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I've had recurrent BV and my Gyno keeps prescribing Flagyl which usually doesn't work. I got frustrated at the end of my treatment that the weird discharge hadn't gone away so I tried the hydrogen peroxide vaginal wash  (1/2 water 1/2 hydrogen peroxide washed gently and slowly into the vagina as to not force anything in to cervix) I read about on a few midwifery sites and to my surprise after three days of doing this my BV infection seems to be gone, my discharge has returned to normal, smell normal, and irritation has gone down.

I've also added lots of beneficial bacteria to my diet and taken a break from veganism. I feel better.

I was having a lot of trouble with my size 1 Diva. It wouldn't go in, I was certain it wouldn't fit, and I was just sick of trying. Tampons give me panic attacks (TSS symptoms immediately upon insertion), and pads are itchy and smelly, but it looked like I was going to have to go back to disposables anyway. I was ready to give up, but then with the help of a number of people from this community, I caved and ordered a small LadyCup from eBay. It should arrive in a couple of weeks (it's coming from the Czech Republic and I'm in central Canada), but I'm excited to try something smaller that may actually work for me.

Before it arrives, does anyone have any advice for a first time user...a 19 year old virgin?

I have been on a POP for about five years now, and I took my last pill tonight.  I am going to go off from it for a while.  The first couple of months on it I had spotting, and then my period stopped altogether and haven't had anything since.  Now that I am off from it (starting tomorrow) does anyone know when I can expect my period?  Will it start up again soon, will it start next month, or will it be kind of sporadic and crazy. 

I know everyone's different, but I am just looking for a ballpark kind of answer.  Thanks!

So the University of Leicester had a study. The title of the press release on the study was:

"Promiscuous men more likely to rape"

And so, of course, the headline of it in the Telegraph was:

“Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists"

The scientist who did the study is like WTFBBQ, NO.

I hope this is ok to post here, I didn't see anything in the rules against it. 

The other day, my idling brain came up with an idea, and I want to know what y'all think. This is not a really serious question, but I was just wondering how well the idea floated, if that makes since.

I was wondering if there was the possibility of pregnancy pheromones in humans.

This might have just been in my area, but it seems like in the past year or so, my sister, a cousin, several close friends, and others have all gotten pregnant.  Both my mom and my sister say that a large amount of women that they know and or work with have also gotten pregnant. Which has gotten me to thinking. These could all just be coincidence, something in the water, or could there be an answer in science?

We know that there are pheromones that cause women's cycles to 'sync' up, why not pheromones that can cause increased fertility?  Maybe that old wives tale/joke about 'something in that water' has roots in fact?

I think I watched a program on the Discovery Channel that talked about herd animals like antelope and gazelle using pheromones to cause most of the offspring in a herd to be born days apart to increase the chance that more of them will survive to adulthood. 

Maybe human women have similar senses.  Maybe some part of a woman's senses her friends and relatives are pregnant so subconsciously she thinks that NOW is a good/safe time to be pregnant too, so that helps to make her body extra fertile than normal.

I don't know, I'm probably just talking out of my ass, but I'd like to hear other folk's ideas on the subject.  At least it would be nice to have something to blame it all on besides just the 'water.'

 I learned something last night about Karma. I came home and found nair waxing strips in our bathroom. They were my roommates and after a bit of thought, decided to... "borrow" two strips to take on the grizzly adams of a bikini line I have.

After figuring the damn things out and reading the directions, I determined they were ok for my bikini line.

Well... they took some hair off but they left some nice blood blisters and bruising behind instead.

Is this because I've never waxed before, used them wrong (I rubbed them on with the hair and removed them quickly against the hair per directions) or are Nair waxing strips the devil?

So, I got my replacement Divacup in the mail today (the first one had a crack near one of the holes). And it turns out that the replacement cup has almost the same exact defect as the first one! There's a deep and very noticeable tear in both the inside and outside of the rim above one of the holes.

I'm not even going to bother anymore with trying to get a good Divacup. Iherb.com has fantastic customer service and I know that this is the fault of the Diva company and not iherb. It seems as if Diva sent out a whole batch of defective cups or something, because I have no idea how else this could happen twice to me in a row. I mean what are the odds? And it's interesting that there have been other people on this same community with seemingly the same problem.

So I have to say that just based on the quality of the product, I like my Keeper Mooncup better right now.

Maybe instead of a Divacup, I'll get a Lunette when I have the money and when they become available in the US again.

