Can you get pregnant having dry sex

Skip navigation! Story from Sex School. Cory Stieg. Try as you might to remember to take your birth control and use a condom or sexual barrier — semen happens.

Install our app to track your symptoms, predict patterns and get daily health insights. As you probably know, becoming pregnant has a lot to do with your monthly menstrual cycle or period. An ovary is a part of the female reproductive system, which means that it plays a really important role in the process of becoming pregnant. You have two ovaries, one on each side of the body. Each month a group of eggs, or ova, develops inside the ovaries. Around two weeks before your next period, one egg is released from a part of the ovary called a follicle. Here you will learn how many eggs women are born with.

ALSO READ: Bad boy: Why marriage is more vulnerable And whilst some of the crazy stories that floated around when you were in high school, like the girl who got knocked up from a swimming pool, are completely fake, some of the others are true. If semen gets around the entrance of the vagina then it can result in conception even if there has been no intercourse. Semen can even soak through underwear and you can, although it is rare, get pregnant from that too. Another common misconception is that breastfeeding can act as a natural contraceptive and prevent pregnancy, but there is no evidence that this is the case.

Pregnancy scares: most people have one at some point. Yes, yes, and yes! Ovulation, when an egg is released from the ovary, usually occurs about 14 days after the start of your last period. Many women have unpredictable ovulation or may have spotting at the time of ovulation, which could be confused with a period. And sperm stay alive and swimming for days after sex.