Semen on skin

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Registered: 09-20-2006
Semen on skin
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Wed, 09-20-2006 - 6:37pm
I'm very educated about sex in general, as I've been researching it alot in preparation for my wedding night! The question I have is this: my fiancee and I have been getting pretty hot and heavy lately- lots of manual sex as well as oral. I am very careful about not transferring semen from my mouth to his, but I am wondering if there is any way for sperm to travel into the vagina/whatever from getting semen on my stomach. I know that's a stupid question, but I just need someone with more knowledge than me to tell me if that's even possible. Thanks!
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Registered: 10-18-2001
Wed, 09-20-2006 - 7:34pm

Not unless it splashes and drips or runs down onto your vulva and vagina. There is no connection between your belly button and your vagina, if that's what you mean.

Even if you are careful because of the location of your stomach (which is only a few inches away from your vagina) there IS a chance that something could be aimed wrong or drip/splash or whatever. I suggest that you get yourself on a good form of birthcontrol and avoid all this hassle completely.

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Registered: 09-20-2006
Wed, 09-20-2006 - 9:11pm
Haha...no, of course I didn't mean belly button. I'm not a complete idiot. ;o) Thanks!
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Registered: 07-26-2005
Thu, 09-21-2006 - 12:44am

I think your "typo" confused him. You said "ON" your stomach, and I believe you meant "IN" your stomach.

You might do well to investigate "reproduction" as well as "sex". There is NO physical connection between your stomach and your reproductive organs. Also, your stomach has digestive juices in it that can eat holes in metal....and if and when any sperm hits your stomach....they're fried.

I'm not sure what you mean about being very careful about not transferring his semen from your mouth to his....or are you thinking that if his semen got in his mouth, and then he went down on you....could he deposit sperm into your vagina? I'm not really sure what your saliva and his saliva would do to sperm, but as Westridge said, why not get on birth control NOW.....then you don't have to worry about anything.

In case you're wondering about Anal sex, there is no "connection" there either, but it is possible for semen to leak from anus to vagina.....so there might be a slight chance.

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Registered: 09-20-2006
Thu, 09-21-2006 - 8:30am
No, I didn't mean IN my stomach. I meant ON my stomach. Like if it gets on my skin, can it travel downward? I've heard that sperm are really strong and I was just wondering if, after I wipe it off and there is residue left, can there be any left in there that could find it's way down. I realize the digestive system is in no way connected to the reproductive system. I'm not worried about getting pregnant from swallowing semen. I'm just wondering about it on the SURFACE of my skin. I know this question I have in and of itself is pretty stupid, because I don't think there's any way it could happen, but I just wanted to double check. Thanks.
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Registered: 07-26-2005
Thu, 09-21-2006 - 11:07am

Sorry, then I misunderstood. Your statement about being careful not to transfer any semen from your mouth to his is what confused me. There's nothing you need to worry about in that case.....it won't harm anything if he gets a little of his semen in his mouth.....it came out of him, didn't it? And, some people do that on purpose...it's called "snowballing".

If it's on your stomach, and you wipe it off, then if there were a few hundred sperm left on your skin, they would no longer be viable, they have to be in the semen to survive, or to "swim".

However, depending on how fertile you are, whether or not you're ovulating at that time, a drop or two of semen could be on your hands or his....and could be transferred to your genital area. Once there, the sperm could move into your vagina. Every drop of semen contains hundreds, maybe thousands of sperm unless he is infertile or has a very low sperm count.

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Registered: 01-16-2005
Thu, 09-21-2006 - 11:15pm
Anything is statistically possible but the chance of something like this occurring would be like winning the lottery. So barring some highly improbable event the chances of this occurring is almost non-existant. Simply put, I would not worry about this.