aaah! too much blood!

[elysiarenee.livejournal.com]

ladies, i posted a few months ago about my oddly frequent periods since i have been taking the progesterone only (mini)pill. one or two people comforted me suggesting that it was only an adjustment thing. I have been very patient but it hasn't settled. or rather it has settled into a 12-14 day cycle. I used to be the positive, embracing-her-menstruation girl but now i'm not only tired of it but having serious worries about how it is affecting my iron levels. (not to mention that bleeding 48% of the time means my squeamish boy and i have much less sex than we were used to...or messier)

i am booked in for a doctors appointment on monday morning so this is more of a survey of whether anyone else has experienced a similar thing (or maybe a whinge) than a call for answers.

i really liked everything else about the minipill so i will be sad in some ways to have to find an alternative.

Just a quick question...

[imnicotine.livejournal.com]

Can a sign of pregnancy be tenderness in your lower stomach? My left side is kind of achey. I took a test but I know it was too early to detect. I'm not due for about a week and a half but I took one of those First Response ones so I don't know if now it would all that accurate but you can take it up to five days before your missed period. Also, the pain is like the pain you have if you get a bruise and you push it. I can't remember running into anything but maybe it was caused by hard intercourse or maybe sleeping on my stomach? Any advice would be very appriciated. Thanks.

Monthly Itching, Help!

[huoxu.livejournal.com]

Hello, I am new to joining but have been reading other entries for some time.
I have a quick question about itching. I have done much research & have only found information on yeast infections and the like. I have found nothing about itching right after the end of your period. For me, the only time I itch is towards the end of my period up to about four days after my period. I was curious if this is a sign of something I should be worried about or if it is a natural occurence after having your period. I've had it for atleast a couple of years (around the time i turned 18) & the only attempts I have made to try to prevent it is vagisil and cranberry juice (still sweetened because they real stuff is so damn expensive!) which i know are very ill attempts & to no suprise have not worked. I was wondering if they are any tips for preventing such itching or if it is something more serious that I should perhaps look into. Thanks in advance for any advice you may give.

(no subject)

[imburntt0ast.livejournal.com]

Hi I'm new here :) and new to sex completely... and I have a few questions...well let me first say that my boyfriend and I just started having sex three days ago (he's my first, I'm his first) and I'm yet to orgasm...and I feel horrible. He's about 5 1/2 inches and we really can't do any other positions other than me on my back and me on top (or so he says...), but when I'm on top, I get this shooting pain, I don't know what it is, but it hurts so badly, that I have to stop after like two pumps. Also, I get very dry during sex and my boyfriend and I will just sit there for minutes and practically shalack my vagina only to have to do it again two minutes later! I was just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on ways to make me orgasm, (I was considering getting my hood peirced because I read that it can increase the feeling)and the dryness, because I begin to chafe really badly and it begins to burn and not feel good. Does anyone know any different positions we can try? Because missionary begins to hurt my boyfriends knees after the second go around. thank you sooooo much in advance!!!


xo, Jen

4am Ramblings about Dysplasia and Life

[ladyofshalot.livejournal.com]

I need to start off by saying that I just spent the past thirty minutes writing an emotional post and as I went to post it, some HORRIBLE problem happened and it is gone. DAMNIT!

Anyway, I know this post would be more appropriate in the hpv community, but after having a friend of mine discover I have HPV by finding my journal and seeing it listed on my info page, I un-joined. ( So here goes (again) )

Switching

[onnawufei.livejournal.com]

I decided to switch to the patch and since I was only a few days into my new pack of bc pills the doctor said to take them through Sunday and apply the patch Sunday. The problem is I forgot if she meant I needed to take Sunday's pill or not. I figure it did so they would overlap and I wouldn't have any real issues (not that I can have sex right now anyway but that's a different post altogether!) but my boyfriend's afraid I'm going to OD on this stuff.


YES I know I should have paid closer attention. But I was in such discomfort and taking in a lot of information at once. It's a lame excuse but it's true. ;_; Ideas?


[Edited to add] Given the current state of my girly bits (very sore and angry) I'm not going to be having sex for a while, possibly a week. Would it matter if I just didn't take today's pill, in a week's time would the patch be effective? (If this is a stupid question feel free to ignore it!)

