I posted a few months ago because my small Moon Cup US was leaking and thanks to all the great advice I received I bought a large Lady Cup which I love. I used it last month and had not one leak!

Today, though, my period began and I also had my weekly yoga class. As we were doing Warrior II Pose, I heard this weird soft gurgling sound and then felt like my cup was leaking. After class I checked, and sure enough, my cup had leaked. It wasn't a big deal because I was wearing a cloth liner - but has this happened to anyone else? Is there a way to avoid it? On the first few days of my period I need to empty my cup every four hours and now I'm thinking that maybe if I'd emptied it before class (I had been wearing it for three hours) it wouldn't have leaked but I'm not sure if that would've solved the problem. I'd like to be able to do yoga with a cup without worrying about it.

2 questions:

If taking HBC and i get a withdrawal bleed but i want to take a pregnancy test, when would be the best time to take it? while on inactives? when i start bleeding?

ALSO: does anyone here use an epilator? do they take off much skin (compared to say shaving)?

I experience extreme amounts of suction with the large LadyCup on multiple trials. The suction was way too good, so I turned the cup inside out an now it is much better. I like the size of the holes however the angle when right side out , because of how my cervix sits in the cup, causes the holes to be blocked from the inside creating massive suction. I still prefer the stiffer, larger capacity DivaCup but turned inside I can use the LadyCup at the end of my period.

Okay- so this probably sounds really dumb, but how do you shave your pubic area into a landing strip?

Wait.. I know HOW. The real question is: any tips on making it STRAIGHT? Whenever I've tried, it's always a bit wonky-looking.


Thanks, VP!

What is the usual time frame for an at home pregnancy test showing a positive? The last time I had PIV was just over 2 months ago, and there was ejaculation inside of the vagina though very little. I'm not on any birth control, we were using pull out though towards the end he slipped a little. Fast forward, I bled a little a few weeks later though it was very light bleeding compared to my usual extremely heavy periods. I do have hypothyroidism and am on both Armour thyroid and liothyronine for it which increases the chance of miscarriage. Are there any medications that can indicate a false positive test result I should be aware of? I was just sick with the flu last week and was taking a cough syrup with coedine and tamiflu.

Lately I've had extreme bouts of nausea, no appetite, mood swings, sore breasts, back pain...a lot of common pregnancy symptoms. I've had so much going on in my life it never even occured to me I could be pregnant, I just figured it was stress and that my cycles have never been very regular to begin with. Tomorrow I was going to get a pregnancy test just in case. I'm not in a place in my life right now where I would be able to raise a child, so I'm really scared right now. Any advice would be helpful, thank you.

Hello, I am doing a project for my class and am hoping to find participants from this wonderful community!! My survey is here: http://menstruation.questionpro.com.

Thanks in advance!

Whenever I have vaginal sex, whatever the position, it feels painful around the entrance of my vagina; not to say I don't enjoy it but that there seems always to be some pain of an almost stinging sort which prevents me from carrying on for as long as we otherwise would. It has been becoming more of an issue recently because I am so afraid of vaginal sex being disappointing or cut short that I have found myself avoiding it entirely.

I have been having sex for 3 years with one partner (I am also his first). I am on the pill but I don't think it is a case of lack of libido or lubrication; we have always had extensive foreplay and have tried a variety of (non-glycerin) lubes. I have had yeasties in the past but both my boyfriend and I have used yoghurt and canesten to treat them so I don't think its a current problem.

I have been considering buying a dildo/internal vibrator as I think this way I could 'practise' and acclimatise my body to being penetrated. (I think a toy might allow for short but frequent attempts that as I am in a long distance relationship sex cannot) I have also wondered whether it is possible that there could be 'remnants' of my hymen that are stretched but not broken? (I know this sounds implausible but I am really searching here)

Does anybody have any recommendations for suitable toys? (I live in the UK but would consider ordering online although I don't want anything too expensive)

Also, any other ideas on possible causes / solutions to painful sex.

