Another "am I pregnant?" post -- period being wonky

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Let me just start by saying I am so freakin' glad LJ is back up. I have been having this question on my mind for days now, and I missed you all. D:

Okay. So. My periods have always worked like clockwork (a phrase I'm learning to hate, because really, what does it even mean?) on a 28 day cycle. The amount of times it's been 29 days I can count on one hand, and the only other times it's been weird was when I took Plan B. This month, my period was due to start on the 26 of July, my previous one having started on June 30. Tuesday came around (which would have been the first day of my period) and my period never showed up, except for a tiny, tiny speck of blood on the rim of my Diva Cup. I almost didn't notice it at first. Wednesday came and still nothing, just some cramping. Finally, Thursday, what may or may not be my period shows. Since I'm using my cup, I can tell it's slightly different from usual. It started off Thursday afternoon as a small watery amount. As the day progressed, I continued to bleed, and I sort of got up to my usual amount for how many hours had passed between checking, but nowhere near what I usually have on my first day, and nowhere near the thickness I would have expected. It seems extremely thin and watery, sort of like what I had after I took Plan B (which I took most recently about three months ago, for what it's worth). I haven't had any particular stress that I'm aware of, no changes in sleep, diet, or exercise, and I know my boyfriend and I had been having sex around the time I ovulated (he never came inside me, and we did use condoms some of the time). For the most part, my anxiety about it has come down a lot, now that I'm bleeding, but it's just the weirdness of the circumstances that still have me wondering. I know periods can do wonky things sometimes all on their own, but I would just like a little comfort. I have a regular doctor's appointment this coming Thursday, and I plan on asking her for a pregnancy test (and a prescription for HBC) just to know for sure and ease mine and my boyfriend's minds. Thanks so much for any words of comfort/wisdom. :)

post-yeast discharge?

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Hi everyone!
Long story short: Monday I had slight itching and discomfort but thought nothing of it other than heat irritation. Tuesday I found myself itching more, and it was more of a concentrated itch at the entrance of my vagina rather than the whole general area.

I've had a yeast infection before, and the tell-tall signs were present: itching, slight burn with itch, and dryness. I call my doctor and she called in a dose of Diflucan. I picked it up that night and took it.

Wednesday seemed worse than Tuesday, with the itching and dryness. I bought and used some Vagisil anti-itch cream on for releif.

It's now Friday and my symptoms are gone for the most part, except that... I went to pee just a few minutes ago and everything was fine, until I wiped. Just by habit, I looked at the toilet paper and there was a pretty large amount of discharge! Mind you, throughout the whole ordeal, I didn't have the cottage chessy discharge (I usually only get that if I let the infection get bad, which now doesn't happen if I catch onto the symptoms early!)

The discharge was yellow tinted (due to the urine?), thick, kind of mucusy and ...sticky/stringy? when I rubbed it between my fingers, and had no strong odor.

is this normal? I honestly haven't had a yeastie in years, and whenever I'm put on antibiotics for whatever reason, I am also perscribed Diflucan. I'm pretty confident this was a yeast infection because it has cleared up for the most part, and did not have any strong odors.

SUMMARY:
is it normal/possible to have thick, egg-white, light yellow tinted discharge when ridding of a yeast infection? there is no large amount of discharge on my panties, only when I wiped after urinating.

*note: I had my period on/around the 15th of this month, but never really notice an egg-white type discharge when ovulating.

thanks so much for any and all insight!

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Scared again.

[thatssojessy.livejournal.com]

So I was here last month scared out of my mind that I could be pregnant. Thankfully, my period came that weekend and everything was okay.

I'll recap my situation quickly-I had sex on June 10th with a condom. My period came on June 27. A month before, I had used Plan B because although we didn't have intercourse, I was scared that some fluids would be exchanged.

I tried calling a medical advice line with my OB/GYN office and they couldn't help me because I hadn't been there in a while. So that didn't make anything beeter

Now, I'm late again and I'm even more scared because my mom stated that there was a possibility of pregnancy. I plan on taking a test on Monday if it doesn't come this weekend, but I'm just stressed about what could happen :( I can't talk to my family about this because they're already upset that I had sex in the first place and that I destroyed their "perfect world".

Update on thyroid ultrasound

[abalone99.livejournal.com]

Thank so so much, sincerely from the bottom of heart, to everyone who pitched in and gave me advice, information, and their experience on my post about having to get a thyroid ultrasound here:

http://vaginapagina.livejournal.com/20012668.html

I wanted to reply individually to everyone, but was too flustered last night trying to quell my nerves.  Everything everyone here said added to my knowledge and a lot to comfort and was information I wasn't finding anywhere else last night.  So I really sincerely thank you.  You all live up to the "Superstar" moniker we use here.

For those who wanted an update.  They found a two inch (I think that's roughly 6 cm?) lump on my thyroid which also pressing on my esophogus/trachae.  The ultrasound tech (who was a woman thankfully for me as I just naturally feel more at ease around females when I already have issues with medical people and not being 'in control' and male medical people definitely trigger my feelings of being out of control in terms of being sexually assaulted in the past (I kind of hate that I'm 'prejudiced' this way, but I haven't been able to get over the feeling even though I had a male GP as a kid and I do not mean to cast aspersions on male doctors at all, just speaking to my personal comfort level) said it was pretty large and she was surprised I couldn't feel it when swallowing (which of course now I'm swallowing excessively trying to figure out if I can ACTUALLY feel it or if it's psychosomatic, haha).  I told her from the get go how nervous I was and she was very kind and answered all my questions, plentiful though they were.  The hopefully good news is that she thought it looked very good.  Said it looked like it was fluid filled and from the armchair 'net research I did last night here: 

http://www.ultrasound-images.com/thyroid.htm#Superficial_neck_masses-_lipoma

it does like similar to a lot of the benign images I saw there.  There was some blood flow (she didn't saw this, but I'd gathered that was something important to look for from a few resources)  mixed in there, but it didn't look anything like the scary cancer images I saw.  So here's hoping.  I should hopefully find out on Tuesday and will definitely keep you posted.  If it's benign they'll likely try to drain it with a needle and she assured me I can ask for some anti-anxiety meds, so hopefully that will help.

I'm still pretty exhausted and still scared until I know for sure but feeling so much better than yesterday afternoon thanks in large part to you all. So thank you again, Superstars.  You rock.

my experience with surgical abortion

[beach-justice.livejournal.com]

 
Hi everyone,
I recently posted with concerns about a surgical abortion and I wanted to thank everyone for being supportive. This really was a major milestone in my life and a big, mature decision I had to make and I really don’t want to have to go through this ever again. I definitely plan on being as careful and cautious as possible when I become sexually active again. I got my abortion performed today and I wanted to share my story so anyone looking to read personal stories can see it.
( Long story under the cut )

Thanks for reading and for all support that is given in this community, you all are truly wonderful, non-judgmental people.
Please feel free to ask me any questions
Thanks everyone



ps. I cant seem to get the tags working if the mods could tag this for me that would be great