(no subject)

[mikava.livejournal.com]

this isn't actually a vagina question, but i figured one of you ladies would know about this.

i recently started a diet that is really working for me. i lost 11 pounds already and i plan to lose 47 more by around my graduation. i have d cup boobs that i'm particularly happy with (they run in my family) and my question is, has anyone lost around 50 pounds and, if so, have you lost cup sizes in your boobs? is there anything that i can do to stop this from happening? am i more likely to keep them because they run in my family?

thanx for any insight availible.

(no subject)

[sexii-jessy.livejournal.com]

on a pregnancy test what does a blue line mean?

PMS

[tofukiller.livejournal.com]

Hi all, I'm posting for one of my coworkers. She suffers from really bad emotional PMS. She also said that if she doesn't get PMS before her period, she'll go crazy after her period.

PHYSICAL:
breast tenderness (if drinking caffeine)


EMOTIONAL:
depression
anxiety
wants to kill husband - says that every 3 months she gets a really bad case of treating the hubby like crap.

She'd prefer herbal remedies (We work in a natural foods store and have many supplements and teas and foods available to us) but would try more medical remedies as well.

I couldn't find anything in the archives about the emotional side of PMS, for some reason.

Thanks everyone!!

-Lila and Tammy

(no subject)

[leslieannlevine.livejournal.com]

Last night at ten o'clock pm the condom slipped off. He had not ejaculated but there was obviously some ejaculate inside the condom. It was inside me for about ten seconds before I felt something weird. It came out immediately. I am probably ovulating right now. My body is still so weird that I can't tell.

I am not signed up at Planned Parenthood but I am going tomorrow at three as a walk-in to sign up and get a prescription for EC.

I am scared out of my mind. I am crying all the time. I have almost passed out a couple times. This is rotten.

I have some questions:
1. Has anyone here obtained EC from Planned Parenthood? If yes, how much did they charge you?
2. Can you get a prescription filled w/o parental permission if you are under 18?
3. Have any of you experienced the side effects? I have dance tomorrow night. Should I expect to be sick?

I am WELL within the 72 hour window, it will have only been fifty something hours... I am absolutely scared to the point of being sick. This is the first time anything like this has ever happened to me. I'm broke, I'm sick, and I'm scared. I don't know what to do.

this is xposted to ecp in hopes i can find some help somewhere...

(no subject)

[sammy625.livejournal.com]

Hi. I'm so confused! I just joined this community today because I've looked for a lot of information on this and I can't find any. Please help! I need some feedback.

So yesterday my boyfriend fingered me for the first time. I think he might've gone a little harder than he should have...and he rubbed pretty vigorously around my clitoris area (I don't know if that's the right word, but it was very hard). At the time it didn't hurt too much, but today I am in a LOT of pain and it hurts to walk. It seems like my clitoris area is inflamed, because it's usually not as large as it is right now. I haven't experienced any bleeding.

I started taking birth control exactly a week ago for different reasons; I actually have very imbalanced hormones and so I'm taking a low dosage of this to get that straightened out.

I also shaved "down there" before I saw my boyfriend, and I have on the very upper-most part of my thigh from shaving (Wow! so many problems!) but I also did shave along my lips, and I may have nipped my clitoris MAYBE...although I did not begin to feel pain and inflammation down there until today.

so has anyone else felt like this before? this is my first partner that I've done stuff with...same goes for him. We both don't have any STD's or anything. I'm just so confused! I'm praying to get better, because it just HURTS....thanks!

(no subject)

[tinycityofashes.livejournal.com]

follow up!

this was my post from yesterday:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/vaginapagina/4272317.html

Really fast, one thing I did not appreciate was someone telling me that if I was OLD ENOUGH to be having sex that I was OLD ENOUGH to take responsibility for my actions. I just want to defend myself really fast: Did you not read that I was on the pill? I think that's responsible. Also, I've always taken amazing care of myself, since I have a mother who couldn't care less about me and no father. I get myself to planned parenthood when I need to and so on and so forth. However, this time I needed to get it checked out right away (I was in so much pain) and I had no choice but to go to the pediatrician. I guess these comments were deleted, but it still hurt my feelings. There are more tactful ways to let someone know you care besides telling them to go out and buy condoms.

