Urge to have a baby?

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Hey everyone. I've posted here a couple of times, but I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask about this. If it's not appropriate, feel free to delete it.

Anyway, for the past few months I've been thinking a lot about babies. I'm 21 years old and in a long term relationship (almost 6 years). However, it's not like I'm seriously planning on conceiving. I'm about to graduate from college, I'll be attending law school next year, and I want to be married, financially and emotionally able to support a child. In other words, it'll be a few years before I seriously consider getting pregnant. But lately, I seem to have this urge to be a mother. For example, I'll be in the checkout line at the grocery store, and I'll pick up any magazine that features articles about pregnancy or motherhood. Sometimes I'll see a mother and her newborn baby, and inside I feel like I wish I could be that new mom. Is this weird? It certainly sounds strange to me, especially since I know that I'm not in the right time in my life to have a baby, yet I can't stop thinking about it sometimes.

Could this also be some sort of biological issue? Is my body telling me that it's "time" to help populate the earth? I'm on Yaz, so I don't know if maybe the HBC has something to do with this? Anyway, this is making me feel a little crazy, so any comments are appreciated.

Thanks ladies!

Using things like BikiniZone

[halfmartian.livejournal.com]

staranchor's post brought this to my mind.

How exactly does one go about using a cream like BikiniZone or Neosporin? After I shaved one day, I lay on my bed and applied Neosporin to keep the bumps from forming. Granted, I never got any bumps, but all I did was lay there with my legs up trying not to get my bed messy. It was extremely uncomfortable :) So, how do YOU do that kind of stuff? I also had to bathe for a while in order to get all the grossness from the Neosporin off.

Red Spot on Cervix and Scared

[brighide.livejournal.com]

(Hope you don't mind a newbie here)

In Brief:

Since May I have had vaginal burning and itching, burning especially after I pee. It comes and goes. It seems cyclical. Sometimes lasting a few days to a week, then it's gone. I started taking Vit C thinking it was a UTI.

I ended up waking up with a fever of 101, shivering all over. I go to the ER.

They run a blood work up, urine test, and pelvic exam.

The blood work up came back fine. Urine test showed I had infection, a UTI. Then the pelvic exam surprised me by coming back that I had BV. The dr put me on Keflex and flagyl.

Before I left, the doctor spoke with me about my pelvic exam. She said she saw a red spot about 3 o'clock position on my cervix. So I asked her what it was. She said it wasn't an std, because she checked. She said to just go have my regular dr check me out.

Okay, so now I'm scared. I phoned to get into the clinic for another look. They are booked for two weeks. So I'm waiting and worrying about what the red spot is. Can it be caused by infection? Cancer? *sigh*

Apparently the doctor thought I had BV going on all summer that wasn't quite clearing up. Amazing that I had NO idea I had BV. No smell, just burning and itching.

So now the question is, should I be freaking out over this red spot on my cervix? NO one in my family history on both sides has cancer.

Thank you for reading - sorry if it's long.

HPV Vaccination Info for my Daughter

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I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I made an appt for my daughter to receive the HPV vaccine three days before her 16th birthday. She is very curious about it. I have what information that my doctor has supplied me and what I have received here. I searched the archives for HPV Vaccine but nothing came up. If someone can point me in the right direction I would be very appreciative.

Has anyone else had these issues with the Diva Cup?

[intothenite.livejournal.com]

I tried using my Diva Cup for several months. I had no issues putting it in or taking it out....but I had other issues I was definately not expecting. For starters, during my two heavy days, I would overfill the Diva Cup within an hour or two (the seal was fine, I was literally just overfilling the cup). I wasn't liking that at all needless to say, because one of the draws for me to purchase it was that it could hold more than a tampon (and be safer at the same time). I was really disappointed by this, because the info on their site told me that even women with heavy cycles generally don't fill up the cup throughout their ENTIRE period (never mind me who was overfilling it during the two days of my cycle that are my heaviest). I also noticed I had severe cramping. I have never had problems with cramping during my period (bloating yes lol, cramping no). I've since gone back to tampons, and no more cramping, and during my heavier days I can sleep through most of the night without having to worry about waking up every couple of hours to dump out my Diva Cup.

