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[maclyn.livejournal.com]

This is a real long shot since there's nobody even in iud_divas who has one of these (yet) but I'm wondering if anybody here uses a Gynefix IUD. It's only available in Europe and has been developed as an alternative to traditional T-shaped IUDs. It consists of a string of copper beads which is anchored to your uterine wall by a thread. There are two sizes available; one for women who have given birth and one for those who haven't. Unlike ParaGuard, Gynefix doesn't make your periods heavier or more painful. I'm extremely interested in finding out more. I have an appointment at my local FPA clinic (I'm in Scotland) this Thursday to talk about IUDs and I thought that I had settled on having a Mirena inserted. I love that it's slightly more effective than a tubal. However, I have concerns about Mirena due to Progesterone only BC (depo) aggravating my depression. I've been assured that the dose of hormones in Mirena is minute compared to Depo and that the progesterone stays mainly in your uterus, but if I could avoid hormones completely that would be ideal.

Anyway, I'm very interested in Gynefix and so far I can only find one decent site about it. Any personal testimonies from women who use Gynefix would be very much appreciated. I'm also interested in hearing from women who use Mirena, particularly those of you who had problems with Depo and depression. Thank you!

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[whoa-breathe.livejournal.com]

Hey all ~ This isn't so much vagina related as female mental health related. Would you all mind sharing what it is you do to get over a nasty break-up? I have just broken up with my "first love" and he and I were together for some years. It seems like every day is quite depressing...and I want to move on, but I have no experience with this kind of thing.

Thanks!

my bits smell like him

[dang-dodo-ditty.livejournal.com]

this is more of a curiosity question.

has anyone ever noticed that after sleeping with someone, their vag's natural smell changes? i have recently. and if i then sleep with a different person, it's a whole new smell again. not a bad one. i'm guessing it's just a mixture of both our natural smells. it fades after a while of course.

reassuring and comforting, if it's from a person i like. and it kind of grossed me out when it reminded me of a stupid mistake (sleeping with someone i shouldn't have).

just something random i noticed!

Penetration Trouble

[lavenderis.livejournal.com]

Hi, I do have a rather embarrassing question to ask you wonderful ladies (and gentlemen?) here. May I know how many times did you and your partner try before he could penetrate into you fully? My SO and I have tried like 4-5 times, but total penetration is still unsuccessful. Yesterday, we tried using some water-based lubricant for the first time, penetration was a bit deeper, but yeah, just that little bit more. There's always a point when he'd be stuck and can't go any further. Am I too small for him? Also, I don't find the sensation of him penetrating into me very pleasurable. It's an awkward sort of pain more than anything else. In fact, I much prefer him to finger me. Are there any tips for a smoother and more enjoyable penetration? Thanks so much!

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[0pink-suicide0.livejournal.com]

Hey girls.

I was just wondering something - I'm on the Ortho patch, and my change day is Sunday. Last week was my off-week, and I forgot to reorder my patches. Yesterday (Sunday) morning my boyfriend and I had sex (he didn't cum in me though) before I realized I wasn't patch-protected. I read the pamphlet that came with the patches, and it did say if you miss your first patch day that you have to change your patch day and use backup contraception. But I was just wondering if that Sunday morning sex was idiotic of me, and if it was safe or not. The 5th (and last) day of my period was Saturday.

Also, last Saturday (not this past one but the one before), the last day of my third patch week, I took the patch off because I was wearing spaghetti-strapped top, and was going out. That night, we had sex, and he did cum in me. So I was also wondering if that was safe. I've forgotten which part of the month your most fertile day fall on - if it's right before or right after your period - and that's the main reason I'm asking.

Hope that wasn't too confusing.

♥ Thanks in advance.

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[poopfish.livejournal.com]

I have to go in for a cervical biopsy today. This is the second time.
I guess I'm paying the price for being a hussie. Fucking HPV.

NuvaRing question

[amyannosu.livejournal.com]

I've been on Yasmin for the past year or so (Ortho-Tricylen before that) and I'm seriously considering switching to the NuvaRing with all the great things I've heard about it.