The reason I didn't want the doctor to know I was sexually active was because I wasn't clear on my patient confidentiality rights. My mother is very close with all my doctors (as friends), and of course this worried me. When I went in today the first thing I did was break down crying to the nurse and she explained that although my mother was 15 feet away in the waiting room, they weren't going to tell her a thing.

I should mention this is the first time my mother has been to the doctors with me in 2 years. Every other time she signed a release or I begged my grandmother to take me.

Basically I told the nurse everything, and then I told the doctor everything. They made me pee in a cup (I peed all over my hand, ::laughs::) and then they swabbed me and all that jazz. I'd been through all this before and it wasn't a big deal, I just had severe anxiety today.

And here's the best part: nothing's wrong with me!!

Apparently, because I had a SEVERE UTI and then a really bad yeast infection and then advanced BV, my vagina just hates me and is trying to tell me to leave it the fuck alone. And so I will. The Dr. said no sex for 3-4 days, and I'm chill with that. I don't know why I feel like posting this. I guess I'm just really fucking exciting that I'm okay and that everything went well. I just hope the irritation / swelling / death goes away before Friday. le sigh.

Thank you everyone for really pushing me to be honest with the doctor, and really giving me the confidence to ask about my rights and stuff. At planned parenthood I knew the deal, but at the hospital I needed to ask. So thanks.

♥

(no subject)

[ladyofshalot.livejournal.com]

This community is wonderful. You have all made me feel so much better. Thanks thanks thanks. I was seriously freaked out last night. I'm still upset, but you guys REALLY helped me feel MUCH better. XOXOXOXOXOXOXO!!!!!!!!!

maybe i'm being a worry wart?

[standfirm.livejournal.com]

recently i started having sex with my boyfriend (i'm 17). every time we have used condoms and i am also on the pill (yasmin)

before i had started having sex i think i had trichamoniasis,(spelling?)this was when i was 16. i think it was this if i remember correctly, i had the green discharge and itching etc, but where ever i have looked it said this is spreaded sexually? so i don't know what's going on there to begin with.

anyhow, recently i had been quite sore and such and this developed into a yeast infection (i think it was because i was stuck in damp bathers all day while we were at the hospital waiting for my boyfriend). i have been applying clonea cream and that gross discharge seemed to be going away and i was less itchy and whatever, but just within the last couple of hours ive noticed now a green dicharge. my boyfriend and i haven't had sex since more than a week ago and im super confused about all of this if we've used condoms the whole time?

i really don't know what i should do, first off i was freaked about the yeast infection and i was getting happier that that was clearing up but now this? am i diagnosing myself correctly haha or could it simply be part of the YI?

i really dont want to talk to my parents about this, my dad is a doctor, my mum used to be a nurse. my mum flat out asked me the other day if i was sleeping with my boyfriend and i said no.. so if i tell her i have this (and from what ive read, its spread sexually) she'll automatically think that's how i got it, and i don't think that is the case here.

any opinions/help? it would be greatly sppreciated.

thanks

An unexpected flu symptom

[emilytbm.livejournal.com]

I've had the flu for about 2 weeks now and I've been spotting off and on the whole time, has this ever happened to you?

How dark is too dark a menstral discharge?

[eclare.livejournal.com]

So, I'm planning to see a gyno...I need to find one and make an appointment, but I will see one. So if you think I need medical care, know that I am going to get it.

My question is mostly if this is urgent.

I'm spotting. I shouldn't be having a period--I'm on birth control pills continuous and in the middle of a three month cycle--and this isn't the full flow of a normal period anyway. But today, it went from the icky red-brown I'm used to to a dark, dark, dark brown almost black. If this was in my stool, I'd know I was bleeding internally and would go to the emergency room. But it's not.

Anyway, if I wait until Monday to discuss it with a doctor am I going to die?

MY FIRST POST, WOOT WOOT ;]

[deepspacenine.livejournal.com]

Anyway, this is my first post here. The community SEXTIPS recommended I come here for help with this question.. hope you all dont mind!

Yeast Infections, yeast infections, yeast infections. Most people have said that you can get them by putting sugary products around the vulva/vagina. I dont ever recall doing that..but I think I might have one. First off, what is a yeast infection? How can you tell if you have one? If you have one, and are unaware, could this also affect your libido or sensitivity in ones private area after time of not getting rid of one? How early do you think girls can get these? I am not yet sexually active with the opposite sex, (im a virgin, obviously) so ive eliminated getting one through intercourse, but I do masturbate. Any chance of me getting one from masturbating? oh oh, and is it possible to get a yeast infection from Amoxicillin?

