Oral sex on period

[xojennakateox.livejournal.com]

A recent post about period sex got me to thinking...
I have this new FWB. We started fooling around while I was on my period. I warned him and he was cool with it. But here's the kicker: He performed oral sex on me WHILE I was bleeding. It kind of weirded me out. It took me a while to get into it because, honestly, even I was a little grossed out. I was sitting there saying, "Oh.. Um, actually that's not necessary..." But he was all for it. So my question is how common is this? Have any of you ladies ever had something like this happen? Have any of you guys done anything like this? Is he like, a vampire or something (lol)?

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[7am.livejournal.com]

I know it is silly to ask questions about sexual health on livejournal, but I am getting a bit worried and the ob-gyn @ my university is booked solid for the next two weeks. I am considering calling PP to set up an appointment, but right now, I don't think I can afford it. So I am looking up information online, to see if my symptoms are serious. Maybe someone here can help me out?

Anyway, here is my question. 

For the last few months, I have had pain in my lower back & pelvic area (where the ovaries are). It gets worse after any kind of sexual activity. The pain is often dull and achy, but sometimes it is a shooting pain. It feels like menstrual cramps, but I doubt it is, because it is so constant. Sometimes, it is also painful when I pee, but not always. Does anyone know what this could be a symptom of?

I am wondering if it is possible it is some kind of STI or PID or hopefully just a UTI? I looked up the symptoms, but they seem so vague, but I thought maybe someone here can help me identify this?

Anyway, stuff that could affect it or cause symptoms...
- I got a regular period after the last time I had sex, so I'm not pregnant
- No abnormal discharge. (ick, sorry, TMI)
- I have been OFF birth control for two months
- I have been with 2 people. One was a serious boyfriend who recently got tested & was sti-free. We didn't use condoms because I was on BC when we were dating. The other guy was a casual thing that happened twice in the past 4 months and we used condoms both times.
- I have only been to the gyno once. It was when I was 18 and was a virgin... I haven't been since...

I am really getting nervous because I would have a hard time paying for treatment or even a test. I know I should do it... but I don't know what to expect or how much it would cost or anything.

So... can anyone identify what this could be...? Should I get tested? I just don't know what to do. 

Thank you so much.

Yeast Infection?

[rippityrippity.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the YI question! I know you guys get them a lot :D

My vulva's been incredibly sore since last Saturday, causing it to feel itchy and raw. I've also been incredibly dry, but I thought it was because of too much chafing sex or something. Other than that, I've no other yeast infection symptoms.Can having sex for two hours still cause me to feel raw and aching on my vulva, not vagina, almost a week later? Should I take Monistat just in case?

Speaking of which, has Monistat 1 ever not worked for you? It seems too good to be true that a YI could disappear in just a day. Saturday is my birthday, after which my SO is leaving town--it'd be great if this was cleared up in time.

Anonymous Post: Headaches while on/coming off BC

[viellen]

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When I started at university one of the doctors there put me on HBC (Levlen ED, if it makes a difference - it's monophasic) and after the first packet I started having really strong headaches, which were bad enough to interfere with my vision and best fit with a description of 'headsplitting'. When I went back to the doctor she was like "are you on the pill?" When I said yes she was just like "oh that wouldn't be causing it."
After six or seven months of this (and after I got glasses and had a CAT scan) I went off the HBC pills and the headaches decreased in both severity and frequency, leading me to believe that yes, maybe it did have something to do with the headaches after all.

I've been doing some poking around and found that sometimes people are allergic to the inactive ingredients in HBC tablets, and that some people who are lactose-intolerant need to use non-oral contraceptives. I'm allergic to milk and some milk products, but not exactly lactose-intolerant.
- Would it be okay for me to go on a different brand of HBC? I know that there's probably going to be some kind of side-effect anyway if I do, but is it worth the effort of finding one that doesn't contain lactose?
- What other kinds of BC are available and effective for people who've had trouble with the Pill? I actually live in Australia, where I understand it's not so common to be on non-oral forms of BC.
- How can I bring this up with my new doctor in a way that doesn't make her think I'm crazy?

