Possibly pregnant?

Question

*****WARNING: TMI*****
I know this is impossible, but I think I'm pregnant. I had unprotected sex with a one night stand, he DID NOT cum in me, just on my butt.  I had my schduled period right on time about two weeks after. Recently, I've been feeling nauseous and dizzy, and all around the same time of the day. Am I just being paranoid?

Answer

In rare cases, a woman can have breakthrough bleeding that resembles a period while in the early stages of pregnancy. You are likely worried for nothing, but sperm can linger in pre-cum, so if you're that worried, you can take a test.

I would say your chances, however, are EXTREMELY low.

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Every single study (both saying sperm is present in precum and those saying it's not there) have issues and none of the studies are able to be replicated (which is a cornerstone of the scientific method). Some issues with the studies saying no sperm is present is that they didn't check sperm count within two minutes (so they started dying), they didn't ensure urination between samples and most importantly small sample sizes (you can't accurately extrapolate the data for the general population). As for the studies saying sperm is present they too had issues like small sample sizes (same as above), there were concerns that some of the men didn't produce precum (or used regular ejaculate in its place) and it goes on and on though they did have participants urinate, and checked within two minutes. What they need to do is run a proper clinical trial with a significant cross section of ages, races etc and ensure the participants urinate before a sample is given. Until these criteria are met I think it would be safer to err on the side of caution and treat precum the same as regular ejaculate especially if you're trying to avoid pregnancy. In my opinion, it's not worth the risk to possibly get pregnant because of faulty science. As for the bleeding 20% of women can bleed during pregnancy so it's possible to be pregnant and still think you're having a period. If you are concerned about the possibility of being pregnant take a pregnancy test. That's the only way you will ever know if you are pregnant or not

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