New VP.com Web Site!

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My Dearest Vulva-Loving Superstars,

I'm so excited that I'm breaking one of our rules to give you the news!*

The VP Team is thrilled to finally unveil the new VaginaPagina.com!**

We've been working hard on it (in conjunction with Steven from Sound Designs) since April and have been impatient to share it with all of you, especially Vulvapedia and the VP.com Forums. The site design should be familiar to you since it looks just like our VP on LJ layout, by the way.

You probably knew this before, but VP on LJ is really just a very important part of a larger Thing we like to call the Vulva Revolution. Although historically we have carried out the bulk of our discussions here, many our resources were stored on the site, and we have often referred VPers there. Now the site will play a bigger role; it won't just be an accessory to the LJ community anymore.

The introduction of the new site also brings with it some important changes/features that we want to share with you. Here they are, all listy and stuff:

1. No more Articles and Archives (read more about that here)! Instead, we introduce: Vulvapedia. Vulvapedia is a wiki maintained by the VP Team and select VPers. In it, you'll find the articles and archives incorporated as well as new and improved versions of VP's Top 20 Frequently Asked Questions--a great starting point for learning about things like yeast infections, urinary tract infections, lube, menstrual products, hormonal birth control and so much more! We also plan to include basic entries on other topics of interest to the community--just enter key words into the top search bar at VP.com and voila!
   
   
2. We introduce to you the VP.com Forums! Some of the forum categories include: General Health, Politics, Everyday Living, Healthy Living, Crisis Center and Wide Open (we love pervy puns, OK?). The forums follow the same basic rules as VP on LJ, with just a few wee differences. We created the forums to reach out to a bigger audience (why should the vulva revolution just be for LJers?) and to allow VPers to build community together in ways that aren't possible or appropriate when confined just to LJ. So what are you waiting for? Be one of the first VPers to sign up for your free Forums account while the the user-name-gettin' is good!
   
   
3. The site is totally searchable. Check out the search options at the bottom of the main menu bar on the left. You can search VP.com, VP on LJ or even Google.
   
   
4. Our Frappr map is now embedded in the site! Check it out and watch the slide show, or add yourself if you haven't already.
   
   
5. There are lots of neat little surprises on the site, like the "Did You Know" box that displays a new sexual health factoid every time you reload (below the main menu bar on the left), and the slinky little dance Madge does when you load the page.

We hope you like it, and are totally psyched to finally be able to let the proverbial cat out of the bag. Please bear with us for the next few days as we complete the transition--we still have some behind-the-scenes work to do before everything is running smoothly. :)

And of course, your feedback is always welcome (drop by here to report bugs/problems/etc.!). After all, you're the at the heart of what we do. :)

Ecstatically and vulvarifically yours,

The VP Team
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*Don't get any ideas! ;)
**If the new site doesn't load properly for you, you need to clear your cookies (this applies mainly to people who have recently visited the old site).

ahhhh diva cup woes

[songofsixxpence.livejournal.com]

my vag is like, sucking my cup up so the stem is inside me too. it feels like its too deep cause i cant get my fingers around it to pull it out and i cant feel it but i dont want to like loose this in my vag. its fully open right now i think and im running late so im just going to "go with the flo" cause it took me too long to get it out before. so my question is, is this normal or am i going to have to seek some help?

Taking antibiotics...should I take diflucan BEFORE symptoms occur?

[lovelark.livejournal.com]

I went to the doctor with a bad kidney infection and he prescribed me antibiotics. I took a pill last night and one this morning, and they're already starting to work. I know that antibiotics usually cause yeast infections, and yeast infections always cause my vulvodynia to flare up...and once my vulvodynia flares up, it's IMPOSSIBLE to control. It can be months before I'm back to normal.

Knowing this, my doc also gave me a diflucan. with a prescription for a refill. Should I take the diflucan before symptoms develop and just assume that they WILL ? Or should I actually wait and see what happens?

thanks so much.
AND thank you for everyone who helped me the other day. you were all right, the kidney infection needed immediate attention, and you sufficiently scared me into bullying my way past the jerks and kinks in the system to see a doctor. Thank you.

Ortho Evra mishap/ pregnancy tests

[theycallmebitch.livejournal.com]

Oh the anxiety! As anyone who remembers any of my posts on here, I'm really paranoid about getting pregnant. So, I'm on Ortho Evra. I normally put my patch on in the morning, whenever I wake up (usually in the span of 8-11 am). One the first day of my first patch after my off week, I completely forgot to put a new one on and ran out the door for work. I didn't remember to put a new one on until 11:30 that night (so it was over 12 hours late). For some reason I was thinking that it was the week after my period and I was fine, so my boyfriend and I had sex two days later without a backup. Yesterday (eight days after we had sex), my breasts started to be a little sore, which immediately made me freak out because that was the first thing I noticed when I was pregnant before. I read the Ortho Evra pamphlet, and it said that on your first week, if you miss the first day, then you need a backup. Now, I know on some pills you can be only three hours late and that constitutes missing a day. So after wigging out all day long today I just looked on the Ortho Evra website and it said that if you are "more than than one day late" you have to use a back-up, so I'm guessing they mean a whole twenty four hours? Someone please tell me I'm okay. PLEASE!

Also- No matter what, I'm going to take an early pregnancy test. Now, I'm pretty sure that I read on here somewhere that you can take an early pregnancy test 10 days after you had sex, but I looked and looked and couldn't find it. If I can, I really want to take one tomorrow morning so I would really like to find out.

Thank you, thank you, thank you

EC and sex question.

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

I realize this first question doesn't have to do with vaginas as much as it has to do with penises, but I'm hoping someone can answer this for me.

Okay, first off...I consider myself to pretty much know about sex and how it works, but the other night my boyfriend and I were having unprotected sex (withdrawal method, not the best I know. trust me I've been giving myself a lecture ever since wednesday) and he pulled out before he came, but he informed me the other night that he thinks he might have come a little inside me.

Is it possible to only come a little, but not to fully ejaculate until later? Because I know he didn't fully come until he'd been out of me for about a minute, but he thinks there's a 25% chance he came a little while he was inside. This is scaring the crap out of me seeing as how I should be ovulating around Sunday.

Secondly, how often can an EC be taken? I took one about 6 weeks ago (broken condom incident) and a few weeks after that I was having a freakout moment (which turned out to be over nothing, thank goodness) but the nurse told me she couldn't administer another dosage so close to the last one because of the increased risk of stroke and blood clots.

So I don't even know if I could get EC now. I'm just wondering if anyone knows how long you have to wait until they could administer another dose.

And yeah, I know all the lectures. Withdrawal method only 72% effective, you should consider condoms/birth control/contraceptives, EC should not be a reliable, consistent form of birth control, ect. Trust me I've been giving myself those lectures all day. It's pretty annoying how I can rationalize anything when I'm turned on and just want sex, regardless of the fact we're out of condoms and I'm not on any form of HBC.

Thanks girls. ♥

Overnight Pessary: Why?

[kittybacklash.livejournal.com]

I bought the Canesten Combi cream and pessary treatment earlier today and it says not to insert the pessary until just before I go to sleep and to leave it in overnight.
I was just wondering why this was, I can't think of a reason why this should be but it's obviously important enough for them to tell you specifically.

Can anybody clear this up?

Sea sponges?

[theetoanunnery.livejournal.com]

Hello there. I hope this isn't redundant; I've done a quick search but couldn't see anything similar being asked. I'm wondering where I'd be able to find natural sea sponges - to be used during my period - in the UK. I know it might seem a fairly obvious quesion but I've checked all the usual suspects (Holland & Barret, Superdrug, Boots, a few supermarkets) and all I can find are baby sponges which are synthetic and often dyed, ie. not something I'd be looking forward to introducing to my body! Is there even anything online that's based in the UK? I know a lot of you girls won't be from the UK but if anyone is and has a suggestion I'd be ever so grateful :)

Oral Yeast Infections

[bored-to-life.livejournal.com]

I was having a problem with yeast infections, and I'd get rid of them, have sex, and have another one.

Since semen makes the PH balance in the vagina go all wonky, I got rid of the YI, and have been making my boyfriend pull out, and then finishing him off with oral.

If he has a yeast infection from me, could that give me Thrush (or whatever it is that oral yeast infections are called)?

Also, does anyone have any links with really solid information on girls being sensative to semen, and it causing Yeast Infections.
Google is being no help at all, and I'd like to give my boyfriend something to just skim, so he has a better idea of what's up.

Lea's Shield

[fritz-crumb.livejournal.com]

While browsing the internet looking for other vegan contraceptive methods besides vegan condoms, I came across this.
Does anyone use a "Lea's Shield"? I've never heard of it my entire life/4 years of sex ed in school. It seems to make a lot of sense and has a lower failure rate then many other methods I looked at (foam, film, ect). Please give me information about this and if there's some sort of reason it's not popular. Thank you.

Question About Lupron and HBC

[hgbluesparkles.livejournal.com]

I have just ended a six month round of Lupron therapy and have been put on HBC to keep my endometriosis at bay. Anyways I started the HBC last week because it would have been the week I got my period but I never did due to the Lupron. Seeing that I started the pills a week ago, would it be okay to have sex without a condom this weekend? My only concern is that due to the Lupron messing things up I have no clue where I am in my cycle. Thanks in advance!

premature ejaculation (not mine)

[soulsearcher139.livejournal.com]

i know this is not directly related to my vagina. but indirectly. I needed a place where there is open communication about sex because now its starting to affect my sex life and my relationship with my partner. so ya kinda related..anyways.


I took my BF's virginity in december so I "taught" him everything and things were going fine, although he seemed to cum really quickly. now he's starting to ejaculate in less then a minute! it has progressively gotten worse. hes very embarassed about it, even though I told him that it happens alot (im right?... right?) a couple of days ago he ejaculated in less then 30 seconds. and it wasn't even hard thrusting. we were going really slow to prolong it and it didn't work.

can anyone offer any suggestions to maybe help out with this problem. we kinda wanted to see if we could solve it on our own. if not we were going to go to a doctor.

things to note.
he is uncircumsised, which i have heard makes the penis much more sensitive
he has only ever been with me
still very shy and inhibited when it comes to sex.

I was thinking about trying those extended pleasure condoms to see if they work. we dont usually use condoms (I'm on the nuva ring and he pulls out.) and we are both faithful to each other and free of STD and STI's.

it is starting to close out the communication with us and normally we are really close. he feels like he cant please me and hes not good enough and now its starting to filter into the rest of our relationship.

please help.