FYI, the reason I'm interested in going back on BC because I have a horribly unpredictable cycle (between 35 and 50 days with a 20 day one every eight months or so) and on the longer cycles I have a few days in the middle where I feel like I'm on my period even though I'm not - regulating this would be really, really nice.

Thank you!!

finger condoms?? (a question and a rec)

[polymexina.livejournal.com]

hey everyone --

i really hate using latex gloves when i finger my boyfriend's prostate. last night i tried using finger cots

which i'd gotten in a sample set my local porn store. THEY WERE AWESOME. the things i hate about latex (the finger length/palm ratio is always off for me so that the fingers aren't ever long enough and they bunch, and get stuck together, etc) were totally solved by using this nifty little things. :) unfortunately, i got them from my local store.... back when i lived in boston. :-/

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symptoms of... something?

[colour-my-w0rld.livejournal.com]

hello all. 

since i am the most paranoid person alive, i wanted some more opinions on what's been on my mind this week...

for the past few months i've been seeing this guy about once a week or so. we've done everything except sex. then in february, i got a urinary tract infection. i got put on antibiotics for it and it went away and then i got a yeast infection. then that went away and i kept seeing him and stuff and i started being really cautious about my vaginal health to prevent other potential infections.

last thursday we had sex for the first time.. we used a condom.. it didn't break or anything... it was all good... and then as i started telling my friends about it they started joking around about me getting pregnant so it started to go to my head and i started to worry about it. meanwhile i had been drinking a bunch of cranberry juice and vitamin c to make sure i don't get another urinary tract infection. 

then the following seemingly irrelevant events happened...
on tuesday afternoon i ate part of a yogurt but i stopped eating it because i thought it didn't look right and might have been bad but i wasn't sure.
on tuesday evening, i drank the first red bull ive ever had in my life and my abdominal area felt kind of odd but i thought it might have been from all the caffeine and carbonation because i'm not used to that.
on wednesday, i woke up exhausted and was exhausted all day which i thought might have been the "crash" effect from the red bull but i also felt some slight pain or abnormality in my abdomen.
i then started to pay more attention to my urine because i thought i might be getting another urinary tract infection, but it doesn't hurt when i pee so i kind of ruled that out.
then i started to wonder "well maybe i actually am pregnant" but i keep trying to push that thought out of my head as much as possible.
then yesterday (thursday) i woke up exhausted and lightheaded again and still had some abdominal pain but i also had diarhea.
today, i still have some abdominal pain and i still have diarhea but i'm not as exhausted.

so... i've been trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with me... did i get food poisoning from the yogurt? did i get food poisoning from something else? do i have a urinary tract infection? did i just make myself sick from worrying about pregnancy? am i actually pregnant? is it a combination of the above? is it something totally different?

what do you think might be wrong with me?

A Personal question...

[opaloctober.livejournal.com]

Here goes:

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Scared....

[mrsbenglish.livejournal.com]

So I went in for an ultra sound today...
The short of the long is
You can see my amniotic sac, and my yolk sac... but no baby... so she thinks I'm only 5 weeks along.. is that normal for 5 weeks? She said if it's not that and I am further along, then my baby is dead... but if my baby died wouldn't I have a miscarriage?

I'm not sure when exactly my last period was because I was on birth control and I bled 2 times in February(9th and 16th, only for 2 days each)... My husband thinks we conceived on March 4th... So even if my last period was the 16th I would technically be more than 5 weeks wouldn't I?

I'm just scared and need some mind easing... help!

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[hollywillsay.livejournal.com]

what are the chances of getting pregnant from the pull-out method? ;\ especially right before you're about to start your period?

Changing my Yaz dosage schedule?

[luolian.livejournal.com]

Ok, I am trying to figure out how to better manage some BC side effects. I'll skip the long story, but basically I am on Yaz and that is the one BC that is supposed to be the best for those side effects because it has such low hormones, so switching HBC does not seem to be a great option. This is according to my gyn. He thinks that anything else I could be on would make them worse.

