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Can a women be impregnated in a bathtub after someone masturbated there?

I don't know if I should post this in mental issues, but I'm gonna do it here.
My question is, can a women get impregnated in a bathtub after someone masturbated there 30 minutes ago?
This will be kind of messed up, and it's mostly paranoia about something that has almost impossible chances of happening, but about 2 years ago I masturbated in the bathtub, without anything spilling in the water (mostly on me). I quickly cleaned everything up, and drained the bathtub. About 30 minutes later, I hear my mom taking a bath. Now the thing is, I don't know if I have anything to do with my brother's arrival a year later. He look similarly to me when I was a child, except he has blue eyes, while I have brown eyes. For genetic reasons, my mother has green eye and my father's mom has blue eyes, which means my father is a carrier of the eye color.
The thing is, I don't know if there are any reasons to be concerned or if this is a mental issue. On the internet, some people say that semen can't live in water, others say that it can. Also, for context reasons, I have always been very careful about stuff like masturbation, and never let anything spill anywhere. What are the chances of this actually being true? If not, how can I get rid of this mental issue?  
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973741 tn?1342342773
Here is the main thing you really need to focus on. This is not about your sperm but instead about your anxiety.  You need to talk to a therapist/psychiatrist and get to work on the real problem here.  We aren't therapists here and our take on psychological terms could do more damage for you than help,  Talk to someone in the field and let us know how it goes   good luck
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134578 tn?1693250592
Yeah, worries about sperm (that it can hurt someone, that there is invisible sperm on the bathroom door, that some got on you, etc.) are sometimes even seen as a form of OCD. Here is something to know about catastrophizing: if you indulge in freaking out over something that you pretty much know to be unrealistic, and seek reassurance over and over, it becomes a habit and just gets worse. From an article I read:

"High levels of anxiety are extremely unpleasant, so we look for ways to discharge those unpleasant feelings as quickly as possible. If a catastrophizer is told something inconclusive – for example, if they go to a doctor and are sent for tests – they look for a way to feel in control again immediately. They learn to choose the worst possible outcome because it allows for the greatest sense of relief when they are reassured.

"Considering all possibilities is not a bad strategy if you examine them logically. However, unable to bear the stress, catastrophizers rush to external sources to calm themselves down: checking whether anyone else has “come through” the same problem; matching symptoms online to obtain a diagnosis and treatment options; asking a professional to tell them that they will survive. Once they are reassured, they feel better – in psychological jargon, they have “rewarded” this seeking behavior. The next time they feel uncertain or threatened, they will ratchet up their anxiety with a catastrophic thought, then look outwards for reassurance even faster than before. In this way, catastrophizing soon becomes a well-entrenched habit. The greatest problem with seeking others to alleviate anxiety is that it offers only temporary relief. There is always another source to check or another opinion to be had; as a result, catastrophizers feel anxious again increasingly quickly. The only way to break this cycle is to tame anxiety."  

If you're an anxious person in general, see what you can do to find anxiety-relieving activities or exercises. You can find a lot of them online, from breathing exercises to yoga to other actions, and exercise in general is a way to ease anxiety. Obsessing like this is not the way to have any kind of happy life.

Good luck!
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134578 tn?1693250592
In answer to your first question, no, in the circumstances you described, there is no chance. Nothing remained in the bathtub, air would have killed any sperm, and babies only gestate 9 months.

This is not an uncommon phobia, on this site someone writes in about once a year or so asking a similar question. I think it comes from mixed emotions about masturbation (either guilt or surprise at how powerful the sexual reaction is), and about power versus powerlessness, and about how confusing it can be to live in close proximity to someone you do not have sexual desires for, but sometimes the subconscious notices that they are the opposite sex anyway. And possibly just a bit about catastrophizing. I don't know quite how you get rid of this as a mental issue, except to give yourself permission to relax and understand that though sex is a very elemental feeling, sperm is not so mighty that it lives through time and space.  Next time, suds the tub after you are done with it, and find something else to worry about.

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A few more questions so I can clear this whole situation up (happened 2 years ago and forgot the exact details).
1. What if forgot to clear the leftover but then still drained the bathtub?
2 What if the opposite happened (cleared the leftover but didn't drain the bathtub)
3.  If the due date would have been
March 21-22 th, when was the approximate conception date?
I hate to feed your anxiety by answering "a few more questions" because if you're obsessing, they won't "clear this whole situation up," they will just make you think of more questions, and make your theory of magic sperm in the bathtub getting someone pregnant seem more real to your brain. Do you even have a particular date when this incident happened?
ps: I'm sure you drained the bathtub in the ordinary way and any remaining sperm died when exposed to the air.
I don't even exactly remember when this happened, as this was 2 years ago, and if it was the only time, but I wouldn't be so stupid to not drain the tub.
Have some faith in yourself. You probably acted just like always.
So basically what I described is impossible to happen and everything is just in my head (Anxiety)?
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