Levonorgestre and side effects

[surprise-ice.livejournal.com]

Apologies in advance, if this was asked before.

I took the Levonelle morning-after-pill about 13 hours ago, and am pleased to note that I haven't suffered any tangible side effects (unless, of course, I start being sick in the middle of the night, or experience violent spotting over the next week or so).

Does this mean, possibly, that I may be less susceptible to side effects from birth control pills also containing the active ingredient, levonorgestre? I intend to start taking the Pill soon, and was wondering if this should influence my choice. Being a complete and utter emetophobe, I am dead scared of nausea. Might I be less susceptible to side effects in general (probably wistful thinking here)?

Cheers.

Nipple play and feelings of guilt

[daydream-me.livejournal.com]

Hey friends

I have a sort of strange problem.

During foreplay/sex, I love having my nipples played with. It never fails to get me really wet, and I've been known to orgasm from nipple play alone.

But sometimes when my partner is playing with my nipples, I'm overwhelmed with feelings of guilt and sadness. These thoughts aren't attatched to particular person or situation, nor are they the result of any sexual trauma. I was sexually assaulted by a family friend when I was younger, but he didn't touch my breasts.

I'm wondering if anyone else has dealt with anything like this. Do you guys think it could be linked to sexual trauma in my past? If you have, where did they stem from? What did you do to alleviate these feelings? I'm curious about your experiences!

Thanks!

Julia

Post-exam bleeding

[twirlandswirl.livejournal.com]

It's been 2 days since my post-traumatic GYN exam and my cervix is still bleeding/spotting a little. It's nowhere near time for my period (I'm smack in the middle of my cycle), so it's definitely still from the pap. Should I worry, or give it a little longer?

Itchy Vagina after Oral Sex

[kemotion.livejournal.com]

Hi there! I'm new to the community so sorry if this has been covered, over the last couple of days I've tried a good search through the archives and everything but couldn't find anything. First of all, awesome community! I'm really loving all the vagina knowledge I've been acquiring like I finally got my girlfriends drunk enough to just spill everything!

I do have an issue however. A few nights ago 'new boy I'm seeing' performed some very enthusiastic oral sex, a little TOO enthusiastic for my tastes so I stopped him and we moved on and had protected sex and so on. The next day I woke up feeling a bit sore and then a bit sore turned into MAD itchiness and soreness and redness all along my vulva, around the clitoris, entrance of the vagina and back a little towards the anus. Basically everywhere he touched with his tongue of poison.

It's been a couple days now and the itchiness is still there. No abnormal discharge what so ever, no strange smells. We haven't had sex because I got my period but I don't think I could anyways, even inserting the diva cup has become quite uncomfortable and sore through the entrance.

Is this something someone else has experienced? It has gotten a bit better but it's definitely still itchy and this is day three. Is this something I should haul myself to the clinic before or do you think it's just straight forward irritation?

Side note : Anyone have any suggestions on soothing the itch? I haven't gotten myself to the chemist but I hear that baby rash cream would work. I've been just using some straight aloe juice from my plant in the mean time. It kind of works but really short term.

Thanks so much!

reaally worried :[

[udntknomeson.livejournal.com]

ugh i'm sorry if it seems like i keep posting but i've never had to worry like this before and. .idk :[ yeah so i had sex on saturday (the 23rd). .about 80% sure the guy didn't get any cum in me. .but still really worried. about four days later i got my period. .and it was normal for the most part. heavy later on in the first day. .clotted like usual. and now three days later it's fading alot. .this happened when i had sex last month. it was like the 29th and had my period about four days later. usually i would get my period around the 10-20. but that went as usual. now, my breasts are a little tender. .and i'm looking for any other reason besides being. .you know. .be the reason. ugh i'm going insane i wanna cry my eyes out but i'm trying not to go crazy over it. .i don't really have any other 'symptoms' besides a little tenderness. .and it's like i had my period i think. .? so. .i dont know what to think.

Sexual "deviancy" what?

[metalkprtty1day.livejournal.com]

I read an article on Msn today about spanking. Apparently recent studies have found that spanking your child increases the chances that the child will be involved in risky sexual behaviour and sexual deviancy. Don't worry, this isn't a spanking debate, but I was surprised by something in the article.

