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A member asked:

If semen is dried up on a clothe and i touch the clothe after a few hours , can i transfer semen or traces of sperm to everything i touch there after?

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No: If it's dried, it's dead.

Dr Pappas and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/2/2015

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I had sperm on my fingers, I wiped it with a cloth and kept touching my clothes, they're completey dry and I touched my vulva few minutes after? Will I get pregnant? Also, is there a chance dried sperm can be transfered one hand to the otherhand?

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Is there any chance of sperm being viable once semen has dried to the touch? Are there any cases of conception through incidentally touching sperm?

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Sperm cannot pass through cloth means., if I got wetness outside on my jeans. Will that wetness contain sperm?. If i touched the jeans which is wet will sperm transfer to my hand then I touch my vagina it cause pregnent?

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A member asked:

Can my girlfriend get pregnant if I touched my sperm and then put my fingers inside her vagina 10 minutes later? I wiped off the sperm with paper and I think my fingers have been dried because of the touch of clothes and hair.

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A member asked:

I gave my bf a handjob he ejaculated in my hand .wiped it with clothes after that i layed down for 5 min then went to toilet brushed my hair and I touched my vagina but my hands were dry at that time .Can this cause pregnancy or sperm dried and died?

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