Yesterday and today I've been feeling what reminds me of period cramps. Not as strong or as painful as what I usually get, but sort of a cross between minor cramps/gas. They last for a few minutes to twenty minutes and go away. Come back an hour or so later. Apart from the pain, I don't really have any gas that I know of.

I'm fourteen days into my first pack of Ortho-Cyclen. I thought I had reviewed what kind of side affects to expect, but this wasn't one of them. If I wasn't on HBC, I'd be ovulating right about now, and I tend to get a little gassy around that time and during my period. I'm just curious if feeling something like cramps like this is normal or not. If they are cramps. It's nothing I can't handle, but it seems kind of unusual.

Ok, I think I freaked some people out with my last post (re: Surprise Pregnancies). So to allay people's concerns, including mine should I ever have any, I put this question forth to the community:

What exactly is decidual bleeding?

How long does it last? What does it look like? Are there any other symptoms? How common/rare is it? What consistency does it have? etc.

I'm not finding very good info on google so please feel free to be as tmi as you like. The more info the better. It freaks me out that there is a possibility of having a period and still being pregnant.

I apologize in advance for this "Am I normal?" problem as I know it annoys some people. Brief recap: Planned Parenthood started me on Reclipsen last month because my periods had returned full force two months prior after a very long absence and they were lasting like 2-3 weeks, almost a month. I started period spotting about two days before I was to finish that month's pack. Period itself started about Monday (7/6). At first it seemed manageable...pads alone were taking care of it. Yesterday I noticed it was a lot heavier but I chalked it up to walking to work from the bus depot, about a mile or so (I missed my connection), so I put in my regular tampon at 4 or so. At about 7:45 after I'd gotten off and at Walmart, I felt it leak through (I was wearing a pad as a backup as I always do). Did my shopping and changed it at 8:30, give or take. Went to eat and when I got home at 10, I had already soaked through that one. I had plans last night so changed it to a super absorbency one. By the time I got back at 2 am, I had soaked through that one too. I jumped in the shower, turned the handheld shower on to "power washer" and cleaned myself out. I of course have had a great deal of clotting that had rinsed out.

I have had debilitating cramps and a great deal of bloating but should my period be this heavy? I called my doc even though I don't have insurance and he wants me to try Yaz instead which he gave me a sample month of. I am due to start my new month pack tomorrow at which time he wants me to use that one. Is this a good idea? Will it help this heavy bleeding? The last time I bled this much was after childbirth! Even as I type this, I can feel the blood with the tampon in. When I woke up this morning, tampon in, there was nothing on the pad but as soon as I got up, it all rushed forward. What do I do? Can someone please help? Normally I wouldn't be this freaked out, but this truly is a LOT of blood.

ETA: I edited to make it slightly easier to read and not a complete run-on paragraph.

( Cut for Period talk )

I do so many memes, but never anything like this... I figured what the hell:

Go anon and tell me the following:

1. One secret.
2. One compliment.
3. One non-compliment.
4. One love note, but it does not have to be for me.
5. Lyrics to a song.
6. How old you are.
7. How long we've been friends.
8. And a hint to who you are.

After you do it for me, put it in your LJ and see who does it for you.

Anon posting is on. Feel free to follow the format above or take the opportunity to say anything at all.

Hello!!


I just did my second brazilian wax about a week ago, and now I'm having the most itchy regrowth ever! I don't remember the first regrowth being that bad. FYI, my two brazilians have been done by different people each time. I have been exfoiliating too, so I am surprised the regrowth is so painful and poky.

I don't know if it's all ingrown hairs, but it is very poky and feels slightly painful when I rub the skin. Some areas are slightly red. It feels a bit like cactus (okay, I'm exagerrating...) Also, when I had sex with my partner today he said it felt like sandpaper :(

Did I just get a very bad waxer or is this normal?

I watched the movie "the secret" some time back and then I remembered what I was told by a very trustworthy elder some time back - " whatever happens with you depends on - where you are coming from" and he stressed it on the where you are coming from part. eg: if we are like hey I have adhd and according to my life experiences and what all I get to read on the net on forums on blogs about the 1000 and 1 problems that we guys get into - My lifes gonna be one ride filled with these relationship issues, with frustrations, with you all know what not - then I guess I am paving my way for more of that, but I have to now somehow work on " Hey I have adhd - man I going to be at so much benefit due to my creative charisma, people will love me for my originalness, they will love to hang out with me for my wit and kindness and affectionate behavior - Just these few good qualities of mine will overshadow and make look petty -all my shortcomings - Then according to that wise guy that is what I will get
I think it needs lot of stopping my thoughts to run in the negative loops and patterns and lot of reminders around my house on the walls , and I believe I can get just what I want from this ride :)
too frequent posts these days:P

