Pain on the periphery.

[eatmorepi.livejournal.com]

Hey all,

My partner and I have a very active sex life (we're talking at least once a day, but most often two or three times), and when we are going at it on a regular basis like that I have had no problems.

I just got over a yeast infection (yuck) so, naturally, that put me out of commission for a few days. Tonight we were ready to get back into our usual pattern of doing things, but were almost unable to due to an intense stinging pain on the outside of my vag. It's not the entire outside, but only a small-ish area of skin right at the back, closest to my bum. It is right next to it, but not quite the perineum itself. It feels like a small flap of skin back there which is definitely the most affected region. Not a lubrication problem, and every time he would thrust in and out it would be a sharp and stinging pain that was so unbearable I had to ask him to stop (eventually we found one position where he wasn't touching the area but he had to go super slow, etc.) It almost feels like when we're having sex consistently, that this area stretches out and gets accustomed to all of the action, but when if we have to stop for a couple of days, the area seems to "heal", and when we start again, it feels like the area is ripped and rubbed raw. I've also had a tiny bit of bleeding from that area after sex, which makes me think that the skin is torn (which would cause the stinging feeling).

Anyways, apologies for the long description, but I'm wondering if others have experienced this? It sort of makes sense to me - vagina is out of service for a few days, so it heals itself back up? But I am very much not a virgin and it hurts! It occurs every time we take a break but this time it has been particularly disruptive as the pain was so intense that we had to stop. Is there anything I can do about it? Anything I can put on the area to stop the pain while it heals back up so we can go back to sex as normal?
Thanks so much....

lap/endo/possible bowel problems?

[---------batman.livejournal.com]

hi girls, im back from having my laparoscopy done. i'll basically fill you on in yesturdays events.

i went to see my gynocologist 2 weeks ago, she decided that there was a high possibility that i may have endometriosis. i was having horrible pains in my abdomen, ireggular periods, pain during and after sexual intercourse, painful bowel movements, pain when and after i went pee, and i also constantly felt like i was going to vomit.

the receptionist at my pre-admitting told me that i was to have no food or water the night before or morning of. Wear something loose and comfortable that you can slip back on afterwards.

so she scheduled me for my very first laparoscopy which i has yesturday. i was very nervous. i went to the hospital in comfy clothes. i wore my pajamas, and a t-shirt. i was scheduled for 2:30, although they wanted me there at 12:30. so when i got in there they asked me wait, and then they put the iv in my hand. [it took the girl atleast 45 minutes to put in the iv. she had to try twice before she actually got it in and hooked it up. i felt so bad for her and for my poor now badly bruised hand.] they then went over some stuff with me like last period, about my diabetes, if i had any chipped or capped teeth, if i've ever been put to sleep, ect.

i've never been put to sleep, so i was getting nervous.

2:30 - it was time to go in. they bring me into this big room filled with alot of medical things. thats when it started to hit me. i started to panic. the nurses calmed me down and the gave me the stuff to make me fall asleep kept pumping stuff into my iv. as soon as he pumped it into my iv. i could feel it. i was light headed, and started feeling tired. the last thing i remember was the nurse telling me that she'd be there with me throught the surgery.

4:00 - i woke up. the nurses were constantly screaming in my ear about me breathing louder, i kept trying but it was very painful and i really didnt understand them that well as i was just waking up. my doctor told me what she found while i was just waking up. i don't remember what exactly she said besides the world bowel. she was supposed to go tell my mother, and no one told us what they found. the docotor was gone when i was out of recovery and i found out that she didnt even attempt to find/tell my mother.

they gave me some demerol and gravel when i first woke up. i was in alot of pain and i just felt completely uncomfortable because of the nurses and the oxygen thing they had shoved up my nose. i kept itching it because i really didnt know what it was for.

now all of this was throw at me within the first 5 miinutes of me waking up. and i kept asking for my mother but they wouldnt let her see me for 2 hours after my surgery. also, i really didnt get any phamlplets or anything that they said i would of recieved after my lap.

5:30 - they let me go home, as i tryed sitting up i began gagging. i started feeling vomit come to the opening of my mouth and go back down again. i didnt throw up, but it looked and sounded like it atleast twice. i got up and it hurt to walk, they walked me into the washroom and i went pee. i felt a very sharp pain as soon as i began to urinate. and i felt dissy when i got off the toilet. they put me into a wheel chair and wheeled me downstairs.

i got into the car and went home. i feel asleep when i got home, and woke up for some soup around 11:30. i had some mr noodles, and a glass of apple juice. i took my medication and went back to bed.

i woke up this morning and i laid in bed for 20 minutes before i could actually get up.

i realize that it may seem as if im bitching alot, but it just upsets me that the doctor didnt even bother to tell anyone what happened. the nurses didnt even know.. i feel kind of left hanging.

im off work for like 3 days, and im taking 2 tylenol 3's every 4 hours. i have alot of vaginal flow, and there is alot of blood around where the incisions are. i wasnt told how or when to clean them so basically i have just been wetting a cloth around my incisions [ not on them, but near them. ] to clean them up. it still hurts when i cough/pee, but that is normal.

sorry if i seem like im whining alot. i really just had to get this off my chest. anyways, i have to continue calling my gyno's office to see what exactly is wrong with me.

