Inexplicable shame

[noblesandwich.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid I somehow got the notion into my head that my girl-parts were indescribably icky and gross. I wouldn't touch them, even to shower, so I'm pretty lucky I didn't develop some sort of infection, now that I think of it. If I put my hands between my legs, even while clothed, I washed them compulsively. 

I'm not sure why. I mean, my parents were never shaming or anything. I'm from Southern California, there were never any particularly creepy social messages I can think of. I didn't have generalized body image issues, and while I'm not the most gender-binary-conforming female bodied person out there, I'm mostly pretty in line with my bits. 

I don't have any issues with it anymore, or at least none that are really outstanding.

I guess I just wanted to know if this happened to anyone else, or what you guys' thoughts were. 

UTI treatment with no insurance

[criswithnoh.livejournal.com]

Hey all :)

So I'm fairly certain I have a UTI again. I don't have insurance so I'm looking into a Minute Clinic-type place or my local Planned Parenthood. I know Minute Clinic will cost me $79 - $89 so I'm wondering if PP would be equal to that or even less? I'm lower income so I know I fall for discounted services on their scale, but I have no idea how much. Anyway, I'm just looking for where I can get treatment and pay the lowest out of pocket. Thanks!

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[chlyfe.livejournal.com]

hi everyone!
I've got a situation, and I need help cos im really im a panic now..


so last night within a span of 5hours I went through probably 11 ultra absorbency tampons (1x every 20-30mins) this has never happened to me. and when I mention "went through", I mean literally soaking, bloated, leaking, with a dangly blob at the end of my tampon. it was hell, and I told myself if this went on, I was going in to the hospital at 1am. but the thing is, all these nonsense stopped at 1245am.


so I went on with life WITHOUT going in to the hospital, went to sleep, and when I got up this morning, (im using a pad now) I am releasing blobs of uterine lining every 30mins or so.


I am not experiencing any cramps whatsoever, but then again in my 9years of menstruating I've only experienced cramps ONCE.


so there u go, help please? advice?

t.i.a girls!

period poops

[hahahabye.livejournal.com]

hey all

So lately, I've been experiencing some pretty awful period poops. I don't know how to explain it really without being TOTALLY gross so I'll cut it.

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Yeast Infection, BV, and Sex, oh my!

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Main question: Can guys "get" BV?

Here's the story:

In September, I was diagnosed with a yeast infection. I was given a diflucan, took it, and the tightness and occasional itching went away. 

I went back in November because I suspected yeast again, but the gyno said that there was very little and nothing to worry about. 

I then proceeded to use the 7-day Monistat treatment. 

Last week, I went back to the gyno who said that I had BV and a little bit of yeast. 

I had sex with my boyfriend before the BV was officially confirmed. It smelled sour down there, but that was the only symptom. He later said that his penis smelled really bad. We are going to hold off on sex until I manage this, but I'm worried that he may be harboring BV, if that's even possible.

I was given a course of antibiotics and another diflucan from the gyno after this last visit, but I've ordered some fem-dophilus capsules online and am planning to try those instead. Is this a good idea? I go to planned parenthood, and while it's great because it's free, the wait time is kind of ridiculous, so I would like to try "alternative" methods to get this under control. 

Thanks.

Vaginal muscle issues?

[roseprintglass.livejournal.com]

Hello all, I have a possibly strange question, but I shall try to be brief. 

Currently I suffer from vulvodynia, though over the past year or so it's gotten a lot better. I definitely did the merry go 'round of misdiagnoses and meds, but I think I've got it pretty well managed and have a feeling that it will just continue to get better on it's own. 

My question is in regards to vaginal muscle tone. One of the characteristics of vulvodynia for me is pain at the entrance. My current partner is very large for me, so we've always tried to go slow, use lots of lube, etc. Ever since I got the vulvodynia though, sometimes when we have sex it's like my vaginal muscles feel...god, I don't even know how to adequately describe it...sore, yes, but also, droopy, if that makes any sense. Like, I know my vagina isn't going to fall out, but frankly it feels that way sometimes, and it's bizarre and a bit distressing. This also happens when I have my period, everything just feels very "low" and heavy, including my uterus. I've been trying to do kegels lately, but I don't know if it's helping yet. Also, this never happened to me prior to the vulvodynia, and I was with my current partner before I was diagnosed. Before I got the vulvodynia, we could have sex a lot more vigorously and in a more carefree manner, and I would never feel terribly sore as I will now sometimes. 

I was just wondering if anyone had any kind of insight/experience with this sort of thing. Like I said, I'm trying to do kegels, but I'm not sure what else, if anything I could do. 

Thank you so much in advance!! :)