ordering vibes online

[bellebass.livejournal.com]

I'm 22 and have never had an orgasm, so a few nights ago I ordered myself a shiny little bullet from goodvibes.com. My first!

Unfortunately, I have yet to receive the confirmation email that was supposed to show up within 24 hours. Ladies who have used that particular site - is this typical? I am petrified that something is going to go wrong and my mom is going to find out what I've done.

If you don't know the answer to my query, we can just have a little celebration of trying new things!

HPV Vaccine and testing; time to wait before sex?

[lainet.livejournal.com]

I had a rather frustrating consultation with my doctor today, who not only acts like I'm the whore of Babylon every time I ask for an STI test, but clearly didn't know much about Gardasil, the HPV vaccine. She wouldn't give it to me because she said my insurance wouldn't cover it (they did) and when I said I'd pay out of pocket, then told me they didn't have any in the office. I'm going back in there at 8:30 tomorrow to get my first shot, but I'm pretty much going to change gynos ASAP.

Background info: I'm 24 with no abnormal pap tests.

Here are my questions--has anyone with no abnormal pap tests under 30 gotten the HPV test, to determine what, if any strains of HPV they already have? I was thinking about calling my local PP, but I'm not sure there's really a point if I'm already getting the vaccine. Either it protects me or it doesn't; seems like a pretty binary thing.

Also (another question she couldn't answer), it seems as if I might be entering into a new relationship. I haven't done anything with this new guy yet, but should I wait for six months until I've had all the shots? Let's assume that condoms don't work 100% against the spread of HPV, so even if I was careful and used them correctly, I'd still be putting myself at risk while I was in the vaccination process.

I'm pretty sure I hold out six months before I have sex (it won't be a picnic, though)--but do I need to? Has anyone read any information about how long it takes before you're "covered" so to speak against the four strains of HPV that Gardasil deals with?

Any advice? Thanks in advance.

Burning when S.O cums inside of me?

[stereofive.livejournal.com]

my boyfriend cums inside of me once a month the day before my period. after sex i get up to go pee, and when i finish peeing, my vagina burns alot it will burn for about a half an hour, and then stop. i dont understand why it burns sobad from his cum being inside of me. if you know about this or have experienced this then write back, because i am interested to know what it could be. could i be allergic to his cumm?

intravaginal cream during menstruation?

[dealatedwren.livejournal.com]

hey girls.

So, lately my vagina and I have been on bad terms.

I had a YI ON TOP OF another infection. The nurse practitioner I saw at my gyno's office seemed almost convinced that it was gonnorhea or chlamydia (I've only been with two boys in my life, one was a virgin and we were monogamous and the second practiced safe sex with the couple of other girls he'd been with prior to me and we are monogamous so I knew the chances were kind of slim) and of course they came back negative. Anyway, I got prescribed this cream called Clindamax which is apparantly for BV.

Now, this is probably a really dumb question.

Right now I'm on my period. I assume that I should wait to use the cream until after I'm done bleeding?
I really want this thing gone. I've had it for nearly two months! D:

Itchy/burning vagina caused by possible latex allergy

[ms-octopus-lady.livejournal.com]

How can you tell if you're allergic to latex?

My boyfriend and I have finally managed to somewhat overcome my vaginismus problem (WOOOO HOOOO!) and we technically had sex about a week ago. All we were able to manage was him getting his penis inside for a few minutes (it hurt SOOOO much), but still! That was quite the hurdle we had jumped! YAAAY!

Two nights ago, my boyfriend and tried having sex again, and it hurt a little less than the time before. But he slipped out at one point, and when he tried to go back in, then it really hurt. OH WOW I have NEVER felt pain like that before. I don't know why it hurt so much the second time, but within minutes of him being inside me, I was crying and telling him to get out. For the rest of the night, my vagina felt really...uncomfortable, I guess is the word. It wasn't really in pain, it was really more like...discomfort.

Yesterday, I awoke to an uncomfortable burning feeling in my vagina, and the entrance to it felt itchy. I couldn't really sit comfortably all day. This morning I woke up with the same itchy/burning feeling, but it isn't as bad. I can sit comfortably, but I'm still, you know, itchy!

So, yeah, we used a condom both times, but I'm wondering if this burning/itchy feeling is because I'm allergic to latex. Is it possible for the rest of my body to NOT be allergic to latex (I can wear latex gloves, and I've given my boyfriend head using a latex condom) but my vagina is? Or maybe it was the lube on the condom? We used Lifestyles Sensitive lubed condoms, along with a TON of Astroglide and I know I'm not allergic to Astroglide. Or maybe it was just irritation due to friction or something?

Afraid of Sex?