While repasting this, I thought of another one..

Sometimes, when Im masturbating I rub my clit so much that it starts to feel raw like ive touched it too much, yet I havent gotten an orgasm. (I should probably tell ya' that my clit isnt very sensitive at all, so I need to constantly touch/fool around with it.) How can I avoid this feeling?

Thanks all in advance ;]

knot-PLEASE HELP!

[plaidrabbit.livejournal.com]

I was feeling around down there today on the outside, and around it I felt a knot about the size of a large raisin. It is kind of to the right of my clit. It hurts when i put pressure on it. my question is WHAT IS THIS???? I have been scared to death ever since i felt it... is it a tumor or something? PLease help!! ASAP!!!!!!!
thank you

Breakthrough Bleeding?

[ellarin.livejournal.com]

I've been using ortho evra for about two years now. On Friday morning (my patch change day) I took off my patch in the shower and forgot to put on another one, after work I remembered and put on a new patch. Since it had been less than 24 hours I didn't use any backup contraception and had sex Saturday night. Today I've had a bit of spotting, I've never experienced any mid=cycle bleeding prior to this. Is it safe to assume that this is from the patch being off for those 8 hours or is this something I should see a doctor about.

dentists!

[babyrocket.livejournal.com]

hi!
this is a pretty silly question, i think, but i'm really curious about it now.
so i know you tell your doctor if you're having sex, you tell your gyno if you're having sex, and all that jazz. i do this. no problems.
okay.
being 18 and in one of those relationships with my mom and dad where they know i'm probably having sex but don't want to know any details at all! so i take my pills when they're not there and they don't ask me what i'm doing to protect myself ( however, there is a funny story where a bright green! condom flew out of my pocket at the dinner table and i stammered out a little of the truth, which was that i went to a safe sex thing and they gave out lots of latex, so i was condom-bombing people who live in my house at school) and everything is great. i once said that we were like the army--we have a don't ask, don't tell policy, and that sums it up.
anyway, i was at the dentist last week. my mom was in the room, and the teeth-cleaning woman asks if i'm on any medication. i say no, none, because a) i'm not sure that the pill is a medication and b) i don't want to tell my mom.
i guess my question is twofold. should i have told the dentist that i'm on the pill (does it make a difference in my mouth or something, or how much they can stab me in the gums before i bleed, i don't know)? and, are dentists confidential?
this is a weird question. i'm just super curious.

b/c help?

[undergo.livejournal.com]

i'm on my 8th day of my 1st pack of ortho tri cyclin lo. this is my 1st time ever using b/c. i'm on it for a few reasons... regardless, i was wondering how long it takes for it to work, reliably? this may belong somewhere else, but i trust v.p. most. <3<3 thank you very much.

(no subject)

[xfever-to-tellx.livejournal.com]

Hey All...quick question.

Does taking prescription pills for some kind of infection alter your birth control at all?

My boyfriend and I have been having sex continuously for the last few days. We never use condoms, so I was curious.

I'm on Ortho-Tricyclen and have been for the last year and a half.

It's been some time since I've been sick, and I honestly don't remember.

I have some kind of throat infection and I'm on Zithromax and something else for a few days.

Any comments would be appreciated.

yay, boobs!

[cailin-t.livejournal.com]

( breast issues )

(no subject)

[yafah.livejournal.com]

Ok here's a question I don't know if it's asked so often... Most people ask questions when their vaginal discharges increase or change color or smell. Well, mine have disappeared and I miss them.

I've had regular discharge ever since almost a year and a half before I got my first period (that means I've had it for 9 years now). Consistent smell, color, etc. I always know what's going on with my girlie by the discharge. But for the past week it has disappeared. The only thing I can think of is that I've been having sex more regularly (I'm in a long distance relationship but have been visiting my boyfriend for the past 3 weeks or so).

Has anyone experienced this? Do you know what could be the reason? Will it come back??

(no subject)

[----slaughter.livejournal.com]

I am 16 and live in Arizona, and I am currently looking into birth control (the shot) for myself and I have a quick question:

Does my state require parental consent for birth control? I am getting mixed messages from the sites I have gone to, maybe one of you can help me.

Thank you.