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Question:
Good day, this evening I experimented with mutual masturbation with my girlfriend. She made me orgasm, and while I cleaned myself up and am fairly sure my hands didn't come into contact with semen, I only rinsed my hands lightly, not quite thinking properly. I then use my hands to make her orgasm. What is the possible risk of any semen still on my hands being inducted into her vagina? I am only 16 and really do not want a pregnant girlfriend because of one foolish mistake that didn't even involve intercourse, please help me ease my mind or give me the cold reality and offer me suggestions to make sure a pregnancy doesn't occur. Thank you.

Answer:
by Konstance McCaffree:
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Sorry it has taken me so long to answer back. I have had lots of questions to answer and am finally catching up on them. I hope you haven't been worrying all this time. There really isn't much risk once you have washed your hands that you will put any into her vagina. Even then, sperm is quite fragile and probably couldn't live inside the semen that might have been still on your hands IF you had any there at all. You are very smart to be aware of how you possibly could create a pregnancy, but mutual masturbation is one of the safer ways to create pleasure for each other. And as you suggested, cleaning up your hands is the major issue. There really isn't any other way for semen (with the sperm in it) to get into her vagina. Thanks for writing and asking questions, and feel free to write again if you have any more questions.

Reviewed by: Patricia Fawver Ph.D. in Sexology

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