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[meganmila.livejournal.com]

ok I have a question. Today I had like clear liquid that came out of my vagina. It was like streaming down. I have this sometimes happened to me, sometimes it's heavy sometimes it's light. It usually happens like a week before I get period but sometimes it doesn't. I'm just wondering what it is?

Vaginismus

[catiekat.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia may seem like a no-brainer, but I found their article on vaginismus helpful and rather encouraging.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginismus

How long has your longest period been?

[dichotomous.livejournal.com]

Starting my 16th straight day of menstrual flow got me curious and I thought this community would be a good place to ask... what's been the timespan of your longest period?

Question about cloth pads!

[what-a-charmer.livejournal.com]

I've been looking to convert to using a menstrual cup, due to the fact that lately I have been getting very, very irritated around my vagina around day to or three on my period, and I'm almost positive it's due to the disposable pads that I'm using. (I've got an irrational fear of tampons, haha.)

Anyway, if not that, I'd still like to convert to natural products. I'm totally digging the cutesy cloth pads (or liners for my cup until I get it right, if I get one), but my question is, do they stain? Whenever I have the slightest leakage, usually at night I grumble at the fact that my sheets/underwear/even pants have been ruined. I would hate to invest good money in these pretty things just for them to have these unattractive brown spots on them.

Then again, it's not about prettiness, haha. But I'm just wondering, from experience, how easily to the blood stains come out?

AND I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, I AM SENDING YOU ALL VIRTUAL HUGS RIGHT NOW.

Delaying period

[keirelle.livejournal.com]

Hey VPers.

I have a quick question that I didn't see asked anywhere else, but is there any way to delay my period a week or so while on HBC? My boyfriend is coming to visit and I foresee my period coming at a bad time. I'm on a Yaz offbrand Ocella, taking my last active pill week before a week of placebos. Can I skip the placebo week and take the next active week packet and take the placebos after?

Thanks for the help!

Poll Bump

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

Just a quick reminder that our member poll is here for determining which 5 entries we'll be submitting for consideration in the "LJ Turns 10" anniversary anthology.

We need to email LJ back by 11:59pm Pacific time this Sunday night, so your last chance to vote (or change your vote) will be Sunday 3/15 at 11:59pm Eastern.

Thanks!
Tori
For the VP Team
contact_vp

statistics because i'm curious (NOT FOR A SCHOOL PROJECT)

[colour-my-w0rld.livejournal.com]

1- How old are you?
2- What's your sexual orientation?
3- What's your nationality/race?
4- Where are you from?

5- How hairy are you?

6- Do you shave/trim/wax your vag?
7- Do you shave/trim/wax/tweeze your stomach/chest?
8- Do you shave/trim/wax/tweeze/bleach your face/eyebrows?

9- What is your opinion on vaginal hair removal?
10- What is/were your significant other(s)'s opinion(s) on vaginal hair removal?

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[toker.livejournal.com]

What home made remedies would work for a yeast infection that Monistat has not cleared up? I get yeast infections monthly and take Monistat 7 and it never completely goes away. It's getting VERY aggravating, and i'm confused on what to do. I don't have insurance right now so I can't go to the gyno :( I've heard someone mention something about Boric Acid? How exactly does that work and is it SAFE? Any advice would be very much appreciated, girls/guys! ♥

(no subject)

[aimtomiss.livejournal.com]

I've researched the internet a little on this, but nothing I've found is quite suited for my situation. I'm hoping someone, or several people here can help.

I lost my virginity about three weeks ago. My partner and I did it twice that night, and both times it hurt like hell and I bled quite a bit into the next day. I expected the sex to hurt and I expected there to be blood, so that's not my issue.

I had sex again for the first time since that night a few days ago. Same partner. It hurt this time just as much as the first times, and I bled again. This I was not expecting. Is this normal? I've been sore down there since, and I was sore after the first two times as well (I assumed that was normal?). I was hoping that this time it would be pleasurable, but almost the entire time I was in pain.

Any suggestions/advice?

bleeding after monistat?

[thinktink16.livejournal.com]

I know I've been asking a lot of yeast infection questions lately, but this one is proving to be particularly problematic.

I tried monistat 3 and about the second day, I noticed that some of the cream that was leaking out had a slight pink tinge to it. Very slight. I figured it would go away, and continued with the medication. Nothing day 3. But today, the first day that I did not take the medication the night before, I'm noticing that all of my discharge is pink. It hasn't gotten like extremely bloody or anything...just staying consistantly pink.

