I just want to check with you all - possible latex allergy?

[rikkitsune.livejournal.com]

Hi everybody,
I had a bit of a mishap involving latex gloves during sex with my partner on the weekend, and I wanted to run it past you and hear your thoughts on whether I might have a latex allergy.


My partner used to chew his nails right down to the quick, so his fingers were always smooth. He used to fist me, which I loved and I would have massive, intense orgasms.

He has grown his fingernails back in the past couple of months and now trims them with a nail clipper. We've noticed that fingering is now painful for me and can't even get remotely close to fisting. I've tried filing and buffing the edges off his nails, but it doesn't help.

On Saturday night, we decided to try again, but he would wear latex gloves. It had been almost 3 weeks since we'd had sex of any description, and sometimes my vagina gets a bit "out of practice."

The gloves were a bit grippy at first, but we added more lube and then it was fine. We paused after my first orgasm and I noticed a burning, stinging sensation all over my outer labia. I thought I was just a bit out of shape (so to speak), so I went to the bathroom, gave myself a wipe with a cold flannel and rubbed some coconut oil on my vulva, which stopped the stinging almost straight away.

So we started "round two", but within a minute I asked my partner to stop, because the burning was back, twice as bad. He had a look down there for me and couldn't see any redness, but I had a bit of a feel and my labia were swollen - not in the good arousal way, but the tight, puffy uneven way of an allergic reaction. So I went again with the cold flannel, some ice and then some sorbolene cream, which helped a lot. I also took an antihistamine and some painkillers.

The next morning, everything seemed to be all right again, just a slight bit of residual soreness. We were in agreement that it seemed to be a latex allergy, but I thought it was a bit strange, because I'd never had trouble with condoms. Although, we haven't used condoms for 4 years.


What does everyone think? Latex allergy? Not enough lube? I'm thinking of trying vinyl gloves next time to see what happens.

Comments

[gryphonwing.livejournal.com]

Does sound like a latex sensitivity, but... it actually could be a reaction to something else in the gloves. I used to react to some brands of gloves and not others, and I'm not allergic to latex.

There are non-latex gloves out there - maybe give that a try, and pad the fingertips if necessary. You can use relatively cheap vinyl gloves - I'm assuming you're not worried about STI transmission in this case. Plus more lube, lots and lots more, as long as you know it isn't something you react to badly.

[rikkitsune.livejournal.com]

That's a good point. Might be the powder or the colouring, or anything really. But now, I'm a bit leery of using latex on/in my vagina ever again, if you know what I mean.

No, STI transmission is not a factor here, so we'll definitely be trying out the vinyl gloves. And moar lube. :)