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 sex. This is especially true for young people who do not yet want to have children. Lubrication for intercourse is necessary for the process to be pleasant. And it does have sperm, but it's possible to get pregnant from it. Let's find out.
Male discharge: classification
To understand the risk of getting pregnant 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 white discharge during intercourse, which can 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 white secretion accumulates on the glans during intercourse and is usually mixed with female lubrication. These secretions after sexual intercourse are not dangerous. White discharge is only worthy of concern 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 fat glands of the head and foreskin are responsible for their production. This is actually grease, which, unhygienic, accumulates and starts to smell bad. For pathogenic microflora, this is a fertile environment, therefore, microbes and fungi can provoke an inflammatory process.
The peak of activity of the fat 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 becomes, the less smegma he produces. You can prevent a whitish coating on the penis by washing it twice a day. With intense discharge, it is recommended to use antibacterial gels for intimate hygiene. Soap is best not taken, as it can dry out the delicate skin of the head of the penis.
When should you pay attention to lubrication?
Whether clear or white discharge, there is a risk of pregnancy during intercourse, which should be the reason for choosing a safer contraceptive method than interrupted sex.
Often, discharge during arousal is not associated with pathologies, but there are times when you need to pay attention to them:
- when the color of discharge is unnatural, such as yellowish, greenish, or gray;
- the semen or urine has bloodstains;
- the discharge has purulent formations or clots;
- give off an unpleasant odor, 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 in the body of the pathological process. If itching, swelling, or hyperemia comes together, you need to urgently visit a doctor. Self-medication can only worsen the situation and cause serious complications. Only a thorough diagnosis will show the essence of the problem, after which the correct therapy will be prescribed.
Reasons for the formation of mucus
Lubrication for intercourse is a necessary phenomenon. The arousal of partners turns into a prelude, where caresses, intimate kisses inflame them even more, and as a result, mucus forms. If not, then for both partners sex will be a torment with pain and discomfort. Therefore, nature has taken care that the pleasure is complete and painless, the lubrication of the penis and the lubrication of the woman contribute to this. Allocations during intercourse, especially if they are plentiful, make girls panic and suddenly this is the release of sperm for 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 leaves the urethra. The norm is its transparency and adherence. The bulbourethral glands are responsible for the formation of the lubricant, leaving them, passing through the urethra and appearing as a drop on the glans of the penis. The process is especially active during foreplay or watching an exciting video. At an early stage of intercourse and just before orgasm, ejaculation can stand out especially profusely. But all this is natural and should not bother partners.
How much pre-ejaculate is released?
The amount of mucus secreted by each man will be individual. The profuse discharge during intercourse shows how aroused a man is. And the greater this state, the more pre-ejaculation 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. Why is there little lubrication? It directly depends on a 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, even this small amount can be enough to conceive. Abundant discharge during intercourse is a reason to refuse protection from interrupted intercourse. The pre-semen itself in its original composition does not have sperm, but when it passes through the channels, its remnants can enter the mucus.
Important! Abundant discharge during intercourse, including white discharge, is a reason to visit the hospital to make a differential diagnosis that will rule out prostorrhoea - the ingress of juice from the prostate during urination or bowel movements.
Pre-configuration function
Lubrication during intercourse is important, as its special composition disinfects and removes acid after urination. This is the body's natural preparation for the removal of the seed, which will pass through the prepared channel without any 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 pre-ejaculation 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 whether sperm is released during intercourse. Although there is little in the lubricant, there is a risk of becoming pregnant. Repeated studies have shown that sperm release during intercourse is minimal. Sperm are slow and their ability to fertilize an egg is questionable, particularly if cervical mucus produced by the cervix is present.
Analyzes showed that in most men, the lubricant does not contain sperm. 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 has no sperm in the lube or that he is inactive. Therefore, doctors do not recommend having unprotected sex to avoid an unplanned pregnancy.
To protect yourself from conception, you can take several preventive measures:
- use any barrier-to-calendar contraception;
- both partners should 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 make the environment in the vagina again acidic;
- after sex, use a weak acid solution for washing or douches, using lemon juice or boric acid.
Scratchs
Is semen released before orgasm? Most of the time 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 becoming 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 semen, and while 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 intercourse, the risk of becoming pregnant is extremely high. This leads to the fact that most young couples believe in the conception of a single sperm. In fact, only one sperm penetrates the egg, which leads to conception. But fertilization is the collective work of large numbers of sperm, which die and are lost on the way to the egg. Even the most tenacious needs a stream of its associates, otherwise it will not achieve its goal. It is also important for him to find a mature egg on this path, which only reaches maturity once a month.
Getting pregnant is not easy, and for that to happen, specific factors must combine:
- The egg must be fully mature and ready to conceive a child.
- Active sperm need 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 lube can change on a daily basis and depends on many reasons.
Even the white discharge after intercourse, if not semen, will contain a small amount of sperm. So it's better to make your sex safer.
In short
Answering the main question of all girls, can they get pregnant with male lubricant, you can safely answer "yes". But the chance of that is still minimal. This is why sexual partners who are not yet 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 these options are unacceptable, you may choose to avoid pregnancy by withdrawal in conjunction with the calendar method. According to him, partners are guided by the sterile days that appear in every 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 track safe days and enjoy unprotected sex. This method is used by most couples, but there is some risk in it, as failure can occur in any organism.