My question: Yaz packs have 24 active pills and 4 inactive ones, unlike the normal 21/7. Do I really need to take those extra 3 pills to have full BC efficacy or is does the low amount of hormones in Yaz make it so my ovaries will "wake up" sooner than with other pills?

Also, do you think that taking fewer pills in a row and with a longer break between them might help side effects? I'm imagining it will because my libido comes raging back when I'm off my active pills and that's great.

Vagina Shaped Cake?

[paperwings86.livejournal.com]

I am going to a girls 'Pleasure Party' (think of a tupperware party but with dildos instead) tonight and I wanted to bring a vagina shaped cake but I can't find anything on the web. We're all birth assistants at a midwifery practice and so it seems we are always talking about vaginas. A Fruit platter that looked like a vagina would work too...


Any Ideas my vagina loving friends?

Swollen inner labia

[grasping4straws.livejournal.com]

About an hour ago I was sitting here on my laptop (nothing unusual) and my crotch became ablaze with itchiness! Purely unbearably itch! Upon further inspection, my left inner labia is swollen and appears to be continuing to swell. My inner labia are usually quite thin, but now it's so swollen that when I pinch it (well..not pinch) I cannot feel my finger on the other side and it's quite spongey.

What could this be? Right now, I've got a warm compress on it, any other suggestions?

Spotting and pregnancy...

[xcrimsonxfearx.livejournal.com]

Ok, having 2 kids by now you'd think I'd know this stuff but I dunno what to think right now. Hopefully you guys can help me out. Though I am going to talk to my doctor about it. I'm 34 months PP with my second child. Normally I am regular, always on time, before pregnancy and even now after. I have a 33 day cycle. My period just ended on the 14th of March, so of course it's nowhere near due yet. last night and this morning I have been occasionally spotting a brownish blood very very lightly, like a drop or 2 i would find in my underwear and very small amount when wiping after I pee. Also my discharge is like when I ovulate, it's clear (a little foggy but mostly clear)and snotty. We are TTC, so yeah no condom or bc, so I was thinking the spotting could be implantation bleeding BUT if it was that, why would I be ovulating. Can discharge be like that and not be ovulating or could I be spotting for something totally different? I am confused here =/ On the part about pregnancy, we had sex 3-6-10 days after my period ended, so yeah its a possibility. Ergh! I hate sitting here and waiting till tommorrow to talk to the doctor. Any help or whatever would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in Adavance!

to treat or not to treat? yeasties

[oddrid.livejournal.com]

Okay ladies (and some men are floating around in here, I presume):

I've had a persistent YI for about a month; it went away for a few days when I had my period but now it's back again. I went to the doctor today and got some prescription-strength medication today. But when I am checking around down there tonight, my symptoms seem to have gone down. My question is this:

If my yeast looks like it's going down, would it hurt or speed its recovery to use the medication?

and I have another, equally important and probably stupid question haha.

Can performing oral sex on someone with a yeast infection give you an oral yeast infection?

I'm really ready to be rid of this thing, as my boyfriend who I haven't seen in THREE MONTHS is coming to visit on Sunday. I'm just worried that if it's going down by itself, would it throw off the magic PH balance to use medication??? This might be a dumb as hell question and that's fine, but I'd really love some feedback.

Do you ladies have any experiences of your medication worsening your condition?

Thanks for all the help in advance! Love this comm!

stress CAUSING periods??!?!?

[mero.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone. I have a really strange situation.

It is common knowledge that women might be late on a period if they are stressed, but have any of you heard of a case where they come ONLY IF you are stressed? It feels like it is that way for me. I never had periods regularly at all, but they started when I was about 19.

I am 22, and slightly overweight. I used to think I had PCOS, I had most of the symptoms, but I went to my doc and we did all the testing and everything was normal. (Or so I was told...) I've never had my period regularly, but I noticed that I always get them when my body goes through instant stress (good or bad.) in say, 40 day cycles. I don't get them every 40 days. I've been keeping a journal of my 40 day cycles and see when I get REALLY stressed. Of course, not every time I get stressed it happens (thank god!) but it just happens to 'happen' if stress falls on around that 40th day.

