Does Petting Cause Pregnancy? An Examination of the Risks and Precautions

KOMPAS.com – Some people who are already sexually active may be curious about whether petting can cause pregnancy?

To note, petting is sexual activity without penetration which can be done by providing stimulation by touching or rubbing the genitals.

Reported from Lamam Netdoctor, Petting can also be done in the form of oral sex or stimulating your partner’s genitals with your fingers.

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Actually, petting can cause pregnancy. However, these cases are rare. Petting can cause pregnancy if the man ejaculates near the vaginal opening.

This causes sperm to enter the reproductive tract and meet with the egg until pregnancy occurs.

Therefore, you have to be careful when petting your partner. Make sure when doing petting the ejaculation session does not occur near the genital area.

Actually, petting is the best way to have sex without fear of unwanted pregnancies. However, the possibility of getting pregnant can still occur, although it is very small.

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Regardless of whether petting can cause pregnancy or not, this kind of sexual activity also has a negative impact, you know.

Apart from stroking their partner, some people do petting by inserting their finger in their partner’s genital area or performing oral sex.

Germs that are in the hands and mouth can enter the genitals and cause infection.

Therefore, you are advised to use a condom if you really want to have oral sex.

Some manufacturers also produce special condoms for oral sex. This aims to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.

If you want to do petting by involving your hands or touching, you should make sure that your hands are clean.

If needed, you can do regular sexual health tests to make sure there is no infection in the genital area.

It is recommended that you do a sexual health test once a year.

Also avoid having multiple partners to prevent sexually transmitted infections.

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2023-07-12 15:00:00
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