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My period was due today and its not here... i range from 24-33 days and today is day 31. I havent done anything except mess around and got fingered but that is it... i had bad cramps about 3 days ago in the morning when i woke up and they went away and i haven't had them since..im not pregnant right? I mean there was no cum involved. And can someone explain and the myths about if cum touches air it dies and stuff? It would be really helpful since my school doesnt teach students anything about this kind of stuff

Answer

You're only at risk for pregnancy if semen got into your vagina. Sperm will die but it's not instantly as some will lead you to believe. If sperm died instantly in contact with air artificial insemination wouldn't be possible.  Semen starts to die within two minutes but only when the semen is entire dry is it safe to think it's dead. Also 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. Also there are many reasons for a period to be late but if you are ever in doubt take a pregnancy test. A pregnancy test is the only way to ever find out if you're pregnant. Symptoms for both pms and periods overlap. Also don't ever try the bleach pregnancy test. It can kill you. Ammonia and bleach when mixed give off toxic gasses which irritate the mucus membrane (mouth, throat, lungs, etc are mucus membranes)

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