2006-02-22

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Skin on the tummy issues

So, this isn't vagina related, but it is body related so I hope it's acceptable.

( sensetive skin on my tummy due to weight? )

In short: how can I prevent this/make weak skin better?

Thank yoooooou

my vagina floods...

Ok, another question...

When I have sex with this newest person I'm with, I literally flood the place. It's not urine, I'm assuming it's my own female fluids or my own cum, but it leaves puddles on the bed, drips all over everything. The guy says it's awesome lol. But it's a little wet ya know? lol. Is there any way to LESSEN the amount of fluid that comes out of me during sex? This has only happened with me with one other person. Granted it's the best sex I've ever had, but he's having to wash his sheets quite a bit. I'm usually really wet, but this seems really excessive to me.

Any advice?

Thanks!

PS you guys are awesome!!!!

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Current Music: TV

help!! :\

hi girls..
i have a question for you...i'm experiencing some abnormal bleeding (ranged from just spotting..to me needing to actually use a tampon/pad..not heavy bleeding though.) while on my birth control. (Estrostep FE) Approximately 3 days ago I had taken my birthcontrol at a much later time than I usually do. (1 in the morning...normally 4 in the afternoon). Me forgetting once again (I dont know what I was thinking), did the same thing the following day (so busy i forgot! :( ). Not only that, but around that time I recently started an exercise regimen. I did recieve my period 2 weeks ago, so i'm not quite sure what is going on.....maybe the fact that I screwed up the times? im not sure....
thanks!

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Instead cup purchase

So last night, I was out with some friends and I bought a box of Insteads on a whim. Just to try 'em out on my next period before I shell out for a DivaCup.
We went through the self-checkout at Walmart because it was the only one without a line. Sweet.
I scanned all my stuff, hit "finish and pay" and then it said "Age restricted merchandise, please seek assistance." An associate had to come over and punch my birthdate in from my license. I needed to be over 17 to purchase whatever I was getting. At first, a friend thought it was because of the movie I bought, but that was PG-13. So it must have been the Insteads.

So. I'm 21 so it was no big deal, but apparently it's okay to buy condoms and lube and spermicidal foam when you're under seventeen (which we often buy there with no problem, three horny girls have monday and tuesday nights together while their boyfriends play video games) but not the equivalent to a box of tampons?!

Awkward.

osteo-biflex?

So, I think my problem here is that I'm Googling for the wrong thing, which of course I will end up typing in this explanation and then feel stupid later, but ANYWAY.

My bottle of Osteo-Biflex says something vague about how I should talk to my doctor if I'm on any hormone-type medications, which...well, oral BC counts, then. I figured I'd just look up what the problems are. But can't find anything online anywhere that will tell me. I mean, is this a "greater risk of stroke" issue, or a "oral BC's effectiveness lessened" issue, or what? My father's a physician and he didn't seem to think it would be a problem, but I can't trust him on this because he desperately wants me to give him grandchildren, so he wouldn't TELL me if it changes oral BC's effectiveness.

Anyone know?

I should call my GYN's office, I guess, but I *hate* doing that from work. :(

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Current Music: Eve6 - Saturday Night

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Sorry if this is off-topic, let me know and I'll remove it.

Our Vagina Monologues are taking place on March 3rd and 4th at 7:30 at the Willows Senior Center at 1275 Lincoln Ave San Jose.
The ticket prices are 15 general and 12 for seniors and students.

This is an awesome cast and an incredible production of the show. Come, enjoy, get a piece of the action.

[cross-posted to sfbayarea and sanjose]

update post, any more advice?

Hello! I'm sorry it's taken me so long to update from my previous post (i was the girl who overreacted when she saw something long and black in the toilet)!!

I'm still having problems... When I first went to the doctor, they said they found some blood in my urine but nothing could be determined... Later that night I developed burning, discharge and wicked odor. I went to the doctor again the next morning and peed in yet another cup. Sooo.. a UTI. Antiobiotics for me! Up until the last day of my meds I still had symptoms... Then my smell went away, and most of my discharge.

But now, I started my period yesterday, and my smell is back, and I've had burning on and off. Bad cramps (I usually don't get them).

I'm using a menstrual cup, do you guys think it could be having an affect? This is my fourth cycle with one. I absolutely despise pads and tampons, so I really don't want to use them again, but if I have to, I will. Sexual activity isn't the problem, since there is none of that, haha. FYI, the Sunday morning that I had the wicked blood clot (which is what I guess it was) was about a week after my last period. I AM SO SCARED I'M GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE!!! :(

I just want my box to be better.

Desperate for information

I checked the memories on the website, and there are 2 entries that are similar to what I think I may be looking for, but I think this may be somewhat more severe? At any rate, I hope this isn't a waste of space.

I am really hoping someone here can help me, because I feel like I am going crazy and it's a terrible feeling. I am currently on Topamax, Buspar, Zoloft, Ativan, and Risperdal for OCD and "Bipolar" and/or what they are calling "psychosis," although they haven't diagnosed me with anything...

The problem is, I keep having these breakdowns... I have small breakdowns that are troublesome, but every so often I will have a really BAD breakdown, and lately I have been noticing a common trend. I have been keeping a record of when I have the worst breakdowns, per order of my psychiatrist, and now I was just sitting here at work looking at my calendar of when the breakdowns occur, and I just made the connection that the REALLY BAD breakdowns have occurred over the last eight months EXACTLY 3 days before I start my period, every time, exactly 3 days, to no fault. I have no idea how I did not notice this before now. I am just sitting here shaking my head in disbelief. I am not talking mood swings, or being grouchy, or just getting depressed or what not, I am talking I go absolutely out of my mind, psychotic, become another person, completely and totally lose it. It always happens at night, I will shake, cry, have a horrid panic attack, and just lose my mind for hours and hours on end. It is like I become another person. On more than one occasion I have been hospitalized for it.

