Odd Discharge Question

[everlastinggoo.livejournal.com]

Hello VPs,

I have a minor concern about some discharge I have going on. A bit of backstory: I had my Mirena IUD inserted on 12/27. I'm 25, NP. On 1/10 I started my first "Mirena period" which was about a day of spotting, four days of normal bleeding, and then another day of spotting. So, that puts me to about 1/15. Ever since I've been having this odd, dark brown discharge. I would say it's just old blood/spotting but it's really watery and has the consistency of normal discharge--it's just funny colored. Sometimes it has clumps in it but most of the time not. It also has a rather musty smell which is very unusual for me--I'm usually fairly "unscented" down below. My periods on the pill were only ever about five days, and off birth control no more than seven with spotting included. And I've never had this odd watery brown stuff before.

Any ideas on what I have going on here? Is this anything to be concerned about, or completely normal?

Thanks in advance for any answers!


(x-posted to iud_divas

HBC & Breast size question

[psycho-lola.livejournal.com]

So my problem is that I am in a new relationship with a guy and we have had sex a couple of times already and our only form of protection was condoms. I don't really trust myself not being on anything else and only using condoms though, I find it a big turn off just to worry if anything will go wrong (the condom tearing or slipping off, ect.) and as much as I am very horny and I'm very attracted to my boyfriend, I feel like having those worries stop me from having as much 'fun' as I could have. I have taken HBC once before, I was on Diane-35 for acne problems and, although it cleared up my acne and gave me beautiful skin, all the rest went wrong. I didn't gain all that much weight, only about 10 pounds, but it's in the bust that I had problems: I gained quite a few cup sizes in a year. I started at a 36C, which I consider is not small in my opinion, and went up to a 32F (which is about a 36DD if I'm not mistaken) but my bra was getting a bit small so I guess I was up to a 32G (36E). The thing is that I have always hated large breasts and have grown up in fear of having large ones some day : my mom had told me once that they would probably be big, because a lot of women in my family are large breasted, but I used to reassure myself by thinking that it wasn't possible because I was slim and those women weren't, but I didn't know that being overweight or not doesn't change anything. When I got fed up and way too depressed with myself, I quit the pill and I lost those 10 pounds in about a week and it's been 10 months since then and I'm currently 5'6", 115 pounds and wearing a 32D (which I still consider big, but acceptable for me). I told myself then that I would never ever go on HBC again, by fear of having to go through all of that again. I cannot count the amount of time I spent crying, isolating myself and keeping myself from doing things I used to love, like working out and shopping for clothes, because of my large breasts. I'm sure anyone who has large breasts and is uncomfortable with them can understand me on that.

I had been thinking of getting a IUD, but I'm hesitating because of the fact that I'm still young (I just turned 17), that it can take a long time before I get an appointment to get it put in, and because I don't think I want to stop myself from having sex until then, and the first problem I mentionned with me not being able to 'let go' during intercourse because of the risks and the worries wouldn't make it very pleasurable neither for me or my boyfriend. So I've also considered trying HBC again, but a kind with a lower dose of hormones, like my doctor wanted me to try out instead. But I don't entirely trust that either, because my doctor had said that after 3 months HBC didn't continue to make breasts 'grow' and it's funny how they kept growing but stopped and became MUCH smaller when I quit Diane-35! Another problem that HBC could help is that my acne is coming back a little (but not nearly as much) and my periods are extremely irregular.

My final question is: has anyone who has gone through the same thing as me (breast size increasing due to HBC) tried with a different kind and has NOT experienced breast growth?

Hymenectomy, D+C, fibroids -- your experiences?

[graziaplena.livejournal.com]

...and PCOS and weird spotting and cancer fears.  I have a lot to talk about!

The big thing, though, is that I'm scheduled to have a hymenectomy and a D+C on Wednesday, and I was wondering if any of you who have had these procedures could tell me about your experiences.

( More under the cut )

I'm going to be given IV sedation (not general anesthesia), which I've never had before.  What is that like?  Will I fall asleep?  Will I be aware of my surroundings? 

Will I be able to return to work that day, or should I take the whole day off?

Should I buy a little doughnut pillow to sit on for the week after the procedure?  (I have a desk job and am seated all day.)

Will I have cramping after the D+C?

How soon do I have to wait before trying penetration with my fingers/objects?  

Is there anything else I should know about?  Anything you wish you had known before-hand?

Thank you!

Cycle Thrown Waaaay Off

[rayn-bowh-luvr.livejournal.com]

 I got an app on my Android phone that is suppose to predict my period... I usually expect my period within 27-34 days(it's been like this forever but always ended up in between those days) and it predicted one of the days I was expecting so I waited and....it didn't arrive. A month before I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend on the first day of my period and he pulled out, but I do know that it is still possible to get pregnant(I was starting to believe I was). So over a week passed and I finally got my period yesterday. A few days before the expected week me and my boyfriend didn't really have an argument...just this weird situation that almost caused me to break up with him and made me feel all sorts of negative emotions for awhile(we're fine now and closer than ever). I did some research last night and found that this could have caused stress to throw off my ovulation. 

My question is, should I assume my period is going to arrive during it's original regular schedule or to this new one?

Metformin Questions

[syntheticklust.livejournal.com]

I was diagnosed with PCOS on Thursay and I started Metformin on Thursday night. Is it normal for the side-effects to come and go? For those of you who have been on it, how long was it before you got your first period on the medication? Did it help with the cycle length?

Xposted

Missing pill pack

[lucymalfoy.livejournal.com]

Hi VP!

I am at the end of my placebo week and should be starting a new pack of my HBC today. I take Trinessa. I have a problem, though: I can't find the pill pack that I was going to start today. I do have another pack of pills that only has the third week of pills in it. Could I take one of those, if only for the sake of having some hormones in my system to keep up my contraceptive protection? I can go to the pharmacy to get my another refill of pills tomorrow if I can't find the pill pack I'm looking for some time tonight, but I'm just looking for what I can do for right now. Thank you!

Musical, Inaccurate Menstruation Animation

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

I was checking out YouTube for something totally unrelated and happened across this.

( Cut for video. There is blood and a uterus, but it's animation, so I don't know that it's terribly graphic. )

And that is my late night critical analysis of a menstruation animation. :P