But when I brought it up with my boyfriend, he expressed concern that since the "stuff" is being released down there (instead of through my mouth and into my blood stream like the Pill), that his "parts" might come in contact with the contents being released from the Ring and if so, he was concerned how it might affect him.

Should he really be worried about this? I figured that if it was a valid concern, the NuvaRing wouldn't even be widely used. But I suppose it's a good question, because I certainly don't know the answer.

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[mustangholly.livejournal.com]

A while back some one posted about taking out the nuva ring while having sex because it hurt. I didn't have the problem so I didn't read it. Now I am and can't find the post. I want to know if it's out for the time of sex am I still protected? I put it back in right after, maybe out 20 min.

vegetarian (craving more than meat)

[disclaimher.livejournal.com]

The past few weeks have left me very hungry. My schedule is off, so I haven't been eating as often as I use to. But in that time I've noticed that, at least for me, food and sex leave me with a very similar feeling.

If I am ravenously hungry, when I eat, I get very arroused sexually.
Likewise, if I am horny and hungry and then eat, I am left feeling satisfied.

Sure, I get the metaphore, but this goes beyond that. I feel like a wild animal now over this feeling, and it has become very addicting.

Does anyone else get like this?

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[pateo.livejournal.com]

Is it safe to double or triple up on your BC pills to make your period end sooner?

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[mercurysmile.livejournal.com]

Just found out that I have BV, at the same time that I'm not allowed to have sex with my boyfriend while I wait for chlamydia test results. I *need* my sex toys...is there a quick way to disinfect them after each use, besides boiling? Don't want to keep reinfecting myself while I'm taking the antibiotics. Thanks!

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[biggieshorty05.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone. My friend told me about this website so i decided to leave a post and see if i can find out any helpful information.

I'm 17 years old and i constantly freak out about my health. There is something wrong with that. I'm always freaking out about having STDs and always wondering if there is something wrong with me. I've asked my mom if i could get a pap smear but she will never take me.

I hardly know anything about vaginas except i think they're disgusting and i even hate touching my own.

This part is going to make me seem like a little slut but i don't care because it might help me find out some helpful information. I've had sex with 4 guys. I used a condom with all of them. The first one i slept with, i know has had sex with other girls before but i don't know if he was ever tested or not. The second guy i slept with was tested before he had sex with me and he was clean. The thrid guy i slept with was a virgin and the last guy i slept with never got tested but hes in the marines and he had to get a blood test before joining so if he had something, they would tell him.

I just started my period recently and i noticed that on my libea (the lips of my vagina) seemed sore and i don't know if that is normal or not. So i freak out of course. Also a while back i noticed that on one of my lips of my vagina, i had a little bump. I popped it and this white liquid came out. This was a few months ago. After i popped it, I put rubbing alcohol on it and it never came back but ever since then, I've been very upset and always worried. I called a nurse at a gyno office and told her about the bump. She said it wasn't herpes because if it was, it would have hurt when i popped it, which it didn't hurt at all and she said it wasn't a genital wart cuz genital warts don't pop. Then she told me that it was a zit or something along those lines and that i was ok. I've been checked out by a gyno before but unfortunally i didn't get a pap smear cuz i was PMSing at the time so she just examined me and she said she didn't notice anything abnormal.

But even after all of this, i still worry so much. I wake up everyday wondering if my vag will hurt or if something will seem abnormal. I worry everyday and i even think about suicide on a daily basis all because i am so damn sick of worrying and feeling miserable everyday all because of my stupid vagina.

I donno if posting this will even help me at all, but i just hope I can get some helpful information. I will apperciate any info i can get.

I turn 18 this month and i really hope i can find somewhere to get tested so i can just end this.

EDIT: a lot of people have left comments about the bump on my vagina but i was also wondering if it was normal for your libea (the lips of your vagins) to be sore during PMSing? So yeah i was just wondering..

I would also like to add that I really appericate all the comments i have recieved. Thank you so much. I don't know if you really understand how much i appericate your advice and imput. THANK YOU!