Has anyone ever heard of this before? I mean, I never thought of myself as a person who got bad "PMS"... during my period I get bad cramps and what not, but this is insane... I mean, if this is a result of my period, I feel really trapped... I don't want this to happen every month for the rest of my life. I am already on way more medicine than I would even like to be on, and yet this is STILL happening to me? Do you think it has anything to do with my period? I mean, EXACTLY 3 days before cannot possibly be a coincidence.

The second I thought of this connection I called 3 of my doctors, all of which were not in today, and I have an appointment for tomorrow, so I am obviously not asking for a diagnosis from anyone, but I would like to hear if anyone has any experience with this or has heard anything, because I'd like to be able to go in tomorrow with something to say. I tried doing some searches on google but I'm not even sure what to type in as a search. PMS? Psychotic PMS? I'm so confused, argh.

BC Question...

I was supposed to take my Nuva Ring out Monday night. I forgot to take it then and forgot to take it out AGAIN last night. If i take it out tonight, I will end up getting my period on Monday, which I really don't want (I prefer to have my period over the weekend so that I dont have to worry about leaking in school, and taking the ring out on a monday night gives me a weekend period :/) So, would it be safe to leave the ring in until next monday? Would I have to use any backup method of birth control if i do? Thanks in advance, ladies.

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Hi, I'm new here, and I don't know if anyone here can help me, but I wasn't sure where else to ask. I have been for a long time finding black stains, almost like mold, on the lining of my underwear just on the left edge where my thigh meets my pelvis. It never spread or appeared anywhere else. I doubt that it's stains from pants, because it happens the same every day, no matter what pants I wear, and I doubt it's discharge also, because my discharge is white, and the black stuff is only on the very outer edge on the left side, nowhere else. I do clean myself well in that area every time I shower, so what could it be? Any ideas? Sorry if this is TMI...

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Diva Cup

I'm thinking about getting a Diva Cup after I have my son that is due in May. The last period I had before getting pregnant I had just mastered using tampons. I had been afraid of them for years. I figured if I could get used to tampons I would probably like the Diva Cup.

I have seen lots of comments by Diva Cup users that swear by them, but are there any of you ladies that purchased one and never got the hang of it? Anyone still using pads or tampons after getting a diva cup and just not being too pleased by it?

Self breast exam

What do breast lumps actually feel like?

I mean, do they actually feel like an isolated lump in your breast? Because for as long as I can remember, when I check my breasts, I feel a "lump" under the fat but it kind of spans almost the entire area of my breast.

Also, I very occasionally get spasms of pain in my breast, kind of like a cramp (muscular cramp, not the period kind), but they go away after I rub it a bit. Does anyone else have this happen to them?

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Just a quick question

Can the combined pill cause recurrant thrush? I can't find anything in the pamphlet, but I'm just wondering...

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Change in smell?

i find this very odd to write, but my boyfriend tells me that he knows when i'm on my period because i smell different. he can't really explain how its different, and says that its not a bad smell. but that he can just tell, when he hugs me or we're in close contact like sitting on the couch. he says when he was in highschool he could tell with some of his female friends/girlfriends too. apparently the phenomenon is not unique to me. regardless, i'm still paranoid about this. nor do i understand why i would smell different. ideas?

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Hey all, I'm new here..but I've been lingering around this community for a while. I think the advice you all give is wonderful, and I was hoping you lovely people could spare some of this splendid advice for me!

So my boyfriend and I are planning on having sex for the first time (we're both virgins), I wanted your opinion on what is the best brand/type of condom and lubricant to use. Also, I found a tube of KY Plus Lubricating Spermicide in my closet (I assume it belongs to my parents..and if it doesn't, thats weird.) have any of you guys used this? What was your experience with it? Would it be bad for a first timer to use (especially since I don't know how my body would react to spermicide)?

I was also wondering if there was possible way of acquiring birth control pills in New York without needing a parents permission. My mom has no problem with me being sexually active..I just don't feel quite comfortable about asking her yet. If theres no way for me to get BC without my parents permission..could any of you be kind enough to reassure me that a condom, and a condom alone, will keep us safe for a while? I'm just really paranoid and I keep thinking that the condom is gonna break on us =/..but yeah..that's just me being neurotic.

One more question, this is just out of pure curiosity. Is it bad/unhealthy to have sex while a woman is on her period ("the party pooper" as my boyfriend calls it heh) ?

Thanks so much everyone! All your help is VERY MUCH appreciated =)

Bumps?

Hi, I'm new, but I've been reading for a while. If anyone can help me figure this out, I'd be soooo grateful.

For the last couple of months I've had these bumps on parts near/on my vagina. There are maybe 6 or 7, mostly from on the very outer lips toward the back and some closer to the butt area. They're not red or white, just flesh-colored, but they are raised and I can kind of pinch and pull them without any pain whatsoever. In fact, there is no feeling in them at all really-sort of like when you pull on that skin on your elbow and you can't even feel it. What are these things?? I've been tested for STD's and was clear, but my fiance did have a case of mild warts last year. We didn't even touch each other for that time until they had been gone for about a month and he was done with his meds for them. They don't really bother me at all, I just kind of am curious about them. I don't use any lubricants or lotions or creams or anything and haven't used any new products whatsoever since they've appeared.

Any ideas????

Thanks!