Preggo?

[maazuki-kei.livejournal.com]

I tend to be a huge worrywart and to overthink things, so this may not be anything. But any response would be nice.

I had my last period about three weeks ago (I think. It's been at least two weeks x.x). For the past week I've been having headaches (probably not related), and the other day I felt like my period was coming on (cramps, slight nausea). Well when I checked, there was only a light spot of blood on my undies, and I haven't bled anymore since. I've felt slightly nauseated at random times during the past week. My moods haven't really been consistent either (while that's kind of normal, I've been feeling like crying more often). I did take a pregnancy test on Thursday and it was negative. I have been having unprotected sex with my boyfriend. I'm just wondering if I might have taken the test too soon or if I just shouldn't worry about it.

Thanks.

Pain during sex - 6 months post partum

[lunabelle.livejournal.com]

Hello Superstars!!
I had my first baby 6 months ago. Ever since sex has been really painful for me. It's worst during initial penetration. The pain is there during the entire time but either it just gets manageable or the pleasure overrides the pain. It feels really tight and burns. I never had any tearing just what the doctor described as "road rash". My hubby says he can feel the tightness and heat too.

We've tried lots of lube and I've been pretty relaxed/turned on.

I just came from the doctor today and she said its because I'm breastfeeding. She says my estrogen is at an all time low (pre menopausal state) and things are just extra dry right now. She prescribed a topical estrogen cream to be applied twice a week.

Has anyone experienced this? I wasn't expecting to get a prescription for estrogen. If anything I thought YI, BV or even UTI.

Also,
When I need to pee it feels different now then it did before my dd was born. I get the same odd feeling when I tighten my pelvic floor muscles. It's not pain or burning its just a weird "tinge" or "tingle".

Thanks!!! It's hard to describe these feelings so thanks for any help at all.

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MMMMonday! A little bit of happiness.

[mangofandango.livejournal.com]

It's MMMMonday! Each Monday, we bring you special, maintainer-curated content intended to enrich your VP experience. Please note that you can find past MMMMonday posts using the "mmmmonday" tag.

Also, a quick reminder about the other places you can find VP: vp_bulletins for local announcements; contact_vp for questions and feedback on the way VP is run; the Vulvapedia for basic questions; and don't forget about our sibling community over on Dreamwidth!


I wanted to come up with a light-hearted MMMMonday post for all of you, because I think many of us could use a lift right now. And then I realized it might work better if I crowd-sourced it. So, I'd like to know: what has lifted you up recently? What gives you hope? What's your go-to happy place? Is there something that never fails to at least make you smile? You can answer in the comments and leave links, quotes, images, anything you think might lend readers a little bit of brightness, warmth, silliness, hope, faith in humanity...whatever you want as long as it's in keeping with VP's goals/safe space. :)

In order to get the ball rolling, here's a link to cartoon that gave me a little warm-fuzzies smile:

come into this pillow fort, via happythings.tumblr.com
(Cartoon ghosties with text: "Calm down, friend. I made you some bagel bites. Come into this pillow fort. Everybody loves you very much. We are very proud of you.)

And also, that Fred Rogers quote that has been making the rounds: "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers -- so many caring people in this world." - Fred Rogers


Peace and love to all. <3