in the beginning of june i got what had to have been a yeast infection ( i know it had to have been one because they were a side effect of a med i had just started, and a day or two prior i got talked into letting something sugary be put inside me). i started a monistat 7 day treatment kit, and then switched to a 1 day kit. on the 10th i posted here about the swelling/pressure i felt the day after using the one day kit. later that day it went away and i was symptom free. a few days after that i had sex and was fine, my guy even said i was nice that day. a few days after having sex i noticed bright green discharge in my underwear (which had green in them, so that might be nothing). besides an odor there was nothing else odd going on before i got my period. now my only "symptom" is that i still smell kind of musky down there, where as before i never had a scent that i could detect.

can anyone take a guess as to what caused it or what i can do to help it? i'm embarrassed to have sex now because of it.

my casual sex friend both like the thrill of almost being caught during sex. so far we've done it with people in the next room and in a cemetery. his new big thing is wanting to do it in a fitting room. i checked the memories, but couldn't seem to find any tips on how to pull it off. i know i'd obviously have to try and make very little noise, but besides that we aren't sure how to go about it without getting caught. any good places to go? positions that work? any other tips or tricks? he wants to do it at my work, because i'm familiar with thoe fitting room, they wouldn't check to see how i'm doing, and would never suspect me of doing the dirty there, but i'm still not sure it's a good idea...


oh, and other quick one. one of his "spots" is his ear. he's told me before that if my mouth goes near it my pants are coming off whether i like it or not, but i don't know what to do! his lobes are stretched to over an inch, so sucking/biting those doesn't seem like a good idea, and i don't want to end up licking his brain or something. help a girl out?

i can't believe it.

the last relationship was horrible, but the sex was the most brilliant intimacy i've ever felt.. it turned out to be a constant cycle of fighting and much love-making?

so now i'm falling in love with someone who has never given me great sex. and i'm getting worried. moreso looking back now... when the first night i threw myself at him and he took me to his house... he didn't insist on doing the deed? or in the morning? i mean, didn't seem that interested? or what?
wow
i think i am acceptably attractive. and have always been told so.

OK replay in bed:
he fingers me...i get turned on, wow...yes...he's doing it...i touch back...he keeps touching me forever until i nearly get bored...i retract...we'll either just stop or go from there...and if we go from there the rythym is all off and then he cums after minutes.
HA
it is that bad.

he has said he has never had that problem, he is overthinking too much in bed, and it is not attractive. :( he has also said i intimidate him.

am i doing something wrong...ANY advice???

will it last...can i give him a better chance...should i talk to him more? (everything else is great)

THANK YOU!!!!!!

For as long as I can remember, the skin on my breasts has been very dry.  Flaking, peeling, crocodile skin.  It doesn't hurt or itch at all--it's just dry.  The dryness is primarily on the lower parts of the breast and the inner parts (like, if you push them together, the area where they touch each other).

I decided to do something about it this summer.  I started moisturizing the trouble areas intensely--with really thick lotions and even pure Shea butter.  It took 2 weeks, but it seemed to work.

After about 3 weeks, though, suddenly I was back to square one.  It's like within two days, everything I had done reversed itself.

The only thing I can think of is that I started going out more...and therefore wearing bras more.  I wear sports bras, because I find regular ones to be horribly uncomfortable.  This probably isn't the best thing, because I'm at least a D-cup.

Does anyone have any suggestions about what I could do to get rid of this dry skin?  Thanks in advance!

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Hello all! I have been watching this community for a couple years now and finally have a need to ask a question. This is regarding my 58 year old mother. She had been told at her last gyn appointment about a month ago that she has a polyp that needs to be removed though a procedure similar to a D&C. Then over the next couple of weeks she started feeling like something was "falling out of her vagina". She went back and was told her uterus is longer than normal, and it is her bladder that is "falling out" of her vagina. The doctor gave her a plastic thing to insert in her vagina to hold things in place but also suggested they remove her uterus rather than do the D&C procedure (currently scheduled at the end of this month). They would also stitch her bladder back into place regardless of whether she decides to remove the uterus.

So my question is: she doesn't really want to have a body part removed unless necessary. She is concerned about the recovery of this surgery as well as how her body will operate w/out the uterus. Has anyone had just their uterus removed (cervix & ovaries still in place)? How do they remove it (through the vagina or a cut on the abdomen)? Does it mess w/your hormones and/or libido?

Any advice would be appreciated as she is trusting me to help her make this decision. TIA!