Does it qualify as Sex... worried

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Registered: 01-03-2006
Does it qualify as Sex... worried
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Tue, 01-03-2006 - 4:13pm
I don't know if this qualifies as sex... I have been having "dry sex" with no penetration, and my boyfriend and I always keep our clothes on. Yet my period is now late almost three weeks. I'm concerned about being pregnant but I keep telling myself it is just not possible since we always have our clothes on. I am irregular but I take pills to normalize my period, yet this pills have not been working. I'm getting scared... Can someone tell me what they think? Please!
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Registered: 02-13-2005
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 4:27pm

Huh? Now I've heard of someone getting preg without penetration. Such as in semen being spilled on her genital area or oral sex, kissing and oral sex. I don't think it's very common. I would think it would be very unlikely even under those circumstances, but you're talking fully clothed here. As in panties, underwear, pants/jeans/skirt, and pants or jeans, fully clothed. You can't get preg unless the semen makes it in and they (or at least one) makes it the long haul to the egg. The semen can't get to the vagina, much less in it if you have on clothes hun. I don't see how you could possibly be preg. Make an appt. with your ob/gyn (doctor) and let him know you haven't had intercourse, but that you are now 3 weeks late. Let him/her check everything out and let you know what's going on. By the way, kudo's to you for not having sex (actual intercourse) with your boyfriend. It shows a lot of respect and responsibility on both parts (yours and his).

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Registered: 12-30-2005
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 4:55pm

Hey,

Assuming there's no semen on your clothes...no you're not. You might even get an at home pregnancy test just to assure yourself of that (you can get one at a drugstore and that's going to be faster than the few days it'll take to get into doc). It could be the stress is making you run late and that assurance would stop it (I work 60 hours a week and before I was on pills that worked I just knew that if I had hectic week at work I'd be running late). And I'd most definitely go back to the doc and let them know that my pills aren't working. I have endometriosis myself, and I got to say..for all the times I said well this isn't THAT bad...I can live with it..once I finally went, I felt like a real bonehead for not having just gone and gotten it overwith.

Hope this helps,

Clarice

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 5:41pm

While it IS possible to get pregnant without penetration if semen is deposited at the entrance of a naked vagina or vulva....it simply isn't possible for sperm to get through a clothing barrier. Not unless your BF's comes equipt with little jackhammers, that is! LOL!

No, like fish, sperm requires plenty of moisture to survive and be active outside the male's body.

More than likely, stress or something else has delayed your period.




Edited 1/3/2006 5:43 pm ET by katmandoo2001