperm to get through.
When he spills his load inside a condom without that extra allowance at the end, his sperm can spill out through the sides.
Even if you’re not ovulating on a certain day, sperm can live inside you for up to 5 days. So if you ovulate within 5 days of having unprotected sex, you just might get pregnant.
The pill, IUDs, diaphragms, cervical caps, and all those other forms of birth control don’t have a 100% guarantee. Even without missing a single day of your pill or regularly replacing your cervical cap, there’s still that tiny chance you might get knocked up.
It’s 95% effective in the first 24 hours, but your chances of success go way down after that.
Vasectomies don’t immediately take effect. To be on the safe side, it’s best to do a follow-up semen analysis with the urologist to make sure he’s in the clear.
There’s still a 1% chance of getting pregnant even after you get your tubes tied.
Just one wrong (or right) swivel of the hips can cause a man’s semen to seep through his boxers and your undies, and up into the vagina.
Unlikely, but still possible. Even when you’re just playing around, just getting a little semen around the vulva can be enough to get some sperm inside you.
Maybe he gave himself a little tug or he used his hand to wipe himself off after finishing, there’s still that chance his little swimmers can be transferred inside you.
When a man ejaculates, not all the sperm cells will exit his body. Some might still be lodged in the urethra. One way to lessen the odds is by asking your man to pee after the previous round. But even then, that’s not a guarantee.
Semen can be deposited at the vaginal opening, which is very, very close to the anus. That’s close enough for those sperm cells to travel into the vagina.
Sperm cells can survive inside you (yes, even with all the blood in there) for up to 5 days, ladies! So even if you have sex at the height of your period, those sperm cells can still fertilize you if you start ovulating within 5 days.
Breastfeeding isn’t an automatic guarantee that you can’t get pregnant. While breastfeeding can help suppress ovulation, it’s still not a sure sign that you won’t ovulate.
Superfetation is a very rare phenomenon when a woman is pregnant, and yet she still continues to ovulate. Egg cell number two can still be fertilized!
This list is enough to make anyone paranoid, for sure. But still, if you keep all these tips in mind and practice safe sex all the time, you’re drastically lowering the odds of you getting pregnant. So get out there, have fun, but stay safe!
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