When the article expanded on what type of behaviour was more likely to be manifested in spanked kids, it mentioned "premarital sex without a condom" (I'd like to point out that marital sex without a condom is still a risk if the partners don't want babies - but I'll give the article the benefit of the doubt and assume that it was talking about the transmission of sti's in non-monogamous couples.) It also says that spanked kids are more likely to verbally or physically coerce the person they are dating into having sex.

However, the last behaviour that was mentioned was that the person was more likely to enjoy 'masochistic sex such as spanking during sex." Now, maybe vagina pagina has just opened my eyes to the wide variety of sexual personalities in the world, but I would never have considered spanking during sex to fall into the category of "sexual deviancy". And I wouldn't think that spanking would be categorized as 'risky sex' either.

To me, to fall into the category of sexual deviancy, we'd really be talking about things like rape and pedophilia. But spanking? Really? Personally, I've never tried the whole spanking thing, but if I ever did, I wouldn't consider myself to be a deviant. For that matter, sometimes I like to have my hair pulled during sex, so I guess I already am one, by these standards. (Well I was spanked once or twice as a child, so I guess there's my answer :P )

So what do you guys think? Is the general population just way more closed-minded than Vagpag when it comes to sex? Because honestly, I was just really surprised when I read that.

Let me know what you guys think about this. Am I overreacting to the term "deviant", or is this as suprising as I seem to think it is?

*edited for spelling*

my vagina hates me

[hmmm-indeed.livejournal.com]

Okay, so i seem to have become a chronic sufferer of yeast infections (hooray!) and i'm guessing that HBC is the culprit. I had a nice doctor write me a prescription for Diflucan with a bunch of refills so that i can treat myself whenever i feel one coming on. Earlier this week, i tried inserting some acidophillus capsules in my vagina because i thought i felt one coming but they didn't do too much to help, so i took a dose of Diflucan on wednesday night. Problem is, i don't think it worked this time. I wasn't very itchy yet (just smelled yeast-y and had very yeast-like discharge) but now i'm totally itchy and getting little cuts down there. So what should i do? Wait it out a couple more days? Suck it up and pay for ANOTHER dose of Diflucan? Try the acidophillus capsules again? Or should i head back to the doctor's and see if maybe it's something else?

I REALLY think that my vagina has some vendetta against me. I only get to see my boyfriend on the weekends (we live an hour apart) and i wanted this cleared up by now. Rant rant rant.

Any help would be totally appreciated!!

Fluid embarrasment

[pezpyre.livejournal.com]

So i was fooling around with my partner this morning, and we had sex (not that it really matters...but yeah.) Afterwards, I got up to get ready for class and there was a huge,I mean HUGE yellow puddle on his white sheets...he didn't really seem bothered by it. "Hey, that's what orgasm looks like," was his reply. He really didn't  care...I tried ot pretend like I didn't care...but in the back of my mind I was thinking 'WTF!?!? Is that normal?!'
I feel bad for making a mess of his sheets...I think I would've been a little more accepting of it if the puddle wasn't yellow...and I didn't piss or anything, so that's making me wonder if I'm sick or something...
any ideas? Please soothe my mind. I'm dying here.... 

Microgynon & hot flushes

[zippzapp.livejournal.com]

First off;
Big thanks to everyone that replied to my BV post the other day. i managed to call around and find a really nice doctor! Phobia averted :)

OK so on to another question;
Has anyone experienced hot flushes on their break from the pill, specifically microgynon. I've been taking the pill pretty much ever since my periods started and dont know if this is an effect of it or is normal for that 'time of the month' (urch)

Excellent Women's Health Resource

[manifestress.livejournal.com]

One of the most helpful, sex-positive, and accurate female health resource books I ever read is Our Bodies Ourselves - and they have a new edition out.

I got my copy when I was 16 - and I'm 44 now. Excellent information.
Of course, now they have a website.

Information on Women's Health & Sexuality - Our Bodies Ourselves

Nonprofit women's health education, advocacy and consulting organization. Publishers of "Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century"

http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org

hard to have kids?

[goth-kittykat.livejournal.com]

so i'm a bit confused about the whole pregnancy thing.

i know my mom and a couple of older women i've heard had say to other older women or siblings/friends that it's hard to conceive and that it takes more than one time to make it work. they usually say it hush hush like though especially if they see younger people around them.

if this is true why is vaginapagina 90% pregnancy scare/i recently got pregnant posts?

is it an old wives tale that it's hard to make a kid, or is it true and people worry to much?

also i know everyone's body is specifically different, but i'm asking about generalities.