timing

[meganmila.livejournal.com]

I'm a very worried person and this might be a stupid question. So, I got my period back in Febuary and I wasn't taking any BC at the time. After my period was finished I waited a couple of weeks to get back on BC. When I first started taking it I would sometimes take at 10:00 then 10:30 then one time I took it around noon and I know you're supposed to take at the same time but I have picked a time to take it which is at 10:00 recently. Today I was like fifteen minutes lates of taking it, would it still be effective? Like I said at the beginning of taking active pills I switched times alot but for maybe a couple of weeks now I take it at the same time.

This is probably stupid question I know..but would it be less effective if I'm just a little bit late?

Spotting on Aviane

[mad1112.livejournal.com]

I just started taking Aviane (generic Alesse) and I'm having some problems with spotting.  I started taking the pill right when I got it, which was after ovulation.  (I'm not sexually active right now.)   Week 1 was fine.  Week 2 I had spotting plus my period (which I expected since I started taking Aviane after ovulating).  Week 3...still spotting.  Now I'm coming up on the placebo week.

I REALLY want to stop spotting by the end of next week because I have some guaranteed sexytime scheduled with a long distance friend.  Should I start another Aviane pack and skip the placebo week (so my body has more time to adjust to the new hormone levels) or take the placebo week?

Thanks!

smooth away pads?

[imuhstarr.livejournal.com]

I know that hair removal was a recently removed top five topic (of course if this isn't appropriate delete away c:), but I'd like any takes you have on the smooth away hair removal pads:
https://www.smoothawaypads.com/Default.aspx
https://www.getsmoothaway.com/ver52/index.asp
normally I'm quite skeptical about "as seen on TV" products, but I've read someee reviews and people say it works pretty well, surprisingly

I'd like to try it on my stomach/"treasure trail" and if it works well maybe on my bikini line and underarms.
anything to share? tried it? think it's ridiculous? loved it? I know it's only about $10-15 but sadly, I'm a poor student and can't afford to buy it just to try and it and have it not work

thanks!

two questions! YI and ovarian cysts?

[misssockpuppet.livejournal.com]

1)Hey VPers. I'm currently in a bit of pain. I've got a pinchy/poking-wth-a-needle feeling around my right ovary. I've been having a rough time down there lately, on my second month of a resistant yeastie, and I also had BV. I don't know what this feeling is/if it's linked to the YI. Also my pee has smelt strong/different sometimes but I think that might be the constant medications for the YI/BV. And as I"m writing this, I'm getting a tiny pain in my left, too. I'm not too sure what to do :(. Help me please? I don't have appendicitis, just to rule that out! Got it last September. I also had an ultrasound in January to check for endometriosis signs, and no ovarian cysts were mentioned then.

2) Now that i've given it a few days, my YI is somewhat better, but the pastey white discharge is still there. These started when I began Levora birth control (because seasonique gave me a three month period.) Everything with this pill is great, but the minute i started, and since then, I've had a yeast infection that has been resistant to 4 rounds of Diflucan and Monistat. I am not open to home remedies, just because as far as right now goes, I don't want to toy with it, and see what happens. But basically, has this happened to someone? I want to know if I should switch birth control, as much as I don't want to, just so I can get rid of these. I'm sure I could find something else that works. I would get tested for diabetes (which I have gotten recently) and other things, but my gut is telling me its the HBC, seeing that its the first time since I was 13 that I've gotten a yeast infection. I need some help and my gyno's appt is april 7th (which i can't attend due to class.) So now I'm on my own.

Any help? :( I've been depressed because of my lack of a sex life, and haven't been able to enjoy anything. I also have an anxiety disorder so I can hardly sleep due to being so scared of living like this. I need this to stop and I can't live like this anymore. It's making me so depressed :( I feel so gross and ugly because of it, and I feel like it's my fault. I just want to be healthy.

Levaquin, acetaminophen and birth control...ugh! Hate being sick.

[collision.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend is coming to visit a week from tomorrow (Sunday). I had been on medication for a UTI, but thankfully, as of yesterday, it had cleared up. Yesterday (Friday) I took Levaquin, but now I have an awful cold and took Tylenol (acetaminophen) today. I didn't take Levaquin today. I read on my package insert that acetaminophen can interfere with birth control. My question is, how long are these drugs going to be in my body before I am fully protected? Should I use a backup method of birth control for the week that my boyfriend is here? I want to make sure that I am fully protected from pregnancy. I read the vaginapagina info about this, but I looked up the info for how long the drugs stay in your system online and got conflicting information. I am so confused :(

Nuva Ring disaster

[aliensecret.livejournal.com]

Hi.

I screwed up and took out my Ring to have sex and didn't remember to put it back in for another 8 hours. Will I need to take Plan B?

Ah, if it helps any, I'm supposed to change it out on Tuesday, so I'm near the end of my cycle.

(please feel free to point out how dumb this question is!)