Has anyone else experienced the cramping and overfilling the Diva Cup? I'd love to give it another go, since I'm always concerned about the risk of TSS associated with tampons....but after several cycles of putting up with the cramping I think I'll probably just throw the Diva Cup out. Mostly I'm just wondering if I'm alone in this experience, since I generally see nothing but rave reviews about the Diva Cup.

Sunless tanner + Bikini Area

[thebootyfaerie.livejournal.com]

I'm sick of being so pale, and since I have relatives who have had skin cancer, tanning is right out. So I want to try a sunless tanner. Are they safe to use on the bikini area? Are they effective? I'd like to use it on the area where I shave - will it be horribly irritating on that skin?

I've never used any kind of sunless tanner before, so any other suggestions you might have would be great, too.

discontinued bcp

[sloanedufresne.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone! I just joined and I have a question. (Who would've guessed that!) Anyway, I just got a notice from my health insurance that Demulen (made by Pharmacia, who was acquired by Pfizer) has been discontinued. I don't exactly trust everything they say and for all I know they could just have stopped carrying it. I can't find information to confirm this anywhere and was wondering if any of you knew if this was true or not. Thanks!!

Sloane

Infection?

[chickadork.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Problem Solved

Hey I'm new to the comm, found a link on lime-light and thought this would be the perfect place to pose a question. I don't know if I have an infection or not.

I don't have any itchy-ness or pain or anything. I just "leak" this hmm... cloudy thick liquid? The best description or detail I can think of is it looks sorta like snot. Lol. I'm too embarrased to talk about it, so I've been putting up for it for... 2 years? It's just kind of annoying to have stuff leaking out, cause it makes me feel like i've done something in my pants, and it's not too fun.

The thing is I have no clue what it is or if it's even bad. It's just annoying and I want to know if I probably have to get it checked out.

Shaving and Sweating

[armenianpride.livejournal.com]

Sooooooo two questions-


1. This is kinda weird, but when I sit down on one of those plastic seats at school, after I've been outside in the humidity (I'm in FL), my butt sweats.... actually, the part that sweats is more like the part of my vagina that's more in the back (near my butt- know wat i mean?? i know, weird way of tryin to explain but im having some trouble lol)..so anyway, when i sweat, it leaves this little wet mark on the seat, which can be embarrassing when i get up cuz theres this little oval-ish wet spot on the seat....

2. I'm pretty sure this has probably been asked, but any suggestions as to how to make it not be so itchy when you shave "down there"? I tried once, and it was itching like crazy for like...2 weeks, while it was growing back. any suggestions to make it not itch?

Thanks!

xoxo alissa

The Diva Cup and Vaginismus

[restlesspoetry.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone,

a question regarding the Diva Cup coming your way!

I have non diagnosed Vaginismus. Basically anything bigger than a finger hurts to put in my vagina. It goes in, but it hurts like you wouldn't believe. I use OB tampons because they're small (the super size is smaller than your generic plastic applicator tampon of normal size), but I really love the idea of a Diva Cup, especially since I can't go bigger than super size OBs which means I have to run to the bathroom every few hours because I'm a heavy bleeder.

I'm just wondering if anybody with similar issues have one and can actually use it. I know you fold it when you put it in, so I don't think that would be that much of a problem, but I also read that to get it out you may have to stick a finger up and break the seal. And well, I can barely get two fingers up there to begin with, so I'm wondering if it would be stupid of me to think I can use one, seeing as a Diva Cup and a finger most likely is bigger than two fingers.

Do I make any sense? Anyone in my situation that has one?

birth control/stopped period

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i started birth control about 3 days after my period started...I also usually have very long periods. The day after i took the first pill, my period just stopped. is this normal?
Also, is it possible for your skin (thats normally very clear)to get worse once you start HBC? I've heard from many people that birth control makes your skin better.

Period rant

[rotf-lmao.livejournal.com]

You know, I've read many posts in this and certain other communities, written by girls/women who obviously feel quite positive about this whole period business. I've always marveled at that, because my own feelings about the phenomenon are quite different....

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I just felt the need to post this tonight. I hope no one's offended by it, but this is the way I feel, so I won't apologize.