Update on past YI post

[deffbo.livejournal.com]

So I posted a while back about the way I kept getting YI etc etc

I took 3 pessarys for 3 nights (i cud be a canesten fucking spokeswoman at this stage) and about 6 days after the first one it seemd to calm down and the symptoms seemed to have died down.

but there is still excess discharge....but its not cottage cheese like its more like lube/cum consistency...cud i be over the YI and just have heavy discharge?  But its still quite bright white and there is gooey stuff up at the top of my vagina near the clit area..sorry my directions are craap. 
Im so confused...cos it is not itchy or swollen or that uncomfortable...

and I keep asking questions because I really dont wanna pay €50 for the doctor when they will just hand me a prescription for canesten pessaries again.

Help me?

HELP!

[xrangersrulex.livejournal.com]

Yesterday me and my Boyfriend had a incident with the condom...it broke. so we went out and bought Plan B. I took the pill last night and when i awoke to take it again i found that i had actual taken the second pill first. does this affect the treatment at all? I'm kind of scared.

YI?

[flailing-cock.livejournal.com]

Again another possible YI post

Background. I have never had thrush or YI since I went on HBC. First Levlen ED and now I have been on Yasmin for 5 days which has I think given me a YI or thrush yet again (I had it about 4 times out of the 6 months I was on Levlen) I also think maybe it is my body reacting to the skipped period which I did purposely, I probably shouldn't have done it in hindsight but anyhow its done now.

So back to YI I think it is a YI. I am a little red on my vulva, it burns after I touch myself or wipe myself. I have a discharge which resembles moisturizer coming out, and it is a lot. So it isn't the typical cottage cheese.
So do I have a YI?
I don't want to get antibiotics if possible. I want to try the garlic treatment...can someone explain it a little better? If they have had experience with it.

Thanks for all your help

mean menstrual cycle

[ihatepi314.livejournal.com]

okay second post for the week! im 8 days late from starting my period and for the past two months ive started on the 12...there's no sign of it whatsoever. i had sex about two weekends ago for the first time in months. I took a test 2 days ago, came out negative. We used a condom when we had sex... and I'm starting to think my period isn't coming. I'm okay with that I guess. but I want to have sex again. I just got back from vacation, and I keep saying just one more day and i should start... but it is not happening. so im going to take another test today just to be on the extra safe side. if it turns up negative, would it be dumb to have sex?  or should i go for it? i've heard that it can cause people to start their period sometimes too... basically im scared to get pregnant.... i dont know much about this sort of stuff.  any help would be nice :) oh  and btw, i cooked parsley last night (which stunk up the entire house) and it was the nastiest thing ive ever drank. i took two sips and threw the rest out. my boyfriend said to mix it with sugar. even worse! Any other better tasting ideas?!

Too pleasurable

[so-much-udder.livejournal.com]

OH MY DEAR GOD. Someone has to help me. Okay, so I never really got off on clitoral stimulation when it was done manually, and I would always REALLY enjoy penetration, so I thought I was just one of those women that could get off on penetration and clitoral stimulation wasn't really my thing. Anyways, so I just recently broke up with my girlfriend, and as sappy as it sounds, I found it even hard to masturbate because it would make me sad thinking of what we used to have. Anyways, so I've been sort of getting over things, and no one was home, so I thought I'd break out the old showerhead. All I have to say is, I was SO WRONG about clitoral stimulation. It was some of the most intense pleasures I've ever had. There was a problem though. I found it just so incredibly overwhelming I couldn't even take it, I didn't know what to do with myself and I had to stop. It was just so intense. It's also hard when you're just doing it yourself, because I felt the need to grasp someone else, like I would do with my girlfriend, but I was just like...flailing, haha. Now, I've had problems in the past with reaching orgasm, and it has to do with the antidepressants I'm on (although I have come before, but it was always one of those "full body" type things, and not at all like what I felt from this clitoral stimulation) So the pleasure was just building and building (and you know how it feels good but sort of agonizing at the same time because it's so amazing?) and I felt like it would go on forever and I just needed to come so badly to get to a peak and have a release. Now, I know that people will say "orgasming isn't the point of sex/masturbation as long as you enjoy yourself" but I disagree. I don't just want to come for some sort of satisfaction that I've finished or that it's been worth it or I've done a good job. I physically need to come or else it is just agonizing; but, in a pleasureable way, if you know what I mean. And if I don't, I just have to go the rest of the day INCREDIBLY horny and turned on and that is also torture. And since I'm the one in control, and not having things *done* to me, it's hard when I'm experiencing such pleasure to keep doing it because it's so overwhelming.

