PLEASE HELP SCARED 16YR OLD

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Registered: 09-12-2003
PLEASE HELP SCARED 16YR OLD
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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 7:49pm
Please help me!! 1 week ago i performed a hand job on my boyfriend and im worried that i may be pregnant due to sperm getting into me somehow. i have had irregular periods for about 2 years with it being normal for me to not get my period for 6 months. how can i tell if i am pregnant? if you are trying to convieve do u do have sex when u have your period? i have heard that sperm only survive for 2 seconds once being ejactulated-is this true? please help me - ill appreciate it very much.
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Registered: 08-17-2003
Fri, 09-12-2003 - 8:10pm
Unless your boyfriends sperm was ejaculated directly into you, it is impossible for you to get pregnant by giving a 'hand job'. Also, ovulation is necessary for pregnancy to occur. A regular period is important and something you need in order to ovulate. I suggest you make regular check ups with your doctor and discuss your irregular cycle.....it is something you should do on an annual basis. I hope I gave you helpful information, as far as I see, if you didn't have intercourse with your boyfriend, you are safe from pregnancy.

Good luck to you,

Ledera

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Registered: 04-21-2003
Fri, 09-12-2003 - 8:15pm
The first thing you need to do is do some research on sex and all the mechanics of it, knowledge is power and sex isn't something to be taken lightly. Sperm can only live in a moist environment, if they dry up they will die. If they are in a moist environment, like the vagina, they can live anywhere from 3-5 DAYS and in some instances up to 7 days. If some sperm did get into your vagina there is a very small chance you could become pregnant.

You are least likely to get pregnant on your period. This doesn't mean it can't happen but your chances are small. Also if you are extremely irregular then there is no sure fire way of telling when you will ovulate so technichally no time of the month is a safe time to have unprotected sex, you need to practice commen sense honey if you don't want to end up pregnant or worse with an STD that could render you infertile (unable to have children at all) or on your death bed.

If the sperm only got on your hand then I am certain you are not pregnant, but before something like this happens again you and your boyfriend need to sit down together and discuss safe sex and preventing pregnancy, because I am sure you nor he wants a child right now. Good Luck.

Tasha

PS. Here are a few links to get you started.

http://www.scarleteen.com/

http://www.positive.org/Home/index.html

http://www.sxetc.org/


Edited 9/12/2003 8:17:36 PM ET by circumstance

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Registered: 05-31-2003
Sat, 09-13-2003 - 12:52am
Tasha is right, sperm live for a few days inside your vagina, and there is the possibility of a "splash pregnancy" ((getting pregnant without having sex, just having sperm enter you)). Be careful, you don't want a baby right now, and you don't want an STD ever. Educate yourself on sex, and protect yourself.