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Your routine/hygiene?
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So, I'm just curious if anyone out there is like me, extremely paranoid about their vagina smelling/looking/whatever to a partner and I'm wondering what/if you do anything special when youre sexually active when someone other than you is going to see it all the time?
I'm currently in a relationship and we havent gotten to that point soon, but I think we may soon. We may also move in together soon so then we would be together 24/7.
As of now I shave & epilate maybe once a month or less often... thats something Ill have to get used to doing all the time.
Also I'll admit sometimes I dont shower everyday so I'll start doing that...
Right now Im really worried if we're 'in the moment' and Im not freshly showered or something, so Im wondering whats your shower-limit for being with someone? As if, if you didnt shower that morning would you excuse yourself to do it? How many hours unshowered do you think you may start to smell? I'm worried I wont smell myself but my partner might, and I wont know.
Also does anyone know how if you wash your hair too often, it actually gets oilier quicker? (its true, your skin is trying to bring back what you washed off even though to you and others its unpleasant (oils, smell)) Could the same thing happen to your vagina? Usually I shower every 2-4 days. But when Im going to be with my partner Im thinking twice a day. Could that mess anything up? Or make me 'dirtier' quicker if Im constantly washing it?
Or does anyone use any feminine wipes? Any suggestions which ones? I'm thinking about buying something like this http://www.drugstore.com/puretouch-feminine-wipes-naturals-flushable-moist-wipes/qxp315929?catid=184078 and marking over the writing on the packets so its not obvious what it is and keeping it in my purse.. Does anyone use wipes like this and have a specific suggestion? I'll probably buy them online rather than in person.
I'm also thinking I may make sure I eat fruit daily... I heard pineapple is good for... the way you may smell/taste there. Anyone have any suggestions there? Is there anything you make sure you eat or make sure you avoid if you know youre going to be sexually active?
basically I think my routine will be, shower twice a day, use feminine wipes before doing anything, and eat fruit like pineapple everyday. Anyone want to share their routine or just things you started doing when you became active? Thanks!
So, I'm just curious if anyone out there is like me, extremely paranoid about their vagina smelling/looking/whatever to a partner and I'm wondering what/if you do anything special when youre sexually active when someone other than you is going to see it all the time?
I'm currently in a relationship and we havent gotten to that point soon, but I think we may soon. We may also move in together soon so then we would be together 24/7.
As of now I shave & epilate maybe once a month or less often... thats something Ill have to get used to doing all the time.
Also I'll admit sometimes I dont shower everyday so I'll start doing that...
Right now Im really worried if we're 'in the moment' and Im not freshly showered or something, so Im wondering whats your shower-limit for being with someone? As if, if you didnt shower that morning would you excuse yourself to do it? How many hours unshowered do you think you may start to smell? I'm worried I wont smell myself but my partner might, and I wont know.
Also does anyone know how if you wash your hair too often, it actually gets oilier quicker? (its true, your skin is trying to bring back what you washed off even though to you and others its unpleasant (oils, smell)) Could the same thing happen to your vagina? Usually I shower every 2-4 days. But when Im going to be with my partner Im thinking twice a day. Could that mess anything up? Or make me 'dirtier' quicker if Im constantly washing it?
Or does anyone use any feminine wipes? Any suggestions which ones? I'm thinking about buying something like this http://www.drugstore.com/puretouch-feminine-wipes-naturals-flushable-moist-wipes/qxp315929?catid=184078 and marking over the writing on the packets so its not obvious what it is and keeping it in my purse.. Does anyone use wipes like this and have a specific suggestion? I'll probably buy them online rather than in person.
I'm also thinking I may make sure I eat fruit daily... I heard pineapple is good for... the way you may smell/taste there. Anyone have any suggestions there? Is there anything you make sure you eat or make sure you avoid if you know youre going to be sexually active?
basically I think my routine will be, shower twice a day, use feminine wipes before doing anything, and eat fruit like pineapple everyday. Anyone want to share their routine or just things you started doing when you became active? Thanks!
Long reply incoming
In regards to vaginal hygine specifically--I used to shave, but now I don't. I keep the hair at about half an inch long because both me and my fiance prefer soft and fluffy to pokey stubbley since my skin is too sensitive to shave regularly. There are points in my cycle where my natural odor is stronger than other times and I am admittedly slightly more self conscious because of it but those times are very predicatably right before and right after my period. I certainly prefer to shower before sex just because I find it more enjoyable to roll around freshly cleaned and warm and stuff but lack of showering has rarely put a stop to us having sex (the exception being when one of us has done particularly gross work that day and are genuinely dirty).
My fiance does pretty intensive manual labor though and I won't give him oral sex if he has worked heavily all day and hasn't showered yet. It's just a personal preference that has never negatively impacted our sex life. I don't like receiving oral sex on a physical-sensation level so it's not like I'm expecting he constantly be up for performing oral sex on me. Our hygine expecatations of each other are pretty equal. The only thing that I am particularly strict/self conscious about is breath and oral hygine. Freshly woken up sex is out for us because I literally can't stomach morning breath.
It's totally okay if you feel the need to go above and beyond and do these extra things for your own sake or, like Beth said, if your partner has neurological issues that require extra consideration. However, if you're only feeling the urge to do these things because it's what you think is expected of you or that it's what "everyone" does, that is totally not the case and you are free to manage your personal hygine however makes you feel comfortable and secure in your body.
Re: Long reply incoming