file.newsgroup.med.59531 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Len Howard)
Subject: Re: Pregnency without sex?
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Kenneth Gilbert) writes:
>In article [email protected] (Stephen Montgomery-Smith) writes:
>:When I was a school boy, my biology teacher told us of an incident
>:in which a couple were very passionate without actually having
>:sexual intercourse. Somehow the girl became pregnent as sperm
>:cells made their way to her through the clothes via persperation.
>:Was my biology teacher misinforming us, or do such incidents actually
>:occur?
>
>Sounds to me like someone was pulling your leg. There is only one way for
>pregnancy to occur: intercourse. These days however there is also
>artificial insemination and implantation techniques, but we're speaking of
>"natural" acts here. It is possible for pregnancy to occur if semen is
>deposited just outside of the vagina (i.e. coitus interruptus), but that's
>about at far as you can get. Through clothes -- no way. Better go talk
>to your biology teacher.
>= Kenneth Gilbert __|__ University of Pittsburgh =
Well, now, Doc, I sure would not want to bet my life on those little
critters not being able to get thru one layer of sweat-soaked cotton
on their way to do their programmed task. Infrequent, yes, unlikely,
yes, but impossible? I learned a long time ago never to say never in
medicine Len Howard MD, FACOG