My period is coming in a few days but I don't think that monistat can induce an early period. Could it maybe be that my body didn't like the chemicals of the monistat? It's gonna be really really difficult to get to the gyno until the beginning of april, so I'm hoping that someone will be able to offer some peace of mind! :-) Thanks ladies.

missed HBC pills

[qui-ti.livejournal.com]

I've taken Ortho Tri cyclen lo for a year and a half. The first day of my last period was February 25, so I should've started my pill on March 1st, but I missed it. My boyfriend and I had unprotected sex that night. I missed the second and third pills, and (here's where I got panicky and very stupid) took all three of them on Wednesday. I might have had sex Monday morning and DEFINITELY had sex Tuesday night and Wednesday. For the rest of the week, I took my pill at pretty much the same time every day, but was having sex every day up until Monday.

Basically, I know I put myself at big risk for pregnancy, but my question is about when I could have ovulated. I'm thinking I need to take a pregnancy test, but I have no idea when I would be able to do so, because they recommend waiting 10-12 days after implantation (which is itself, what, a week after ovulation?). :/ I started feeling weird cramping this past week, and don't know whether it is from taking my pill so erratically, PMS (it would be unusual at this time, but I DID mess with my cycle like crazy), or (the horror of) potential pregnancy.

Any information, suggestions, or chastisement will be gracefully accepted. I feel extremely stupid right now but I've been worrying about this for the past few days and I'm having trouble using the info I'm finding online to apply to my own extremely irresponsible situation.

Period vs Spotting

[carli410.livejournal.com]

I just went off the pill and expect my periods to be whacky for a little while. So when I had some minor spotting on day 14 of my cycle, I didn't think much of it. Its normal to spot around ovulation. However, Ive now been *spotting* for 3 days and Im not sure if I should mark this as the start of a new cycle, or just spotting.

It seems like a normal period to me, just lighter. It ranges from bright red to brown, some clotting and cramping. However, while its not enough to really even need a pad or cup, its a lot more than just a little spot on the toilet paper.

Any opinions? Would you mark this as a new cycle or just mid cycle spotting??

AZO Yeast?

[julie709.livejournal.com]

Has anyone else ever used AZO Yeast to prevent future yeast infections or to treat one? I bought it today while I was at Wal-Mart, and was just curious if anyone else has used it to treat a yeast infection or to prevent future occurrences.

My relationship rocks, except for the sex :(

[her-own-monster.livejournal.com]

Hi everybody! First-time poster, but frequent lurker- this comm has helped me -so- much in the past, and I can't thank you enough :) However, I'm experiencing something so problematic, it's not enough to rummage through the tags anymore, so I'm hoping you guys can help me out :/

My situation: I'm a girl, and I've been with my boyfriend for two years. We've lived together for a bit less than a year. I love him immensely; he's amazingly supporting and devoted. However, our sex life needs some major help.
( Have a nice long backstory :) )

I fully realize that he and I need to have a discussion about all this- I suppose I'm asking you to help me figure out how to have that discussion. I've tried to bring it up twice with not-so-good results, and I have a feeling that when I broach the subject again he'll clam up or become self-deprecating and nothing will be solved. How can I share my thoughts on the subject in the most non-threatening way possible (I thought I had this down, but our prior conversations show him to be hypersensitive about this issue)? Also, can you offer any suggestions I can pass along to him to help with his problems (premature ejaculation/self-confidence)? I don't really know enough about those topics to offer him any pointers.

tl;dr: I love my boyfriend but our sex life is not working for me, and I need help with communicating this before our relationship suffers.

I hate my vagina!?

[lostandhaunted.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I've one yeast infection before, back when I was little, and I hardly remember it. I started getting a lot of discharge back on Tuesday, and when it came out it would itch. It wasn't awful, so I gave it a few days. Yesterday the itch started getting unbearable and my discharge (a whole heck of a lot) started turning from a watery consistency to a thicker type. It's white, with it sometimes really really creamy and other times looks like ovulation discharge.

I bought the pH tester last night. My pH was normal, at a 4.5, suggesting that it isn't BV or trich. I bought monistat-3 and deposited the cream just a half an hour ago and it is BURNING my insides. I'm a freak and worry myself sick about everything..do you think it's a yeast infection? Does monistat burn you guys?