Hello! I recently bought two Lotos Ladycups (I was bidding on two auctions to make sure I got one!), and I'd like to offer one of them for sale.

I'm asking $23 for it. That includes shipping costs if you live in the US.

Here are some photos of the Ladycup I'm selling (still in the original package), and some of the opened cup so you can see the color. I think the fourth photo shows the color best.

If you're interested, send me a message or e-mail me (daimonqueen9 @ yahoo.com) and I'll let you know my Paypal e-mail address!

( Click to see photos )

I know this is my 3rd post about this, but I'm really worried...and I got very few responses to my last entry. :(

Once again, asking for a friend. They have a tender area on their vagina with like maybe 3-ish slighly raised bumped. That only hurt when pressure is applied. The irritation has been there for at least a good 48hrs now. They might be slightly bigger now, but its really hard to tell if the irritation has gotten worse or stayed the same.

So the main question is: How long does it take for herpes lesions to form? Do they turn into blisters pretty quickly?...or can it be a slow process? Does it vary from person to person?

If anyone has any answers to these questions, please PLEASE help. :(
Doctors appointment today. Really freaked out.

about a year ago, i started taking birth control for the first time, but only stuck with it for a little under three months. during the first month, i remember my period lasting at least 10 days due to my body adjusting and whatnot.

i have recently started taking the same birth control(ortho tri-cyclen lo) again, and am just finishing up the first pack. my period came on wednesday but seems a lot lighter than normal, and also seems to be already finishing up, which seems weird to me.

is it possible that once your body initially adjusts to birth control once, it will not need to adjust again even if you take a year long break in between starting and stopping? normally my period is fairly heavy and lasts about 7 days, so i am curious as to the cause of it being so light and short so suddenly.

sorry if this question sounds silly!

I had sex last night and when I went to toss the wrapper, I noticed it was a "Lifestyle Skyn", an apparently "non latex" condom. It has a gold wrapper so I assumed it was a magnum. What are "non latex" condoms made of? Should I worry that it wasn't as effective as latex condoms? Anyone have any experience with this one? I noticed it had a price stamp for 2 bucks. 2 bucks for one condom? lol...

Hi everyone,

So two days ago I started to experience some tenderness on my left labia. Since then it has become swollen. However, it only hurts if I press the top part. This area is more raw/red and feels harder than the lower portion, as if there is something underneath. There is nothing unusual about my discharge; the colour, smell and consistency all appear normal. There is also no itching or burning or bumps. Perhaps it is a Bartholin's cyst? Do they occur at the top of the labia?

Also, I have never had a yeast infection (I don't know what those are like). And while I have not been sexually active since September, I have not been tested since my last partner. (I need to do this).

I do not feel terribly uncomfortable, but I am concerned. I don't think I will be able to see a doctor until a day from now.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Does anyone know where I can get Gentian violet in Canada? I was looking at the Vulvapedia entry, and we don't have Walgreens here, and I followed the link from Amazon, and it would come to $26 including shipping! I went to the pharmacy at a local hospital and they didn't have it...I have yet to check at Shoppers, but I'm planning on it. Does anyone know where I can get some?

I don't know whats wrong with me. Actually i do. I used to enjoy having sex, and enjoy having sex with my boyfriend. I was open and loved to try new things. My sex drive was off the wall. I could have sex everyday and still not get enough.

I have been with him for over two years now and it has been over 6 months since we have slept together. All the times that we did sleep together it was never any good, or bad things would happen, like he would get soft (which i realize is common, but he would get soft for reasons as such like i was on top and it just didn't feel good for him). He doesn't do oral and pretty much refuses to, which i have dealt with, he is never into trying new things. Another thing was that even though we were on a regular sex schedual he still would only last like ten minutes. Not once did i feel like he was trying to please me, it was always me pleasing him. When we first got together he didnt even like to finger me because he didnt like his hand getting all wet.

