WAYS YOU CAN GET PREGNANT WITHOUT HAVING SEX?

Can You Get Pregnant Without Having Sex?

Some people may wonder, "can you get pregnant without having sex?" Young people, especially, want to know more about how pregnancy occurs and how one can be certain if one is pregnant. It is so easy nowadays to determine if one is pregnant because home pregnancy test kits are available over-the-counter in most pharmacies. But before we go into pregnancy tests, let us first learn more about how one gets pregnant, and many other related questions.

How Does Pregnancy Happen?

Pregnancy is the result of fertilization of a woman's egg cell with a man's sperm cell. Although it takes only one egg and one sperm to become pregnant, millions of sperms are ejaculated with the man's semen during sex into a woman's vagina.
When a man is sexually aroused, his penis becomes erect and he ejaculates or releases a clear liquid called pre-ejaculate, which contains thousands of sperm. This is followed by the semen, a liquid that is forcefully released, and containing as many as 300 million sperms.
On the other hand, a woman releases one or more eggs from the ovaries at mid-cycle, and this stage is known as ovulation.
During sex, if it occurs around the time of ovulation, the sperm enters the vagina and travels to meet the egg through the cervix, the uterus and the fallopian tubes. When the sperm and the egg unite, fertilization takes place, and conception begins.

Can You Get Pregnant Without Having Sex?

Yes, it is possible for a woman to get pregnant without penetration of the penis into the woman's body in these instances:

• If a woman or the man touches pre-ejaculate or semen and then touch the vagina
• If a man ejaculates near the vagina
• If the man's penis contacts the woman's body near her vagina

Of course, the possibility of actually getting pregnant without having sex is very low in these instances, because sperms do not survive very long outside the body and it is very difficult for a sperm to travel through the cervix, the uterus and the fallopian tubes to meet the egg to get it fertilized.

Birth Control Should Be Practiced If You Don’t Want a Baby

The best way to prevent pregnancy is to abstain from sex. The next best thing is to practice birth control. There are several options you can choose from to control pregnancy:

• ŸPhysical barrier methods such as condoms, diaphragms, cervical caps and contraceptive sponges
• ŸHormonal methods such as contraceptive pills, vaginal ring, contraceptive implant, contraceptive patch and contraceptive injection
• ŸIntrauterine device (IUD), which may be in the form of copper IUD and hormonal IUD
• ŸSterilization methods, which include tubal ligation (women) or vasectomy (men)
• ŸNatural family planning methods, such as rhythm method, basal body temperature monitoring and cervical mucus method
• Emergency contraception, which includes the morning-after pill, is used after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy