• Could I be pregnant?

I'm deathly afraid I could be pregnant, I'm a 13 year old female. I just had my first period over a year ago now (2 months over a year) and they are still irregular. I just got off it but it was lighter than usual maybe a normal period for most but I usually have a pretty heavy flow and change my pad every 1-3 hours or so. This time I barely had to change it 4 times a day but had terrible cramps, as normal. So anyways, I share a bathroom with my brother, and it's a shower and tub in the bathroom so one day I was taking a bath and this was before I put soap or a bath bomb in but I noticed some floating sticky clear blob floating around the tub (I think it was at the surface). I think it could be sperm from my brother being in the shower but I'm not sure if it made its way into me. I have had periods since, I plan on not taking baths for a few months and just showers and wait till I have periods every month. I know that people that are pregnant don't have their periods so I wanna wait until it stopped and then go get a pregnancy test. I mean I'm 13 and really am terrified of being pregnant and am terrified of needles and IVs especially so I dont think I could give birth if I wanted to! I have really bad anxiety and don't want to wait to find out the possible hard way.

5 Answers

  • OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
  • Greenville, SC

Please see your family physician.

  • OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
  • New York, New York

It is not possible to become pregnant from sperm floating in bath water. It is very normal for a young woman to have irregular periods. If you are really worried about your cycles you should speak with your doctor.

  • OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
  • Lewisville, TX

Let me assure you, you will not get pregnant this way. I am absolutely 100% positive, what you saw in the bathtub was not your brother's sperm. If it were that easy to get pregnant, there would have been a population explosion in the whole world. I think you are fine, however, having irregular cycles between 13-15 years of age is normal. But you do need to approach her gynecologist if you have cycles frequent, then 21 days or bleeding more than 7-9 days, heavy.

  • OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
  • Albuquerque, NM

As long as you are having regular periods with cramping that last 3-4 days, you probably are not pregnant. Plus, sperm floating around in bath water is never going to get you pregnant. Don’t worry. I would recommend seeing a regular OBGYN and talk to them about your period cramps. They could also run a urine preg test - no needles!
Thanks for reaching out to us. Most women your age are too timid. Way to go.

  • OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
  • Augusta, GA

I don’t think it is likely to be pregnant from what you described. Always be careful though. Cycles are commonly irregular when the 1st cycles start.

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