Do you remember hearing about that friend of a friend who got pregnant just by kissing in a hot tub? While that ended up being an urban legend, you may be surprised to learn you actually can get pregnant without having penetrative sex. The answer is — yes! The process is typically pretty straightforward. Once the egg is fertilized, it must travel and implant into the lining of the uterus. Having penis-in-vagina sex helps deliver ejaculate closest to the cervix so that millions of sperm can make the journey to fertilization. This typically happens once a month — approximately 14 days before the next menstrual period — during ovulation.

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BuzzFeed Science had the opportunity to chat about semen with Dr. It turns out semen is pretty freaking baller, and we have the facts to prove it. Spermatazoa, or sperm, is the name given to the reproductive cell that looks like a tadpole. Seminal fluid is the stuff that the tadpole swims in. Together they form semen — an armored tank carrying a fertilization superhero. Or, as Morgentaler calls them, "heat-seeking missiles. Seminal fluid helps sperm "do their biologic mission" as Morgentaler calls it, by helping the sperm get into the female body.
How you can get pregnant—accidentally or intentionally—without having sex
You can get pregnant without having sexual intercourse. While ideally, semen should be deposited as close to the cervix as possible to get pregnant as it would be after vaginal intercourse , you can conceive as long as semen gets anywhere near the vagina or vaginal opening. This may occur if a man ejaculates outside the vagina, or it can occur if semen gets on someone's fingers and those fingers are placed near or inside the vagina. Pregnancy may also occur without ejaculation if the erect penis comes into contact with the vaginal area. A small amount of semen—just a drop or two—is excreted when a man gets an erection. Note that you can't get pregnant from a toilet seat, swimming in a public pool, using a hot tub, or bathing in any other body of water. While some women worry they got pregnant without having sex, others want to know how to get pregnant without sexual intercourse. Women who suffer from pain during sex may not be able to have sex frequently enough to get pregnant.
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. Since sperm cannot swim through clothing, getting pregnant while clothed and that, of course, means while wearing clothing that prevents penetration—a mini-skirt pulled up around your waist doesn't count! Sperm exposed to air lose their ability to swim and can only live a few hours or less. Wearing or touching clothes with dry semen cannot lead to pregnancy. Yes, you can get pregnant.