However, sperm reaching the vagina isn’t always a necessity for pregnancy to occur. Natural pregnancy isn’t possible if sperm doesn’t get inside the vagina. But, sperm has to fertilize an egg, and that fertilized egg has to implant inside the uterus for pregnancy to happen. Since sperm can live up to 5 days in the vagina, the meet-up might not happen immediately. It doesn’t have to be a penis that transports sperm into the vagina. If a penis ejaculates inside the vagina, sperm make their way through the cervix to meet the egg.Įven if there is no P-in-V intercourse, there’s a chance sperm can make its way into the vagina if sperm enters the vaginal opening (from toys, fingers, etc.). Let’s recap how natural conception works real quick.ĭuring a typical menstrual cycle, an ovary releases an egg that travels down the fallopian tube to the uterus. In these scenarios, it’s possible semen made its way into the vagina one of the ways we just described - or that the self-reporting wasn’t totally honest. women found that 0.5 percent of women self-reported a “virgin pregnancy,” or pregnancy without vaginal intercourse. With any of these scenarios, it’s unlikely the semen would find a way into the vagina without being brought there by something with semen on it (like fingers, toys, or a penis).Īgain, all these scenarios are very unlikely. Again, the semen would have to make its way inside the vagina.
The semen would then have to get from the vulva (outside) to the vagina (inside). During unprotected anal sex, the ejaculate might spill out of the anus and leak onto the vulva.There are a few, low risk possibilities to get pregnant via anal: According to Planned Parenthood, this is unlikely but totally possible.
The big “IF” comes from unprotected anal sex when sperm spills outside of the vulva and makes its way inside the vagina by various means. The vagina and the anus are neighbors, but they aren’t connected. No, you can’t get pregnant from anal sex directly. So, can you get pregnant through anal sex?