I don't know what I'm asking, but I just need help because I want to be able to continue because it feels so amazing, but it was hard to do because it was such overwhelming pleasure. I hope someone can understand where I'm coming from?

15 year old and PMDD?

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My 15 year old sister has some serious problems when it comes to her period. A week before she gets it she gets the worse PMS and when she has it, forget about it! She gets extremely emotional like throwing tantrums and starts bawling and she starts fighting verbally and physically with everyone. I'm getting concerned because I thought she would just grow out of it as she progresses in age, but it doesn't seem to happen. I mean we all have our bad days with PMS, but this seems more serious to me. She's also on anti-depressants which I don't know if that's affecting her pms. I was thinking about having her go to my gyno and seeing about being put on the pill, but I'm not sure.

What are your honest opinions?

Thanks!

pregnancy.

[crotchitch.livejournal.com]

heya, i've just joined.

i was prescribed to a birth control pill called Microgynon about one and a half weeks ago, i'm just waiting for my period to start it, the only problem is i honestly do not have the faintest clue about my 28 cycle in terms of when it begins and when it ends. my reason for going on BC is because since i've been with my boyfriend (9 months now) i have had more pregnancy scares than i think is healthy for anyone to have in a lifetime. i've taken the morning after pill/emergency contraception pill at least 12 times. i'm sure a good few of these times have been out of sheer paranoia, but i'd rather be safe than sorry.
he has a knack for having sex with me for around.. not even a minute before he puts a condom on and then i worry myself sick about whether or not he pre-came. i know it's my own responsibility to tell him that i'm definitely not cool with it, but i can't bring myself to it. anyway, this same thing happened yesterday when we had shower sex. very brief shower sex, as in he picked me up once for about 40 seconds and we had sex, then again about 10 minutes later. now, if i need to take the pill again i will have to take it tomorrow or it will be too late. any suggestions? do you think it's necessary?

cheers

xoxo

First time...

[talks-to-walls.livejournal.com]

Ok, so my bf and I decided to wait to have sex, rather than just jumping into it.  We also agreed that we want it to be special since it would be our first time together.

I really want to get some lingerie, but everything I seem to find is either ultra-trashy or really expensive!
Does anyone know any good sites/stores that sells lingerie?  (Victoria's Secret is like 100 miles away, and I don't have a car *tear*)
Should I consider having him come with me to pick something out or should I just surprise him?

My cycle is getting confusing (and painful), should I track it?

[catartica.livejournal.com]

Hello!
I've always been very regular, with 28-29 days cycles and very clear ovulation signs as well as recognizable PMS, but my body is acting in a strange way lately.
First of all,I'm 23 and I'm not pregnant, I haven't had sex in a loooong time.
I'm on day 32 and it seems like my period isn't coming. I had some kind of pre menstrual symptoms last week (nervous, bloated, cramps, awful skin, high sex drive), but they're mostly gone and I'm wetter than I usually am before my period (wiping after going to the bathroom I thought "WTF, ovulation?", but maybe I was just a bit aroused.. I don't know!). I'm sure I ovulated 19 days ago, because I had all the signs and I was at my cousin's marriage when I felt the typical little ovulation cramp. The luteal phase can't be that long, can it?
Last month my cycle last 33 days, the previous was longer than usual, too, but I don't remember exactly how many days it lasted.
My strongest pre menstrual warning has always been breast tenderness involving the nipples, but I didn't have it during these three irregular cycles. Instead of it, I've been having a sharp pain at my right breast that lasts for a couple of weeks, then disappears and starts again, I've posted about it here before. I went to a senologist, she gave me some vitamins and an anti-inflammatory (Ananase) and she forbid me both to wear bras with underwire and to wax my underarms. The cure still has to work.
Can this pain and the irregular cycles be due to a hormonal problem or something similar? I'm frightened! If it wasn't for this pain that lasts in spite of the cure, I would just think "It's natural, cycles change over the years!".

Now, I'll probably be sexually active again soon because I've found a wonderful man, and I already figure myself freaking out every month on the 28th day if my period isn't there and my symptoms are contradictory. HBC is not an option, I want to use condoms. I guess it's time to buy "Taking charge of your fertility" and start tracking my cycle!
I have a few of questions. First, can I use my mother's basal thermometer? She bought it when she was trying to conceive (me), it's one of those old ones with the mercury. Then, can I take my temperature at different hours everyday, or will it be useless? I wake up every day at different times, sometimes very early, other times very late. I'm afraid that being forced to wake up early every morning would annoy me so much that I wouldn't be consistent at all. Can you suggest me some (free) website or software to help me keep track of everything?


Thank you!

