Vaginal Tissue Lumps & Bleeding After Yeast Infection?

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

Hi all, I have a question and am not sure where else to post it and remembered this cool community. :)

Well I have a yeast infection, it had been burning/itching/swollen for about a week and was getting worse, I finally went to the doctor Wednesday because I kinda was freaked out when I noticed it seemed there was a small lump or two just inside the opening which was very sore, pink color and everything just extra swollen parts that are not normally there, protruding out a bit, almost like a hemorrhoid but in the vagina, but I didn't think such a thing existed? So the doctor said it looked like a bad yeast infection with a ton of irritation and gave me Diflucan which I took immediately. Yesterday it had seemed to improve a bit not burning and swollen like it had been but not completely better.

Maybe it wasn't the best idea but I didn't know it would be a problem, last night I had phone sex and used my dildo/vibrator on myself. It seemed good and all until I hung up and sat up and realized I was sitting in a rather large amount of bright red blood! Not just a little spotting, it was everywhere, all over me and enough to soak through my blanket and sheets. It wasn't like old period blood, was red and had no lumps. I am not entirely sure what would have caused that? Could it be somehow from irritating the irritation inside? It really shocked and scared me, a little bit wouldn't but so much of it has me worried and I want to be sure it's not something more serious than the yeast infection. Has anyone ever had a similar experience?

Also, I'm supposed to have a date Sunday and might end up having sex and I'm not sure if it's even safe to do so, don't want to start gushing blood again...ahhh please help!

Bleeding during sex

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Is it possible to bleed more than once during sex?

I'm gay, and the only person I've had sex with is my girlfriend. She and I have been having sex for about five months, but I only bled for the first time last time. When we had sex tonight I bled again.

I guess I'm asking two things.

First, is it possible to have sex many times before bleeding?

Second, is it possible to bleed a few times?

Thanks.

Bike riding = BV?

[ms-octopus-lady.livejournal.com]

OK, so first off, I got my very first pap smear today. It was kind of unexpected, I actually went in to get my cooch checked out because I was pretty sure I had bacterial vaginosis, and the doc was like, "Well, I'm already here, might as well kill two birds with one stone!" So I got it done, and I handled it surprisingly well, and...I dunno, I guess I was kind of proud of myself. :D

I also have a question. Bacterial vaginosis seems to really like my vag. I have gotten it six times in the last 10 or 11 months. There was a time where I got it once a month for four months straight. But I was skipping my period (I'm on the pill), and a doc suggested I stop doing there. Sho' 'nuff, soon as I started having my period again, the BV never came back. Yay.

But now, I've had once a month for two months in a row. And the only thing I can think of that has changed is that I have started riding a bike. And...it's kind of a cheap bike with a lame seat, and often my vulva (and subsequently, then entrance to my vagina) gets all smooshed and squashed and it can get pretty uncomfortable down there, especially when I'm not really paying attention and suddenly hit a gnarly bump in the road. And I also live in an area with lots of hills, so my crotch often gets rather sweaty.

 Is it possible for bike riding to be a cause for the sudden return of my sworn (and fishy) enemy? Should I invest in a softer bike seat so that my vulva and the entrance to my vagina doesn't get all aggravated? Should I stop riding my bike all together?

Photo to Accompany Prior Question RE: Vaginal Bumps Bleeding and Infection

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

Followup to this post: http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/14024944.html

I took a photo to see if I could get a look at what was really going on with the bumps I felt with my finger. It looks like there are in fact several of them and they look frightening to me. I have no idea what this could be. Could yeast infection cause something that looks like this? Could it be an STD? Why didn't the doctor think this was out of the ordinary??? I really am feeling scared now, if anyone can identify what this is I'd really appreciate it. I might just go back to urgent care tomorrow, this just doesn't look ok.

( Graphic Embarrassing Photo Here )

One more note...the burning started immediately during sex with someone using a condom and so I initially thought I was having an allergic reaction to the condom. Could it possibly still be that over a week later? I just don't know...

Pregnancy risk with perfect use of Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo + condom + no ejaculation.

[jesexxxica.livejournal.com]

Another one of those "just to be safe" questions. I almost feel guilty for asking since I see so many here, but I'm getting scared! I'm on my second month of Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, the placebo week, and my period isn't here yet. The first month, my period showed up 2 or 3 days before I even started taking the placebo pills. Here's the deal. I lost my virginity about 1 or 2 weeks into my second month of taking the pills -- I planned ahead and got on the pill early. Since then, we've had sex about 4 or 5 times and, every time, a condom was used. He has only finished inside of me one time (inside a condom), the first time, and hasn't since.

So what are you guys thinking? What are the chances I could be pregnant? I took my first placebo pill yesterday and will take the second one again today at 9AM, but why isn't my period here yet? I'm most likely over reacting, but I'm new to all of this.

As a side note: I've never missed a pill and I take them within a 30 minute range every single day while I'm getting ready for work.

Early Period

[ratoba.livejournal.com]

I am freaking out right now and I hope someone can help me.

I recently started taking Yasmin because I had spotting between my periods. My gyno said it was most likely hormonal changes and that I should take the pill for two months. I did, and the last pill I took was on Sunday the 24th.

My period, which has always been irregular, became regular for the two months I was on it. My last period came on Tuesday, the 19th, and lasted until late Saturday (it lasts a long time, I know). The spotting stopped from the last time I took the pill - the 24th - to yesterday.

Yesterday I woke up in the middle of the night because I had stomach pain, as if I'd just started my period. When I finally got out of bed I discovered that I was bleeding - not spotting, but it looked like the start of an actual period.

Is this normal? Has anyone experienced another period so soon after stopping the pill? It's been less than a week since my last period stopped. I took yasmin exactly as it was prescribed to me, same time of the day, everything. It's Saturday where I am right now so I can't call my doctor until Monday. Please help.

Sharkbait!

[thebeeboxx.livejournal.com]

Hello! So, as recommended in this post I have stopped taking my birth control. It has been six days, and although it looked like the bleeding had almost stopped 2 days ago (I didn't bleed through the entire night/morning until later that afternoon) I am now heavy again and completely filled a tampon from 8 pm yesterday until 11 this morning. I only have a day left of white pills, before I should start the new pack. Do I start? I'm not sure what to do at this point, as I have done what was suggested and still no change. Someone please help. I would really like to stop being called "Sharkbait" by my boyfriend, haha, it's all out of love, but sadly true. It's almost been 3 WEEKS I've been bleeding now!

Peace&Love,
Chantel

Vegans and strange periods?

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Any long-term or new vegans out there who have noticed changes in their menstrual cycle ever since entering the lifestyle?

I've been vegan since last October, and my cycles have changed dramatically since then. I'm getting it every 3 weeks now, each time a few days earlier than the previous time. At first it would come out in dark heavy blood clots, but the last 3 times it's been very liquidy and bright red, almost orange. Now it just oozes out in one gentle continous stream. And it sinks to the bottom of the toilet, the blood doesn't even mix with the water.

Maybe it has to do with how I'm NOT taking care of my diet? I'm staying away from the animal products, but I still don't balance my meals quite right. My boyfriend says that the blood just sinks to the bottom of the toilet because my body is pulling out a lot of iron, if that makes any sense. I'm kind of anemic too. I don't really think the change of thickness/texture is attributed solely to being vegan, but bad eating choices are certainly something I must take into consideration. I don't know how it changes the time time frame between each menstrual flow.

on bc/ ejaculation?!?

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Ok, heres the deal... i just recently got off my period on thursday and i started the new pack of bc pills on friday (on time). I've been on tri cyclin lo for about a year now, and i've never missed a pill i always take it around the same time each day. Last night, my boyfriend and I had sex and I let him go inside of me. and I know it sounds so lame, but this is a first for me so I'm in a little bit of a panic especially since it's the beginning of my new pack. should i be worried? i'm considering ec but i really only want to do it as a last resort because i dont want to screw up my bc schedule. i know all the stastics, "typical" vs. "perfecft" users i guess what i need is a piece of mind. thanks in advance :D

herpes

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So I'm fairly positive I have genital herpes. The past few days I've had headache, fever, sore throat, and a stiff neck, and this morning I woke up with an somewhat large bump/mound on the inside of the vaginal lips. I can't get a great look at it but it appears to have a red base and a pus at the tip. It's more irritating than it is painful but I pretty much haven't stopped crying because I'm so upset.

I just moved across the country (from Los Angeles to Philadelphia) for college so I'm really new to the area but I looked up a planned parenthood in the area and I'm pretty sure I can take a bus there. I'm really concerned about the price because I'm only 18 and still on my parents medical insurance but I really do not want them to know. I also don't even know who would have given it to me considering I haven't gone past kissing in about 3 months, and I don't know how to go about telling my previous partners if and when my test results come back positive.

If anyone has any advice or suggestions please let me know. Thanks in advance.

Period #2 and odd smell.

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I have posted here before about painful sex on the NuvaRing and as of the 15th of this month I've been switched to Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, which I had been on from Oct '06 - July '07. A little less than a week prior to switching to the pill, I removed the ring which caused me to have a period. I have taken 15 of the active pills in my first pack and today I started what seems to be another period. Usually the first day or two is the dark brown discharge/blood Im not sure what you would call it but this time it has a VERY very strong, distinctly coppery smell to it. Is this at all normal? And as for this second period am I right to assume it's because the first was merely because of the drop in hormones? I had planned on skipping periods, or at least attempting to do so on the pill but I don't know if this will have any negative effect on trying to stack. Would it be worth it to attempt to skip, or no?

Waxing question

[glortw.livejournal.com]

Ok, this isn't directly related to my vag, but it's the same ballpark, I like to think. It's horribly embarrasing. Years ago--when I was in high school, probably 5 or 6 years at least--my mom stupidly told me if my peach fuzz on my chin and upper lip bothered me, to just shave it. I'd already tried waxing and I stopped just cos I couldn't afford it anymore. So when it grew back, she said to shave it.
I did.
Now I have to shave at least once every day, more if I want to make out with my boyfriend. He found out about it, though, and said I should just let it grow, that I could bleach or wax it once it's a normal length. He said it's just the stubbly feeling that bothers him, that if I let it grow back to normal it wouldn't even be noticeable probably.
But I've been letting it grow since Wednesday morning, and it feels disgusting. It's sickening. I am dying to shave it just to be smooth for at least a few hours. He says to keep letting it grow, that soon it won't be stubbly, just like long hairs anyone would have on their face. But I don't know.
I guess what I'm asking is when it'll be long enough to wax. I once tried abstaining from shaving before, and tried to get waxed on like the 4th day, and no hairs came out. The woman said to wait for at least 10 days of growth. I don't know if I can stand this feeling that long! Plus, I have work next week, and I am afraid customers will be able to see the stubble. I can see it in the mirror if I look close.
I've googled, and it said most waxing, you should have hair at least 1/4 an inch long. I don't know how long that is though..how many days does that translate to? How do you all take care of your face hair?
Thanks :(

BC taking every day at the same time,

[belleforbass.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone,
Ok, so this week I've been pretty lously with remembering to take my pill at the right time every day. I'm on Logynon ED, and I actually forgot to take it on monday, my boyfriend and I had sex on monday, and we don't use condoms, we well pretty much have sex everyday...
Anyway, my period ended on saturday, well technically friday, with just a tad of spotting on saturday, and sunday after sex a little bit of break through bleeding.

So here it is, I forgot to take my pill on monday but remembered early tuesday so took both at the same time. Everything I've read about my pill is that I'm protected for like 2 days in a row if I forget my pill.
I've had horrid pains lately, in my abdomen on my left side. Like killing me pains, so naturally the little 19 year old who moved out to live with her big 23 year old boyfriend who her parents don't agree with, rang her dad to ask what the pain could be about, (you see my daddy is a nurse, as is dads wife, and my mother) Dad scared the shit out of me by telling me it could be an ectopic pregnancy but I figure I can't be pregnant because well a) my period had JUST been, b) I take my pill everyday (In fact monday was the first time in the almost 2 years I've been on BC I actually forgot it) and c) When I saw my doctor and told her I'd just had my period that it was unlikely I was pregnant.

I think I'm really just posting this for myself.

Anyone got any Idea what the pains are from? My doctor said it could just be ovarian cysts, I have a history of them. I don't think I'm pregnant but I think I'll take a test anyway just to prove the point.

But do you think there is much likeliness that after nearly 2 years of taking my pill, and forgetting for one day there will be any accidents from that?

HPV question

[tamalefeat.livejournal.com]

So last night I had a threesome with one girl and one boy. I had no vag/vag contact with the girl, but both of us did have sex with the boy. He wore a condom, but I do not believe he changed it when he switched between us.

Today the girl told me that she has HPV. If the boy was indeed using the same condom with both of us, how freaked out should I be about this on a scale of 1 to losing my shit? I am obviously going to get tested but I am just curious about the level of risk. Also, is there a period of time I need to wait before getting tested? I want to do it as soon as possible but don't know if it's necessary to wait a bit.
Thanks in advance.

Nuva Ring and treatments

[hilikme.livejournal.com]

Is there any problems with using either hydrogen peroxide or boric acid, while using the Nuva Ring?

Short and sweet!

my essure story

[x-hypatia-x.livejournal.com]

So hey, I figured I'd go ahead and post my "I got Essure!" story for anyone else who's considering it and wants a personal experience testimonial. I ended up going to a doctor about an hour and a half away from me, because none of the ones in my area do it as an in-office procedure, and I didn't want to go under general anesthesia if it wasn't necessary. (The website tells you which doctors do it in-office.) In my first meeting with her, we went over a little of my history and talked about why I wanted it done. (Pretty straightforward: I just don't want children, now or ever. My partner's had a vasectomy, but we're non-monogamous. For the sake of reference, I'm 28 and married.) Then there was a pre-surgery visit, where we basically did the same thing, I signed some stuff indicating that I knew what I was doing and knew what the risks and results were, and she gave me prescriptions for Xanax, Motrin, and Ketorolac.

I was to take half a Xanax an hour before I got to the office and bring the other half, as well as the Ketorolac, with me. I did this, felt a little bit off from the Xanax (my partner drove; they were very emphatic about me not driving myself), but was okay. After a little while, they brought me back and gave me the shot of Ketorolac in the butt. I then had to wait for an hour for it to work, and my partner came back and hung out with me while we waited. Then they shooed him away, had me take the other half of my Xanax, and undress from the waist down. I was feeling really, really sleepy by this time, and I think I actually fell asleep when they left for a little while. Then they swabbed my cervix with some sort of topical anesthesia and started giving me shots in it. I felt some of this, but none of it was very painful.

After that, they sent me off to the bathroom (I appreciated that) with the warning that the shots in my cervix would probably make it bleed. This was true; blood was pretty much gushing out of my cooch while I peed. I came back in the room, and the doctor painted my vulva with something like a foam paintbrush with iodine on it, then I swear shoved the paintbrush inside me to get some more iodine in there, then just poured iodine all over me. (Wow, iodine is cold!) This was all pretty okay, mostly painless, a little uncomfortable and strange-feeling. During the actual procedure, which seemed to last about 10 minutes (but my sense of time might have been really off by then), they turned the screen so I could see what the doctor was seeing from the cameras.

The procedure itself was pretty damned painful. I'm not normally a wuss about pain -- I finished a pickup football game on a broken ankle one time, I regularly walk my feet into blisters, then break the blisters and bleed through my socks without really registering the pain -- but holy shit, this hurt. It felt like I was having really bad cramps, and at the same time, someone was smacking my cervix and uterus around viciously. The doctor asked several times whether I was okay, and I agreed that I was. (I mean, what are you gonna do? It already hurts, might as well stick with it.) Then it was done, and they showed me the placement on the monitor, wiped me off, cleaned up stuff in the room, and told me I could get dressed when I felt like it, but that I could sit there for a little while if I wanted to.

I put my clothes on pretty much immediately, noted there was a fair amount of blood on the pad under me, and staggered out to get hugs and comfort from my partner. It still felt like the worst cramps of my life, combined with feeling really out of it (the Xanax?) and nauseous. The doctor seemed pretty concerned about this, saying that she hadn't expected me to still be hurting, and offered me Vicodin (I declined, cause I had some left over at home from dental work). For the hour and a half ride home, I had to lie down, and I was wavering in and out of sleep, cramping really badly. We stopped once and I threw up in the rest stop bathroom. We got home and I immediately collapsed into bed. After sleeping for four hours, I woke up feeling pretty much totally okay, just very minor cramps (hadn't taken any medicine). The next day, I felt 100% okay.

Things to note: I may well be allergic to the Ketorolac -- Tylenol always makes me feel somewhat nauseous and the insert said not to take it if you're allergic to NSAIDs, so I think that was pretty likely a huge part of what was making me feel so terrible aside from the cramping. Also, despite feeling utterly horrible for a couple of hours yesterday, I still think it's totally worth it. And hey! Now I have a picture of my fallopian tubes with little springs in them!

plan b

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so, i just lost my virginity. i'm on yasmin, but have only taken 6 pills and will take my seventh, so i didn't wait for the right time. we used a condom. during sex we switched like 3 condoms just out of precaution but i'm worried he may have gotten precum on the condom each time during the switch.

i have plan b, i'm wondering if i should take it. i don't know if that's a good idea? should i?

Question???

[cherrybabe21.livejournal.com]

Can rough sex make you bleed? Because I have been having bleeding today after sex, and it was alot at first, got everywhere.. Now it has slacked down but I am still having some.. Any ideas on this?? Thanks

IUD removal and backup contraception

[jackdiamond.livejournal.com]

I'm getting my IUD (Mirena) removed in about a month. I'm going to PP, and am also planning on trying out Yaz for my PMDD- which I think was brought on by the Mirena. If that doesn't work, what to use is a whole other question. To get a prescription for a year's supply, I think they'll make me get a pelvic- which is fine, in itself, as I need one.

So there's the timing thing for two reasons. First- the best time to get the IUD out is during or right after one's period. During a period isn't the best time for a pelvic. Is right after okay, and if so, can there still be some lingering bits, or must one be residue free? I'd like to go as close to my period as possible because I want my cervix as open as possible.

The second timing question is backup contraception. I'm probably overthinking this. I want to take two or three months off hormonal BC before starting the Yaz to make sure it was the Mirena causing all my issues. Thus, I am not simply getting IUD yanked and going straight into the pills. I don't want any problems with lingering sperm, though. So are my options for protection either abstaining from sex or using condoms from ovulation to IUD removal?