[strawberyfeilds.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone. I feel pretty silly asking about this, but it's been bugging me for a while now.


Okay. So I have some past issues. Body images issues are a problem for me for sure. My Dad recently apologized for his role in that. I've forgiven him. The issues are still there though.

Back in middle school (I'm a college sophomore now), a boy on my block sexually harassed me off and on for about 2 years. (He'd ask me for sexual favors.) We weren't in a relationship, he was just an acquaintance. Well, an acquaintance whose older brother bullied me and who took that role from his brother once he left.

The big thing I guess is that I was in an abusive relationship last year. I got into a relationship with a senior at my school. He was emotionally and sexually abusive. He sexually assaulted me on multiple occasions, and tried to rape me the last time I saw him. I stopped seeing him after that.

My problem now is that I'm afraid of getting into a relationship, and I'm even more afraid of having sex. I have this silly notion in my head that no one could possibly love me. All of this makes me very sad for many reasons, the least of which is that I someday want to be a wife and a mother.

Can anyone help me?

kombucha for treating a yeast infection?

[turnyourback.livejournal.com]

have any of you had any experience with drinking kombucha (fermented mushrooms+tea) to combat a yeast infection?

Vulvar pimples and missing period??

[erlgirl-9.livejournal.com]

Two quick questions for you gals:

1)I'm on OTC-Lo and had my last active pill on Sunday. This was my first month on OTC-Lo; before I had gone on Alesse for 3 days and then quit; my period came after that. So in October I had two periods. It's Wednesday now and my period hasn't shown: should I be worried?

important: I'm on antibiotics that interfere with the BC: my boyfriend and I had about 5 minutes (give or take) of unprotected sex before he put on the condom, and he didn't even go too far into me; we were spooning. I figured we were pretty safe; it was Monday morning and by all rights I should have gotten my period any day now.

2) Last night I discovered a hard, sore lump right on the inside of my vulva by my vaginal opening. Went to the doctor today and she did a swab; she said it looked like a pimple, but is going to get the swab checked, etc. Anyone had this before? 

That's all; I gotta get going now.


EDIT: Got my period about half an hour after making this post.

I went to the pharmacist to get Plan B, and she sat down with me and calmed me down, etc. Apparently the antibiotics I'm on don't interfere with HBC after all :) Thanks girls!

BC brand names in the US and UK?

[mizzpyx.livejournal.com]

Hi
I know that someone posted a link here recently to somewhere with a comparison of the different brand names of the same BC pills in the US and the UK? I'm trying to get together info on how to take different regular BC pills as EC, if necessary (you need a prescription for emergency contraception in my country, so I'm trying to get info out to people who mightn't have access to a GP in time, and the brand names are often different over here).

Anyone know where I might find something like that? Oh, and a list of brand names and names of identical generics would be fabulous, too.

Thank you!

hemorrhoids

[willow-starr.livejournal.com]

I didn't actually see a hemorrhoid post in the anal-anomalies tag or vulva-pedia, so here's one:

I gave myself a hemorrhoid (which is a really hard word to spell BTW), and it is being a real pain in the ass (ha ha). I have mild IBS which doesn't help, and while I'm doing the things I usually do when my butt is unhappy (lots of water and fibre, cutting out the coffee and sweets) I was wondering what suggestions/experience you folks had for dealing with it.

Thanks!

Condom came off, should I get tested for STI's?

[earthquake-girl.livejournal.com]

So this is so embarrassing and I don't know who to talk to. I had sex with my B/F last weekend for the first time, after 10 months of dating. We used a condom. It seemed like he had problems staying erect though. I am not 100% certain he even came, though he says he did. Second time we had sex, the condom came off midway through because he was not very hard. He didn't come in me, he pulled out right away, but he was def. inside of me without the condom for a second. It was really embarrassing and we didn't really talk about it. I don't know if it was just me or what, and I was too embarrassed to ask him. The third time we used a condom, but again, he was not staying very hard and it was slipping off. It was really awkward, and we switched to oral and he did come, but it was strange because he was not very hard.
I am afraid that I got a STI from the second time. I can't stop thinking about about it, and I wonder if I should go get checked. I am so embarrassed though. And I don't know how to ask or talk to my B/F about this. I don't even want to have sex with him again right now because I'm afraid it will happen again. (The not having a very hard erection and condom not staying on thing) It's killing me because we took things slow, and I'm in love with him, but I don't know what to do, especially if I have an STI because of it. I got chlamydia three years ago from my husband and we got divorced because of it. I'm afraid my Dr. will think I'm a slut or something if I ask to get tested again. How do I talk to my B/F about this? Is there something I can do to help him stay hard? I feel so low right now, like I never want to have sex again.