Is Pregnancy Possible After Contact With Semen Without An Intercourse?

Posted on Tue, 2 Dec 2014

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Tue, 2 Dec 2014 Answered on

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Question : Asking for my cousin. My cousin and her partner have been trying to conceive and she is now pregnant...The only thing that has been playing on her mind is when She was ovulating and She had to use the bathroom at her work which is a uni sex loo she went in after a male and She sat down on some fluid. it got on her thigh when she sat down. She wiped it off with tissue and with out realising She then wiped herself front to back with the same tissue. If this was sperm would that be possible to get pregnant? She is worried it could be a toilet seat baby. Would the sperm be able to swim up the vagina and fertilise the egg? Has this ever happened to anyone?Thanks for your time

Answered by Dr. Mahesh Koregol (36 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Practically not possible

Detailed Answer:
Hi

I read your query and I understand your concerns.

This situation of sperms travelling through tissue from toilet seat is not possible practically as sperms wouldn't survive such long journey.

It's her partner's baby only. Not to worry. This has never happened to anyone

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Mahesh Koregol (20 hours later)

She's worried coz she seemed to be very fertile. So there's basically no chance? How long untill they looses their ability to swim? Thank you for your answer

Answered by Dr. Mahesh Koregol (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Not possible

Detailed Answer:
Hi

On such surface like toilet seat they loose swimming abilities. Moreover they die in tissue paper.

No way they can cause a pregnancy

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar