plan b

[qwertyuiop1983.livejournal.com]

so the last time i had sex, he couldn't find the condom afterwards to throw away. i figured it fell behind my bed and got lost. three days later, i feel something funny and...it's the condom - apparently it fell off during sex and had been hanging out inside me. as soon as i found a pharmacy open (this was sunday night), i got plan b and took the first pill immediately - it had probably been a few hours under the recommended 72. i took the second pill 12 hours later. the sex was really late thursday night, the first pill was sunday night and the second pill monday morning. today was exactly four weeks from the start of my last period and all i've seen so far was a tiny, tiny amount of what might have been blood. i'm freaked out even though the pack said the period could be delayed up to a week. he didn't "finish" on thursday night (medication reasons), we re-adjusted positions a few minutes before finishing and the condom was still on then, online fertility charts have me as not fertile that night and i took the plan b within 72 hours but i'm still really, really scared. i've had really crappy cramps since the second pill monday.

Online Sex Toy Shopping

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Assistance Desired

[teen-xlovedecay.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone!

I'm kind of in a situation and I was wondering if anyone has any advice.

Lately, for the past month or so, I've been having some problems when I shower.  When I wash around my labia I get this sort of stinging sensation.  It creates a lot of pain when I wash any soap off after wards and again the first or second times I urinate after taking a shower.

I've done some research and can't seem to find anything that helps or fits what I'm experiencing.  I use a typical bar soap, Dial or Dove, that I've never had problems with before.  I'm also not currently sexually active.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it!

HBC, Side Effects, Holidays, & Options

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

Someday, I will write an entry where I am not bitching and moaning, I promise.

Today is not that day.

I'm nearing the end of my second month of Birth Control Pills, Brand 8,462 -- really, I think it's somewhere in the neighborhood of 18, but you may understand why I've lost count -- and I'm kind of hating them. I've not had a blood- or cramp-free day since I went on them, and the situation is getting worse, not better. My underwear, my uterus, and my general irritability level are not pleased.

Under normal circumstances, I'd wait out pack three just to be sure. However, due to holiday travel, the end of my next pack will find me 2,000 miles from my health care provider and my regular pharmacy. Because I have little hope of the situation correcting itself (I've been on this brand of pills before) and no desire to deal with the side effects into a fourth pack, I'm thinking of calling my health care provider Wednesday (the next day she's in the office) to see if she'd agree to writing me a new scrip early. Hopefully, if I start a new type closer to the beginning of the month, I'll at least know what I might feel side-effect-wise by the time I'm traveling for the holidays. At best, I may even be over the worst of them by then; at worst -- knowing how HBC tends to affect me -- I'm not likely to be terribly worse off than I am now.

Thinking about said phone call brought me to another fun realization. I've been with my current NP a relatively short time -- about as long as I've been on these pills -- so she doesn't necessarily know the details of my HBC history. I was checking out this in order to let her know the different brands of HBC I've already tried. With the exception of Lybrel and Yaz, which don't have generic equivalents and therefore aren't affordable for me (thanks, insurance!), I've discovered that I've tried all of the 20 and 30mcg options. (Since I use HBC to skip bleeds and can only get one pack at a time, a triphasic type doesn't seem like the best of options for me.)

I feel kind of... odd about this. I've been saying for a while now that I've been running out of both contraceptive and period pain choices. But it's one thing to kind of say it in the abstract and another to be basically checking off entire categories of HBC options. There is, of course, a part of me that wonders why I keep putting myself through this, but then there's another part that says, "Well, what else are you going to do?" And I do have an answer for that, but endometrial ablation (if I can bully my insurance into covering it for me) plus Essure sterilization aren't places I'm really ready to go quite yet.

... Yuck. While typing those last couple of paragraphs, the never ending joy that is breakthrough bleeding sent me another reminder of its presence. Brown gunk of the "Oops, I crapped my pants" variety of BTB has made its way from my vagina, partially through my underwear, and onto the inside seam of my jeans.

(You can tell I've been a VP member for too long because I don't even remotely consider the possibility that anything may be TMI for some folks until after I've already put it on the screen.)

Which, you know, is making the nausea I expect from a 35mcg pill look more inviting. Plus, loading up on Dramamine so I'm too drowsy and spacey to really understand what "holidays with the family" entails has its advantages. ;)

Hair in Vagina

[swirlinoblivion.livejournal.com]

This morning I had sex with a friend (using a condom), and afterwards when I was in the shower I found one of his pubic hairs in my vagina.  I'm not really worried, but I was wondering if anyone knew if there's any sort of health risk that might crop up from this?

Thanks!

Lubrication worries

[nellythemermaid.livejournal.com]

Hey guys--

I have never, ever had a problem with lubrication. I've always been able to get really wet...until last night, apparently. The last two times I had sex, my partner mentioned that I was extremely dry. I haven't been drinking as much water lately, so I'm sure that's part of it. But could there be more to this than slight dehydration?

Thanks much

<3

bleeding

[xopidex.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I was on Mircette for 4 years, recently switched to Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo.
I am almost done with my active pills for the first month and for the entire month, I have been bleeding. Not spotting, bleeding.
When will it stop? Should I be concerned?

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

[one-mad-panda.livejournal.com]

There's a chance I could be pregnant. I don't know yet, all I know is that my period is late. I keep thinking back to nights when I got drunk off of wine or beer. I researched a little about FAS but apparently not a whole lot is known about it. I did find something that warned against drinking in the first trimester when the brain is developing, unfortunately many mothers do not realize they're pregnant in the first few months.

Could anyone shed some light on this matter? Have I doomed a possible pregnancy?

Cold/Flu Vaginal Discharge

[esotericaxxx.livejournal.com]

Can having a cold or the flu affect one's vaginal discharge?

I've been battling a cold for the past week and noticed that my discharge is more abundant than normal.

No itching, no burning, no funky smell...

Thanks in advance, VPers!

Fishy odor

[annabananers.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone, I'm very new to LJ and this is my first post. I read the memories but couldn't really find anything that I've already tried. I'm so embarassed by this, bit I have a constant discharge and a terribly fishy odor. :( I've literally tried everything. I've been to 2 doctors who both tested me for BV and never told me I had it, tried folic acid, tea tree oil and apple cider vinegar. All worked for about a day and right after that the odor is back. I shower every day and keep the area dry. It's so embarassing during sex.. I've never been complained to about it but I can smell it and taste it during oral and kissing after oral. I'm just so sick of it and at the end of my rope, so before I go BACK to the gyno for the 3rd time and spend another $35 on the office visit, I just wanted to get some advice. They never gave me any antibiotics -- maybe that's what I need? Thanks so much, I appreciate it so much.

Do I need EC?

[hatemystitches.livejournal.com]

Hey VPers, I have an urgent question.

I'm on hormonal birth control pills, which I just got back on after a hiatus this month. I'm about two weeks into my pack. However, I just had a surgery so I am also taking penicillin. I was fooling around with my boyfriend last night and we were both somewhat inebriated. We had not planned on having sex at all, but somehow (stupidly) clothes came off and we laid together naked under the blankets. I vaguely remember him snuggling in close to me, and his penis touched against my upper thigh and possibly my butt and he got precum on me. I am pretty sure none of it could have gotten into my vagina (and I feel so stupid about this--we hadn't put on a condom because I didn't want to have sex because I didn't want to worry about something like this) and the worst that could have happened would have been a small trace possibly getting on my outer vulva due to rolling around.

Sorry for the long story, but I will summarize:  judging from this information, should I worry about getting EC? It's been less than 24 hours at this point anyway.

Nuva Ring help

[somethinguseful.livejournal.com]

I just put my first nuva ring in yesterday and while I already love not having to remember a daily pill, I am wondering if anyone else has any trouble keeping it in.
I have a pretty shallow vagina. Usually when I have sex, my partner has to hold back a little as it hurts me quite a bit.
Every time I sit down to pee or walk around, it tries to slide out. Is there anything I can do?
Thanks!

Sex question

[debauchedmind.livejournal.com]

So, I apologize if this sort of post isn't allowed, but I've been reading several of the posts on here and I got curious...

For those of you who are in a sexual relationship, what would you say is your usual or default position for lack of better words? And then, do you vary things a lot or stick with that one position?

Thanks!

DivaCup versus Tampons...and Landfills.

[queerly-fucked.livejournal.com]

Here we go, vagina-owning environmentalists.

Which is better?
Tampons or using a silicone DivaCup? Does silicone degrade? I know tampons contain shit like chlorine but they'll degrade faster than silicone will, right? What is THEE most environmentally-friendly menstrual aids?

Help me out? Thanks!

EDIT: Menstrual sponges, anyone?

Vulvar Vestibulitis or Vulvodynia

[spinsterkitten.livejournal.com]

A few months back I was diagnosed with vulvodynia. I was given lidocaine and sent on my way without addressing my complete loss of libido. I was breifly told to use the lidocaine a half hour before intercourse. I was given no other information.

But I've been reading a few books on vaginal health, including the V Book. I've noticed that vulvar vestibulitis seems to fit my symptoms more than vulvodynia which seems to include more constant pain. I only have pain with pressure inside the vagina.

Has anyone here been diagnosed with vulvar vestibulitis? Would you mind sharing your experience and any treatments you've tried.

At the moment I am without insurance, and have been going to a clinic. I understand that I might not get the most attention. I'm working on getting insurance through my company to see a new doctor, but I'd like to arm myself with questions to ask.

I'd also like to see if there is anything I can do now while I wait. I haven't had sex in 6 months, and I'd really like to have sex again without pain. Luckily I have an extremely understanding and supportive fiance.

allergic reaction?

[chicago-doll.livejournal.com]

my boyfriend and i use the pull-out method along with my birth control. we've wanted to use condoms but they usually don't work with us. i've been exposed to them, but nothing really weird has happened until the other day. during intercourse, it started to hurt. afterwards, i was in a moderate amount of pain and swelled up like a balloon. it was creepy, but i was pretty much back to normal within a few hours. the only other time something like this has happened was when tried washing with a specific kind of shampoo, only that time the swelling was worse.

i know that i don't have a latex allergy one, but is there a possibility that i could be allergic to some ingredient in the lube. has this happened to anyone before?

oh, and does anyone know an effective home remedy for utis? i currently have no health insurance >_<

thanks for the help.

Too wet?

[speckled-hen.livejournal.com]

This is probably the opposite problem to most people, but when I get aroused I get too wet. As in, I will produce enough of my own lube to not need any extra if we have sex anywhere else, as it were.

I know in part this is a good thing but at the same time it's very annoying for things like my partner fingering/masturbating me or having penetrative sex as there's literally no friction! I've always been like this so I guess I've learned how to handle myself but it's begun to really annoy me. It's got to the point that my partner loses his erection whenever he gets inside me because there's no friction there, and the other night we were fooling around and I just couldn't come because it was all too slick. It's never been a problem before, other than guys mentioning in passing that I get very wet, but with my current partner it seems like a huge issue and my sex life is suffering because of it!

Is there anything I can do or take to reduce the amount of wetness I produce?

High sugar consumption = yeast infections?

[ms-octopus-lady.livejournal.com]

Friday night, I went out with a bunch of friends and got super trashed off fruit juice and soda-laden alcoholic drinks. Late Saturday morning, I noticed that my vagina seemed itchy. I also noticed this seems to happen often after a night of downing lots of my girly little drinks, or after I eat lots of sweets. Usually, after another day or two, it goes away.

Does anyone else experience this?

Does anyone know why this happens? I thought maybe it was because I have been consuming so much sugar, which I know encourages yeast growth, but can a bunch of sugar from your food and drinks end up in your vagina? How is that even possible?