Dec. 15th, 2012

[identity profile] creativexangst.livejournal.com
Are there any natural supplements/treatments/anything that can be taken by either myself or my partner to help boost fertility? We havn't been trying long enough to seek out a doctor but women on my Mom's side of the family are notorious for it taking a long time to conceive (although they all had weird circumstances except one, one is child free, one tried for 14 years before conceiving because her husband had to reverse his vasectomy, and my mom only had one ovary and it took them about 3-4 years. The last sister didn't SEEM to take long but I couldn't say).
My grandmother had 10 kids all told, so obviously SOMEONE in the family was super fertile, but my cousin who is pregnant now told me it took her and her husband 3 years to conceive, and was just starting to talk about fertility treatments. I was informed by a doctor I should have my first sooner rather than later, so Im concerned about it taking more than a year or two...

Anyway, anything that you can recommend to help would be great!
[identity profile] twizzlergirl1.livejournal.com
I went to the doctor last week for a full work up to find out what is causing my VERY slight, non-odorous or irritating discharge. He said it was possibly yeast because it was white and clumpy and put me on Diflucan everyday for 2 weeks while we wait on lab results. I've had issues with atypical yeast before.The next day my discharge increased a lot, it's clumpy and I'm not itching but uncomfortable. Like a mild ache. I'm on day 5 of the Diflucan now and the inside of my vagina is white! It comes off on my fingers and it's sticky and non-odorous. I've heard that yeast can get worse with treatment as the toxins are released. Is this what's happening? I'm obviously a little freaked out, especially since I didn't have much of a discharge to begin with. If my vagina was white when I was examined SURELY he would've said something. I wish I'd never looked in the mirror.
[identity profile] morningapproach.livejournal.com
I went off the pill at the beginning of September - the 8th was my last pill day. I got my period the week after (sept 14-18), and then my first period post pill October 22-29th. I haven't gotten one since. The last time I had sex was October 9th, almost 2 weeks before I got my period, and we used condoms. 

I don't remember what my period was like prior to being on the pill - I went on the pill at 19, and was on it for over 10 years, with no break.  I don't remember whether or not it was regular or not (I feel like it wasn't the most regular, but I wasn't sexually active so I don't recall paying particular attention to whether it was regular or not).  Life has been stressful though -  a new long-term teaching assignment, some weight gain as a result of poor diet and stress, plus I moved in the middle of November.  

At what point should I be getting worried and seeing the doctor? should I just hold out and wait to see whether my body adjusts? Give it some more time? And are there any herbal supplements that I can take to help me regulate my cycle? I don't want to go on the pill again. 

thanks :)
[identity profile] diekatze1.livejournal.com
Hello my lovely Superstars!

So I was completely out of it yesterday and I took my Friday AND Saturday HBC within 3 hours of each other (One around 8pm and the other around 12:45am. oops!)

I'm on Tri-Sprintec and on the third week of pills, took the 5th and 6th pills before my placebos. Should I just keep going with the pack or is it okay to skip the one for Saturday and just take my Sunday one tomorrow night? Had PIV sex yesterday morning also, if that makes any difference (and may have some tonight too?) I tried using the search and tags feature on here, but didn't find anything. Also my Google-fu is not working since i wasn't able to find what I needed by search engine.

Thanks everyone! (:
[identity profile] figsandmangos.livejournal.com
Alrighty this might be slightly long, and for this I am sorry.
So a few years ago I was in a committed relationship where I was on birth control had no issues except I got my first UTI and my second UTI in that relationship. It ended badly and I didn't start seeing anyone for 9 months (which was this past march) Not having sex in a while, I was worried about getting a UTI again which has been the way of my vagina. No matter if I urinate right after, or what not. It's weird. Okay. So I have sex with this new guy, no condom. Idoit move. I did get an uti, but I also felt different. When I went to the doctor they agreed that I had a yeast infection. I was on antibiotics for 10 days, and on a 7 day Monistat pack. It went away for a bit, but then came back a bit worse, and again. Every time I get my cultures taken they test for sti's and none of them ever came up positive. *Note I had never had a yeast infection before in my life and I was on beyaz birth control* Okay so it was okay for a while, but I never felt "normal" I went in and then they told me I had a bacterial infection and got treated for that and I was "as good as new" The whole summer went by and I never felt completely right. Over the summer though, about 90-100 days after the sex I got tested for ALL std's and everything was neg. I went for my yearly in September and it hurt so bad, the doctor could barely open me up. She said I had a wild infection going on that I had no clue was there. I was put on antibiotics and an antifungal. She checked for std's AGAIN and did the normal cultures. Nothing. But the infection went away. I was fine for a bit, felt as normal as I have so far. My doctor told me to start using soap again because she didn't like that I was just using water to clean, so I got dove sensitive skin unscented with moisturizer. I used the SMALLEST amount possible. Within 12 hours I was itchy as hell, so I waited a few days to see if it would go away before using OTC medicine. (I switched off beyaz after my yearly check-up and into apri, then my insurance gave me a different generic then I stopped birth control all together thinking that could be what was causing all of this) It kind of went away, and I waited about a month and a half before going back to the doctor. I got cultures and she told me I am normal. I had sex (unprotected again I'm stupid right?) with the same guy. Immediately after I was irritated. He was rubbing me a lot, and it was sore. I figured he just rubbed too much. Except it didn't go away. I was red and irritated and sore. I went back to the gyno and she told me if anything it's a mild yeast infection and gave me a 3 day antifungal kit. (She seems to think I'm nuts at this point) and did more cultures. NOTHING CAME UP /AGAIN/. The 3 day cream was working for the outside too but after I finished it came back irritated again. I called my doctor and she told me to use a otc antifungal on the outside, dry well, sleep with no undies on blahblah. Now here I am.
My external girlie parts are very dry. Rough to the touch. I'm too nervous to touch myself in fear to make everything worse. And this has been the case for months so you can see my frustration. At first I thought it was him, which I'm pretty sure it's my body. But I don't know what. I've examined myself MANY times, and nothing. Mild redness and just irritation. I'm using a 7 day cream externally twice a day, my doctor said that's okay to do.

So my question is, do you think this is only a yeast infection that I just can't kick? Or maybe could it be mental? I am at a total loss. My doctor really seems annoyed when I go in so much for things like this, and it's just frustrating me. I feel like I can't do anything, and that I'll never be normal again (which I most likely will I'm just nuts) MY anxiety has been really high. I've been freaking out about everything, and the Internet is not helpful because I search and freak that I might have a disease and then have to calm myself down. I've looked up every std, nothing matches. It's more of an annoyance at this point, but I'm worried to have sex or masturbate or anything.
When I masturbate I wash my hands before with hot water and very mild soap, using a lot of water to get any residue out. I wipe front to back always. i've been drinking a lot of water. I take 2 cranberry pills a day and two acidophilus pills a day. I am over weight, which my doctor thinks has something to do with it, and i wear leggings a lot. When I get home it's right into my loose pj pants. I'm not really one to not wear undies, so that's a bit hard for me.
I used to shave down there, but now i haven’t been. Before I had sex two weeks ago though I did shave but only my bikini line.

Can anyone tell me if it's possibly all in my head, or have any of you had anything like this?
Thank you so much!

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