Hello all! New member with a question. [PMDD/BC related]

[twistedgamine.livejournal.com]

First off, let me say that like many others, this community is fabulous. So good to see such productive, healthy LJ space!

Now onto my question. [My apologies if this has come up before...I did a search and couldn't come up with much.]

I suffer from PMDD and I've been doing some research lately on hormonal birth control and its effects on the possible lessening of symptoms. There hasn't been much extensive research done on the topic, so I figured the best bet would be to ask for personal experiences.

I just yesterday started on Seasonale as recommended by my doctor. She suggested it because sometimes the severity of PMDD comes from the fact that hormones are completing their cycle in the period of just a month.

I know there are a number of alternate ways to treat PMDD. I don't want to try SSRIs because I'm already on an SSRI/SNRI at a decent theraputic dosage and I've had some prior experience with Prozac and that burned out on me. Other treatments I've either been doing [decent physical activity, regular calcium supplements] or don't want to try [the ones that run more 'extreme' with more side effects].

SO! Here I am again on the issue of BC. I was on the NuvaRing for about two months earlier in the year and it was terrible for my emotional state. I'm a little wary on the idea of hormonal BC right now, but seeing as how everything else is good except for the 1 1/2 to 2 weeks each cycle that I'm miserable, I figured I'd take a stab at the Seasonale.


Ideally I'd like to try out Yaz, but seeing as how that's not yet on the market, it looks like I'll have to wait :p


Anyone have any input on PMDD and hormonal BC, Seasonale, etc? Even if it's not exactly the same situation, I'd love to just hear what people have to say about anything I've mentioned here. :]

coffee to support sex ed?

[antebellumcafe.livejournal.com]

If you live in the Austin Texas area...

Have a Latté. Give a Lot-té.
Ruta Maya 3601 South Congress
6pm-9pm, Saturday, Dec 3
HOW: $5 suggested donation at the door
Ashera Project wants to continue our teen pregnancy prevention program for 9th and 10th graders at Reagan High but we need your help. Come out and support Ashera Project.
Featured speakers: Jim Rigby, pastor of St.Andrew 's Presbyterian Church in North Austin, and activist Shelby Knox, from the PBS Point of View film The Education of Shelby Knox.
Live auction, silent auction, raffle, massages!
http://www.asheraproject.org
events@asheraproject.org

X-posted

religion in pharmacies

[thegreatdecay-.livejournal.com]

Hello Ladies, I'm doing an argumentive report in school about religion in pharmacies. More specifically, the fact that pharmacists can deny us the right to refilling our prescriptions due to religious beliefs. I'm arguing against the fact that they should be able to do this, or atleast find us another pharmacist that will. I'm running into some problems on facts and statistics..etc just general stuff to put in the body of the paper. Anyone want to offer any help or informative websites? Thanks in adcvance :) <3

Canada: Morning-after pill privacy concerns raised

[autotomy.livejournal.com]

I live in Toronto, and this was on the front page of the local paper (Toronto Star) today:

Morning-after pill privacy concerns raised

Guidelines on morning-after pill raise concerns from women's health groups
Pharmacists may ask for personal data such as sexual history and home address

Canadian pharmacists are being advised to collect a woman's name, address, phone number and sensitive details about her sexual activity before dispensing the so-called morning-after pill.

The guidelines, put out by the Canadian Pharmacists Association, have drawn concern from women's health groups, which say the rules are discriminatory and raise privacy issues.

( click to read full article )

link to story

Advice for being a good friend.

[domino-girl.livejournal.com]

This isn't specifically vagina related, or even physical health related- its more of an emotional thing, and I thought this is probably the best place for me to get advice from women and girls who may understand the situation.

( Friends and Stories )

unexpected bleeding/ breast tenderness - pregnancy?