Health Community Reccomends

[animeg3282.livejournal.com]

Vaginapagina is great, so I thought maybe the members would know of other health communities that are also great. My problem is that I have back pain that isn't a kidney stone or an infection and nobody knows what it is. (two doctors) So any communities for people who have chronic unexplained pain would be great. I guess that's a dumb thing to ask, but I don't want to go into a community, and be insulted...

One more quick question and then i'll shut up heh

[biggieshorty05.livejournal.com]

I'm on my period and i noticed the lips of my vagina seem sore. I was wondering if thats normal because i have never experienced that before.

If anyone knows, let me know cuz i'm curious. Thank you! <3

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[apathys-cure.livejournal.com]

I looked through recent entries but I didnt see anything here like it, if there is direct me to it and Ill delete this post.


I just started Ovcon, a birth control Id never heard of before. Its supposed to help regulate my periods as well as doing the whole not getting me pregnant thing. I was curious if anyone has any rants or raves about it because, like I said, I know nothing about this drug.

Thanks.

Yeast/bacterial infection caused by kidney stones?

[cabbagebooty.livejournal.com]

Last night, I went to the emergency room with severe abdominal pains. After a long wait, blood work, urine tests, a CT scan and a pelvic exam (I just started taking birth control, and they thought it might be causing the pain) they told me I have kidney stones. They also said I have a yeast/bacterial infection in my vagina.
I went to the gynocologist about a month ago, and everything came back normal. I googled this, and couldn't find any links between the two, but I was just wondering if the kidney stones could have caused the infections. (It was 2:15 in the morning, I was on morphine and didn't think to ask the doctor)

Any help would be appriciated, thank you in advance.

help

[hottsoadchik.livejournal.com]

a few of you helped me out with some questions i had on weird feelings i was having and ive realized it must be a UTI. well for a day it was completely gone, no weird painful feelings at all. i ended up smoking pot which is something i never do. so now how can i go to the doctor to get whatever i need to get it to go away because im sure theyll have me take a urin test of some sort. can otc pills alone work? im really worried now :/ also...my period should be coming end of this month, is it ok to use tampons? i noticed this all began last time i got my period in the first place.

ECP in canada

[ravenfyre.livejournal.com]

yay! i just found out that the morning after pill is going to be available in ontario and the rest of canada without a prescription (saskatchewan, british columbia, and quebec already have it available though) within the next month :D that's awesome. woot.

sorry, just had to share ;)

Ovarian Cyst?... Or Something More Serious?

[boneden.livejournal.com]

I got my period this month 9 days "early"; on April 2nd. Which isn't that bad because my cycle has been jumping all over the place, and I've been marking my older periods wrong (I used to mark when an actual bloodflow started, rather than the little light leakage I get at the start of a period. This is the first month I've done otherwise.)
My period "ended" on April 9th or so; I had one day without bleeding, but ever since the 11th I've had a mix of normal discharge and actual blood, not old period blood. I've been bleeding like this since the 11th, some days it even seemed to contain uterin lining, such as today. Sometimes it's full-on blood, but only when I go to the bathroom.

Besides that symptom, (1); I've been feeling horribly bloated/full, just about every single day for over a month and a half. My stomach has a bulge that disappears when I lay down, but sticks out and shifts down towards my pelvis when I stand up (I've been gently working out for over a month, so abdominal weakness shouldn't be an issue.)
(2); My whole torso from the bottom of my ribcage to the middle of my pelvis has had a dull ache, mostly by my uterus.
(3); I've been experiencing cramping between periods.
(4); Frequent urination, without burning or a "bad" smell, though.
(5); Lower backache

Things to rule out (I think);
I've had a Paragard IUD for 9 months now, with no issues besides random bloating that came and went quickly. In the past five months I've taken a couple pregnancy tests which were of course negitive (just because I'm a worry wort and it makes me feel better). I went to Planned Parenthood about a month ago to ask some questions about the bloat I've been experiencing, they felt my guts and gave me a test which was also negitive, but discovered I had a VERY mild yeast infection, which was treated.

I'm starting to think I have an ovarian cyst, especially because I've been experiencing more and more discomfort when I ovulate, but this is the first month I've had the bleeding symptoms.

I'm wondering if this is even worth going to the doctor with, or if I should just wait it out til my next period and see what happens then. What you guys think...?