When I DO get it, I just 'feel' myself getting my period. No pain, thank god again. No PMS...just a feeling like "Meh, gotta go to the bathroom." And it is a normal duration for about 5 days.

*shrug*

Interesting times when it happened:

Crying really hard about a breakup
Studying for a final
Day before a big presentation
Car accident
Going on the best frigging rollercoaster in the world. Twice.
Yesterday, when I was told I had to make a deadline in THREE HOURS, with no advance notice! (which prompted this post.)

Does anyone know what the hell is going on?

Birth Control.

[just-a-flaw.livejournal.com]

Sorry for another BC question but...
my boyfriend is vising in on April 11th to the 16th. And I should start taking my placebo pills on the 13th. I usually get my period by the 2nd or 3rd placebo pill. But since my boyfriend is visiting and we want to take advantage of all of our time together...is it possible that I can take the placebo pills a week earlier without risking protection? I would just skip the entire placebo week this month but last time there was a lot of spotting and I don't want to deal with that again. Thanks in advance. You guys are amazing. =]

Initial String Length?

[clarinka.livejournal.com]

I'm 23, NP, and just got my Paragard this afternoon. I would say that it was not a pain-free experience, though the Doc said that my cervix was in "just the right place" for one of the speediest, tenaculum-free insertions he's ever done. Now my (7cm) uterus is outfitted with a shiny new copper IUD! I do, though, have some questions:

1) I've been very crampy all day. My previous method of birth control was the ring, and I had short, light periods with very minimal cramping with the ring. I had been on HBC for 7 years total, prior to which I had somewhat heavier, crampy periods. I was having my period at the time of insertion. Should I expect my crampiness to get better tomorrow? It makes me feel like i can't bend at the waist, or really do much of anything physical. Is this normal?

2) My doc didn't trim my strings, and said he would prefer to do it after a month of settling. They are poking about an inch out of my vagina. Also normal, or should i schedule an appointment to get them trimmed sooner? They are rather pokey/uncomfortable.

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Masturbation Causing.. Pain.

[http://users.livejournal.com/--spiritedaway/]

This is a rather.. Poorly worded question.. But is there a way to tell if you're masturbating the wrong way?

I have been trying to masturbate since I was, IDK, 14, and I've never reached an orgasm (whatever, oh well) but I do feel like I've injured my insides with the way that I do it. Most of the time I'll just use my fingers 'cause it's easier, and sometimes I'll use a slender plastic bottle.

The thing is, though, that it feels good, but I also feel like maybe the way I do it is actually hurting my vagina and the organs around it. My fingers are too small to effectively push in and out, so instead I've found that a swirling motion, and a rough one at that, feels the best. It's just that I get cramps afterwards and stomach aches that feel really crummy. I'm very thin right now, and my doctor says I'm rather "compact" the way my body seems to be ordered.

I feel stupid for asking this, but I'm really worried that I've somehow damaged myself and have rendered my body incapable of ever feeling real pleasure from masturbating or even from sex.

Does this make sense to anyone?

Super. Hardcore. Irritation.

[ms-octopus-lady.livejournal.com]

OK, my boyfriend and I were having sex doggy style about twenty minutes ago, and his penis was rubbing pretty hard against the top of my vagina. He was wearing a condom. It started to really hurt towards the end. But after he pulled out, it didn't hurt anymore. When I went pee after sex, though, OH MY FUCKING GOD, when the pee hit my vagina it fucking stung like a fucking...fucker. God, it HURT. And it still hurts. It's actually making it kind of hard to walk. Is there anything I can do so that it can stop hurting?

PS Sorry this is so rushed, my boyfriend is brushing his teeth and I wanted to post this before he saw.  Because then if he sees, he's going to be all apologetic and worry that he did something to hurt me, and...I just don't want to make him feel like that.