If you do it correctly, pulling out is a pretty effective way of preventing pregnancy. But it can be hard to do it the right way every time ...

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Is pulling out an effective way to prevent pregnancy? Is precum safe?!

does the pull out method really work I'm Dr Rea mik urologist in pelvic surgeon and today we're going to answer does withdrawing or coidus interruptus or pulling out actually prevent pregnancy and is there actually sperm in the pre-ejaculate fluid during ejaculation men produce a fluid called pre-ejaculate or precom and this fluid is secreted by these specific glands called the bulbo urethal glands and they actually serve a purpose one it's to lubricate the passageway to help sperm pass it also helps the semen Clump up appropriately or coagulate and lastly it helps the sperm survive in a very acidic environment and both urine and the vagina have an acidic environment so it keeps them healthy so they can reach the egg without getting damaged and then create an embryo so that all sounds great but there's two things to realize one is that you cannot control when it comes out or how much comes out that's variable personto person some people release a couple drops some people can release as much as a teaspoon and secondly and most importantly does it actually have sperm in it that could potentially create a pregnancy and the short answer is it doesn't the fluid itself won't contain any sperm however if you've recently ejaculated or had sex recently sperm can still be in the passageway or the urethra from where this pre-ejaculate would go through and hence this could then carry some sperm into the vagina and cause a pregnancy also sometimes it's very difficult to pull out at the right exact time in which case you also put yourself at risk for an unwanted pregnancy how often do people have unwanted pregnancies when they do the pullout method well researchers looked at surveys of over 2,000 women they found that almost a third of them used this method to prevent pregnancy and of those 21% actually had an unintended or wanted pregnancy despite using the pullout method and they've estimated that you know somewhere between 9 to 48% of people are using the pullout method so should you use it there's a couple things certainly it has a failure rate and you could end up with an unwanted pregnancy and second and most importantly is it doesn't protect from any sort of sexually transmitted infection in fact they've looked at pre-ejaculate fluids and they found HIV in HIV infected patients in the actual pre-ejaculate fluid so it's much better to use some sort of barrier protection if you're concerned about sexually transmitted infections and there are very safe and effective birth control methods available from the Obstetricians and gynecologists to help you prevent unwanted pregnancies using those is going to be a much better and safer option rather than using the pull out method I hope this video answers your questions if you enjoy my content please make sure to subscribe and share this Channel with your friends because we can spread all this knowledge all over the world as always we going to take care of yourself because you are worth it [Music]

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