Before you become sexually involved you really need to learn the basics of sex, and how to avoid getting pregnant. This question demonstrates having no understanding.

No you do not get pregnant from swallowing.

Sera's recommendation is spot on. You would be ill advised to have sex of any kind (exchanging hand jobs, oral stimulation, and God forbid--intercourse) until you learn more about the biology and physiology of the male and female bodies. You should learn how your body functions and how his body functions.

You owe it to yourself and your partner(s) to know how babies are made, how to prevent pregnancies, how to manage love making responsibly; and, when sex of any sort is and is not appropriate.

My recommendation is to go to the library and read every book they have on reproduction, sex, and the art of making out. You can also find much information on the Internet. There are also several Sticky posts at the top of several of these Forums that will broaden the scope of your knowledge. So, before you do anything with anybody, spend a month or more educating yourself. Your enlightenment must also include the A, B, C's of how to make out with a guy. There is at least one excellent Sticky post on this aspect of sex and romance, that I consider must reading.

One of the first tidbits of information you should seriously consider is not to rush into any activity. This is especially true of Foreplay activities. Learn the various steps regarding making out (Necking, Petting, Heavy Petting, & Foreplay)--FIRST. Learn how to be romantic before learning how to have raw sex without much if any expression of romance.

You and a boyfriend are best advised to keep things simple and safe by restricting your kisses and caresses to the shoulders and above (Necking) for weeks to perhaps months before ever considering venturing further.

If and when you believe it is time to become more bold and adventurous, do not be in any hurry to begin removing clothing or handling each other's genitals. Making love is a process. Making love is also very much an "art". A process has steps and stages that work best when followed in an orderly progression. Of course there is the proverbial "Quickie" that leads to a couple of orgasms without much happening in the way of preliminaries before jumping on the bed, however, this is not the norm.*

Natural curiosity is a good thing when dealt with reasonably and responsibly. It is not reasonable or responsible to want to loose all sense of modisty and just jerk him off or permit him to get his face between your legs without having a lot of history together and working up to this stage and increased level of intimacy and familiarity over time.

As you date more guys you will learn that there will be those who you will not want to make out with, some who you will feel comfortable making out a little bit with, and perhaps one or two along the road to adulthood who you might even want to spend time developing this aspect of your ongoing relationship. This takes time. Time before you decide to begin making out, and, time spent at each stage of the process (Necking, Petting, etc.)--the A, B, Cs.

* Holding hands, kissing, and then reaching for each other's genitals in order to get off is placing the proverbial cart before the horse, except as noted, above. If all you want is sex for the sake of feeling good then I suppose this approach is OK; however, as you gain knowledge and maturity, and life experiences, you will discover that there is a whole lot more to romance than sex. If you go from kissing to fondling each other's genitals, bypassing all the rest of the things you can do then you are missing out on a lot of the perks and bennies that fit in between these two activities. With knowledge and maturity also comes leaning how to integrate love, romance, and sex. Very often one or both of you will want the love and romance without the sexual expression for quite awhile.

Your question while naive, is none-the-less an excellent one. I hope you will ask more questions after doing some initial reading on the topics of sex and eros. The purpose of this Board and the Forums is to answer questions and to provide information and maybe do some educating along the way. We want you to be safe and to be responsible. You can best accomplish these through knowledge. Get this first before doing and practicing. OK?

Speaking of which...know and understand that the woman sets the limits for how far to go. It is your decission whether oral stimulation is limited to just peaking his level of arousal, or, that the activity goes further. If you decide to let him ejaculate in your mouth, you do not have to swallow. If you want to try swallowing, then read the Sticky posts that discuss how, first.

Short answer: No you can't get pregnant from swallowing. With that said, there are other things that can result from swallowing (for example, passing on any STDs if he has any). You really need to think about protecting yourself from pregnancy and STDs, so if you're having sex think about a birth control method that's right for you.

We all began life ignorant of sex. Too many women are still ignorant of the basics of pregnancy and disease related to sex when they become active. All women should have a thorough gyn exam BEFORE they have sex; few do, and that leads to many problems and questions that are raised on this board.

Do get an exam and stop by Planned Parenthood, or other women's health clinic, and get all the brochures they have on pregnancy, STDs and contraception. In the meantime, and at a minimum, it is time to have vaginal jelly and condoms with you on all dates. These things elevate rapidly (no pun intended).

PS: You should be scared - not about the oral sex but about lack of knowledge of what you are doing.

i think it's unanimous - if you have to ask that question you shouldn't be giving oral sex!