I need birth control/no way to get it.

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I posted about this a month or two ago, but am now freaking out as the situation has gotten worse. I can't get an exam. It's not just that I dislike them, it's that I completely freak out and can't open my legs and cry etc. I need to avoid an exam. I know someone on here agreed with me that it's unethical of PP to hold my bc hostage. I sent a letter to their Philadelphia headquarters, got no response. The person I spoke to on the phone was not helpful and insisted I need an exam. I've been without my bc since beginning of November maybe. I had horrible 3-month-long periods when I was not on bc, which is a main reason I want it. I've yet to get a period, but I did take a pregnancy test and am not pregnant. I have not had PIV sex since I've been off the pill, but I really don't like the idea that I just can't for an indeterminate amount of time. I called the gyn office that my GP told me to see, and they said no, they won't prescribe me bc with just a consult and blood pressure check. I made an appointment with a doctor I do not know at all, but spent an hour crying at the idea of an exam with her. I don't think I will go. I guess I am just asking if any of you have any other ideas of what I can do or where I can go to get a prescription for bc pills without an exam. I am furious and just want my pills. All my friends were like "Oh just get the exam, nobody likes it, but you have to do it". It's not like that for me. It's not a minor annoyance, it borders on traumatic and I would do anything to avoid it. I can't calm down and I CANNOT stand someone looking at my legs and parts. So please, if you know any way I can get birth control without an exam, any place I can try, please let me know. I have heard of sites where they will prescribe you things and you can fill your prescriptions, but I doubt they'd take my insurance. I am sorry to bother you all with this again but I really want my pills and I really can't go through with an exam.

Abdominal pain

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I've had stomach problems for the past few years. It started with really bad heartburn and upper right abdominal pain that would get worse with anything and everything I ate except for canned soup. I was prescribed an antacid. It worked. Kind of. But then things got worse, and I moved out of the country and got health insurance.

I went to the hospital several times (they're like clinics here on some days), and tried various medicines for heartburn and constipation. An endoscopy revealed no ulcers or stomach damage, so the doctors were kind of stumped. I was eventually prescribed cymbalta for depression, which I've read also helps with IBS. Well, it did help with this. Things cleared up except for a few flare ups that went away on their own after a week or two.

Well, I've been weaning myself off of cymbalta and just stopped completely last Monday. My stomach problems are slowly coming back, and I'm completely stumped. My diet isn't the best, but I eat pretty decently--not much red meat, lots of vegetables, and I've been cutting back on my coffee consumption (I'm at a few cups a week).

I'm going to the hospital this weekend if I can, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about what could cause upper right abdominal pain. The pain is right below my ribs, a few inches right of the sternum line. Heartburn, recurring constipation, and my breath has been kind of gross recently as well (that could be because of mouth-breathing because of the dryness, though?). I've searched google, and of course some of the top results are gallbladder/pancreatic/liver/stomach cancer when you look up abdominal pain, but... I doubt I would be ok if that were the case since this has been going on for a few years.


Thanks in advance and sorry if this doesn't make sense. Brain zaps from the med withdrawal and getig pulled away mid-post made me kind of lose track of my thoughts a few times.

Tamanu oil for yeast infection?

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Does anyone know if tamanu oil can be safely used both internally and externally to treat a yeast infection? I woke up with a yeast infection this morning and I really want to nip it in the butt. Tea tree oil typically works for me but I can't find mine and I happen to have tamanu oil on me for a stubborn patch of ezcema and I'm stuck where I am until 7pm so I'm really hoping someone knows something about it :/ also I'm pregnant (and want to stay that way :) ) so part b of my question is if it's safe during pregnancy. I tried a google search but really didn't find anything conclusive.
Thanks!

Crying after orgasm!! Good grief!

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So thank goodness I've been a member of VagPag long enough to have read a couple stories of vagina-owners crying after an orgasm! If not, I would have thought I needed to be tossed in the looney bin last night.

My boyfriend and I just recently started having oral sex, and last night was the first time I'd ever orgasmed from it. It was crazy intense, he was also fingering me and hitting my G-Spot, but most of the intensity was in my clit. It was the most intense orgasm I've ever had and like two seconds later I started sobbing unconrollably. He kept asking me what was wrong, but I couldn't really talk. He thought he had upset me or hurt me somehow! The crying lasted for probably less than a minute, and turned in to laughter that I couldn't control, but at least I was able to explain that sometimes when orgasms are really intense, people cry. Or laugh. Or both, in my case, haha. I was afraid I'd totally killed the mood, but I went down on him a little while later after my giggles had subsided, and he came very quickly.

So thank you, VaginaPagina, for teaching me about orgasms!

(TW) Update on my sister's child abuse case

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Parsley problem

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Cervix shape question

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This question is more about the cervix itself rather than its position.
I am a 22 year old virgin. I have used dildos, I wash them before and after use. I have used my hand as well, and have explored my body to use a menstrual cup. Everything seems fine, but I was masturbating tonight and seemed to feel that the bottom half of my cervix was round, but a third of it seemed to be more pointed. It feels like to be what I imagine the apex of the heart might feel like. All three edges, the separations made by the opening of the cervix, are round, but one third seems to hang out a little more than the other two (like 2cm max, maybe a half cm). It is the top side, so that might have something to do with it. I looked at some pictures online and some of them look like it feels, but I'm not sure.
It could be because I'm around my ovulation time, and I will check on it in a few days to see if it changes shape at all. Or it could be due to being aroused and the changes that happen then. I feel like it's always been this shape, with a little more pointed edge, and could just be the way it is for me, but I've yet to see a Gyno due to not being sexually active. I want to wait until I'm sure I'm ready to have sex before I see a doctor.
Does this shape I'm describing sound familiar to other women? I don't think mine has ever been perfectly round, but I haven't really been checking out my cervix in depth until I got more familiar with my body and the idea of a menstrual cup.
I'm not worried yet, I know the cervix can change shape, and since the internet wasn't too helpful I figured I'd ask around here. Most of the women here are familiar with their cervix and I thought you'd all be a good resource.
Please tell me I'm not nuts and this doesn't sound crazy strange.