[astralplane.livejournal.com]

First of all, thanks in advance for any plain 'ol information you can throw my way. Here's the story:
About a week and a half ago (maybe a few days more) I noticed my breasts were very tender (quite painful, really, when touched at all). Now, that does happen to me right before I get my period, but my last period started November 6th, and I wasn't expecting my next until December 5th (I use the handy-dandy cyclespage.com, and love it to death. So cool). So after googling "breast tenderness" and discovering that it's one of the earliest symptoms of pregnancy, I basically convinced myself over the past week that I'm pregnant, to the point that I've been looking up planned parenthood locations in the city and researching abortion and other options (this would certainly be an unwanted pregnancy for many reasons: my age (21), my financial stability (non-existent) and the fact that I'm currently studying to be in the wine industry...doesn't mix well with pregnancy). I've not been having unprotected sex, but my boyfriend and I have probably been more careless than should ever have been allowed to happen, and that has stopped. But, yes, suffice it to say that there were some times (for a few seconds at a time, which is more than enough) that a condom was absent. And then I noticed that when I was brushing my teeth, my gums were bleeding slightly, which is very out of the ordinary for me...so I googled that, too, and guess what that's a symptom of? Yah, you guessed it, pregnancy. Although I'm beginning to think that everything is a symptom of pregnancy, and that you can keep coming up with symptoms once you start to notice things... But, I digress.
My period is traditionally very regular, coming in 28-29 day cycles, and it's been that regular since I first got it at 11.
So fast forward to today when I started to bleed. Last night before bed I felt a bit of cramping, not a whole lot, but enough to notice, and then today at about noon I went to the washroom and noticed a small amount of blood on my underwear. Half an hour later I went back to the washroom to see what was going on, and noticed that it was more than just spotting, and kind of a weird consistency, sort of a dark reddish (but I wouldn't say brown) and kind of thick, and it's enough that I had to run out and buy pads because the pantiliners I had here at work just weren't cutting it.
So...does anybody have any experience with this?

• strange, non-correctly timed breast tenderness?
  
• early bleeding that may or may not be a period?
  

It can't be implantation bleeding, right? I mean, first of all that happens near the time of conception and if that were the case, I'd imagine that's before any symptoms like breast tenderness would begin. Could it be a miscarriage? I took Advil immediately after I noticed the bleeding because I get nasty cramps with my period and try to pre-medicate to stop them. Even with Advil right now I don't feel super great right now, and my lower back was bugging me earlier this morning.
Do you think this is pregnancy related? Or is it my hormones going completely insane (causing both the tenderness and maybe an early period?)?

(either way, since I now know exactly where the closest Planned Parenthood is, I will be getting on BC right away now)
Sorry this became so long...

Yeast Infections

[wanderingstars9.livejournal.com]

When girls get yeast infections, is it often due to sex? I told my mom that I think I might have one and she told me what to do but asked, "Who were you messing around with?".
Although I've been sexually active, I think the yeast infection came from using conditioner while shaving. But would sex necessarily be the cause?

Am I spotting? And if so, why?

[lonestaryella03.livejournal.com]

( This has never happened before. Ladies, your help and expertise is much appreciated... )

suggestions for coming off the birth control pill

[pvalov-rings.livejournal.com]

for those of you who have been on the pill and then stopped, what were your reasons?


for me, these are the pros:
-no longer having hormones regulating your body
-don't have to go to the gyno to get a new prescription
-no more weighty monthly fee
-no more remembering, or stressing if you forget
-weight loss!!! (i hope)
-hopefully, a better mood - not sure if depression is bc-related though

cons:
-no spontaneous sex
-condom sex = not as good
-worse periods
-possible acne comeback
-unreliable periods
-apparently, mood swings?
-greater chance of getting pregnant in the next few months? (that is, if i have sex)


i'm thinking about going off the pill and looking for some input. i did check the archives but those were more about specific symptoms than a general decision.

Withdrawal bleeding during inactive pills? What if non-existent?

[thewhitelodge.livejournal.com]

I'm not on the pill anymore, but when I was, I remember my partner always was confused why I didn't have my period during the inactive pills. Often I would have my period a couple days before the inactive pills began, and it would end maybe even before they started. I always told him it was fine, but now I'm second-guessing myself.

Tonight I just read that "withdrawal bleeding" occurs during inactive pills - that makes it seems like there really is a direct link. Was there something wrong with the way my body was receiving the hormones?

Thank you!

first time poster.. please be nice!

[miabonzia.livejournal.com]

I looked through and I couldn't see anything directly related to my problem so I was hoping someone would have some advice for me.
I am currently on my third repeat of the depo provera injection (contraceptive) and for the past 6 months have had very irregular periods, generally lasting for two weeks in the last month before I am due for another injection. That was all well and good, but with this last repeat things have changed. I am due for another on dec 19th, but for the past two weeks I have been bleeding quite heavily, but only after i have sex. Me and my bf do not have overly rough sex or anything like that so I have counted that out, my body is used to him and we have never had a problem with my natural lubrication.
At first it was thick blood typical of menstruation, with bits of tissue and things, but now it's just plain straight bright red blood like you would get from any wound.
Does anyone have any advice? I have booked to see a doctor in 3 days and don't plan on having sex before I know what is going on. I would just like to see if anyone else has had a similar experience, on the depo or not, and what happened/if it stopped.
Thanks in advance