What are wet dreams?
When puberty begins, the testicles start to make millions of sperm every day. Sperm can fertilise an egg during sex to make a pregnancy.
Ejaculation is when a small amount of semen (creamy fluid that contains sperm) is squirted out of the erect penis. Sometimes this happens when you’re sleeping and is called a wet dream.
Can I tell you something… And you promise not to laugh?
Yeah, you know you can talk to me about anything.
I think I wet the bed this morning… My boxers were kinda wet and sticky.
Oh, that sounds like you had a wet dream.
What’s a wet dream?
Wet dreams are when a thing called semen comes out of your penis. They happen at night when you’re sleeping.
Really!? How will I know I’ve had one?
Just like this morning… You’ll have a wet sticky patch on your boxers or PJs and maybe even the sheets.
So I haven’t wet the bed?
No…. You haven’t wet the bed. It’s totally normal.
The actual term for wet dreams, which a doctor or health professional may use, is nocturnal emissions. Nocturnal means at night. Emission means to release. They’re also sometimes called ‘sleep orgasms’.
How will I know if I have a wet dream?
When you wake up you may notice a wet patch on your bed sheets.
Or you notice that your underwear or pyjamas are wet and sticky. You may think you’ve peed the bed, but it’s actually a small amount of semen. You’ll have had an erection when you were asleep, and semen has been ejaculated (released) from your penis.