Spotting with two pills?

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 Hey again VPers! :)

Tuesday I posted about having taken a double dose of my HBC because I had missed one day somewhere along, so I took two pills at once. All the comments and redirections were very helpful! 

A few hours after I'd taken the double dosage on Tuesday I started spotting pretty heavily. Like, the day right before the day you end your period. It was enough that I had to change my pantyliner and my stained panties. =/ I didn't want to use light pads, as I have none and don't have a way of getting them right now, so I've been using pantyliners, trying to change them often, and just worrying about washing my panties later.

The thing is, I'm still bleeding at the same pace. Maybe just the tiniest bit lighter, but still not enough to make a difference to my pantyliners and poor underwear. I haven't been able to find it under the Vulvapedia HBC section (and please, tell me if I missed it!) and my pamphlet didn't explain the effects of two pills at once. 

While I feel fine otherwise, I was just wondering if it's normal to be bleeding like this. I know different women have different bodies so it's hard to have the same side-effects, but I was just wondering in a general sense. Is the bleeding something I should be concerned about? Thanks so much!

getting an extra pack of HBC

[saltlesstears.livejournal.com]

I'm an OrthoTri user. I'm due for my period on December 30th. I want to skip it! I get my HBC through my PCP. How do I get another pack before it's time to start my Placebo? Do i call my Doc and explain the situation? DO i call the pharmacy and tell them i accidentally skipped 2 a pills, or left my pack in another state? Or do i go to Planned Parenthood and see if then can give me a pack? How do you ladies go about getting another pack to stack?
-K

(no subject)

[nurse122705.livejournal.com]

I've been on various pills for 5 years and im sick of them (alot of reasons).  How have your experinces with IUDs been?  Im really eager to get one but I don't know anybody who's ever had one.  Im not looking to get pregnant for another 7-8 years so I think it's a good option for me.

Post 3

[saltlesstears.livejournal.com]

Ladies, I'm sorry to be so annoying. I feel there has been some confusion with my posts... so i'm going to state ALL the details ;-)
I would like to stack my pills to delay my period for 1 week. And still be protected without using a back up method of birth control.

I'm on ortho tri.
I'm I have currently taken my week 1
I'm on week 2 right now
My plan is to pick up another pack of birth control tomorrow and take the the second highest dose of pills (week 2) I will be taking back to back weeks of the mid level hormones.
Then I will take the third week of the original pack. Then the placebo.

I also hope to keep the pack of pills that are missing the second week and at some point again stack back to back weeks. EX: take 2 weeks of the highest dose of hormones before taking a week of the middle dose)

Am i making sense here? Will i be protected?
Doyou know how lucky i feel to have your guys as a sounding board?
Thanks all!
-K

POST a SECRET

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Post a secret, anonymously or not, about vaginas. Yours, hers; something funny, embarrassing, empowering, <b>whatever</b>.
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Unexpected Pregnancy

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I posted here a day or two ago, about how my period was just a bunch of pink.. http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/12113939.html
and well, some people commented saying it sounded like Implantation bleeding. So I was a bit reluctant but decided to go ahead and take a test just for the fuck of it. To my extreme disbelieve and surprise and horror, it was positive. The second one was also positive.

I am.. lost. I'm 19. And I am no longer with the baby daddy. I did tell him and he said that he was fine with whatever I decided...
I havent made a decision yet. I am only about 5 weeks..

Anyways, I plan on going to the planned parenthood tommororw. But I dont know what to do? Do I just go there and ask for a pregnancy test or tell them I am already pregnant and ask for a pelvic exam? I really dont know what to do right now.. If someone could give me any advice, or what to expect I would appreciate it so much.

Question about cramps

[pezpyre.livejournal.com]

I'm not on my moon cycle, but I'm getting light cramps. They seem to be tapering off now, but it's really annoying. The light cramps lasted about two weeks after my period. Has this happened to anyone? Is this normal?

good to go?

[laurenoid.livejournal.com]

ok ladies...

i just recently switched to OTC-Lo after years on the Patch, and then the Nuvaring. I am hoping that the triphasic method will help my sex drive a bit...but that's beside the point. Anyway, I have taken seven of the white pills, which is the first set containing hormones. I was under the mistaken impression for a few days that the white pills were the placebo pills, so I have been slightly lackluster about taking them at exactly the same time. It has been within a 1-2 hour window for six of those days, with one forgotten pill that i took the next morning (less than 12 hours later than i should have taken it.) How would you estimate my pregnancy protection is? I do not need 100% OMG OMG perfect protection, but "pretty damn good, almost perfect" would suit me fine. Your opinions are much appreciated!