So i got to the point where it wasn't even worth getting undressed for. Sex with him was just so awful i have seriously quit wanting to have sex again actually.The stories go on forever, i cant even type all of them up. Am i alone, has anyone else been in my situation? How have you coped with this issue? I need help, I hate feeling like this : (

My sex drive has been non-existent the past two months, and it's quite upsetting considering I used to be quite horny all the time!
I know exactly why; I suffer from depression and the past two months I've been very depressed.

I'm also under a lot of stress (my fiance and I just moved in together four months ago, and we live 10 hours away from our hometown/friends/family) so I'm sure that's contributing to it all as well.

I may be going on anti-depressants in the next couple months. Would that help? Any other suggestions?
It's really been bumming me out and I feel bad for my poor fiance :(
He tries his best to get me in the mood but I just can't bring myself to have sex. We've had it a few times this month but I haven't entirely enjoyed it.

Also, another question while I'm here;
I've never been on anti-depressants (i'm quite afraid of them, actually) and have no idea how they'll interact with my birth control pill. I'm on Alesse. Is there anything I should prepare for/worry about? I'm mostly concerned about mood swings and other mental issues that might come from having the anti-depressants and synthetic hormones floating around my system. 

My SO calls my period my P. (Pee Dot, phonetically). I assume he means period, like my period, and a dot like a grammatical period.

Anyone else's partner have a cute term for their period?

This is an update of this post: http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/17399763.html

Basically, what I want to know is if what's happening down there could be genital herpes. I just went to take a shower and there was a white head that seems to have come up/ burst from the bump. Now there's a clear/yellow tinted liquid coming from it that seems to be puss. There's also some skin hanging and attached to another hair and I hope this means the hair caused a clogged follicle. The skin on the top of the bump is now gone and it's just pussing. Is this what happens when a herpes blister forms? I took a photo of the white stuff that came off and have attached it. Any help is very much appreciated! The reason why I'm also a bit confused is that I don't get normal acne/ traditional pimples on my face (i get bumps and they tend to puss/scab over) so I don't even know if this is what normally happens with a pimple or if this is just how my skin treats clogged pores.




Could this be Herpes? Now with the suggestion that it could be I'm panicking a little. The tip of whatever this is sort of flat. It's not blistering - is that typical? Sorry if I'm overreacting but I had a genital warts outbreak in May and I don't know if I could take having something else emotionally, considering my confidence and self-esteem were decimated before and I've just started to come to terms with HPV. I haven't had any sexual contact since early May, and my doctor and I never noticed any other types of outbreaks before. I guess I'll just have to try to go to the doctor asap.

I know that on HBC you can experience nausea once in a while, but what would you consider "normal" nausea? I've been on the same pill for 6 months and about once a week i wake up in the middle of the night with the worst nausea and burning in my chest that it forces me to throw up. This happens even if i eat something with my pill (i take it at 10pm). This has been the only pill that has given me no side-effects minus the nausea, so i don't plan on going off of it unless this seems potentially dangerous or if this is not common for HBC.

I sent this off the the VP admin, so I could make it an anonymous post...but I couldn't wait. So I apologize for that. :(

My friend originally posted an entry for me...
http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/17401538.html?nc=13
I'm just posting from her account now instead.

I appreciate the great feedback and information I got. I'm now posting to express my current concerns about possibly being contracted with genital herpes. At first, I thought I was safe because I thought I had only had oral sex with a person who may have genital herpes, who was not showing a sign of a outbreak. I understand that they don't have to be having an outbreak to pass it on, cause they can also give it to someone else when they are shedding. But the more I think about it, the more I worry that there may have been genital to genital contact because I was intoxicated when the sexual encounter occurred(2 weeks ago tomorrow). There was no penetration, but I can't be certain that there was no skin to skin contact.

Anyway, I'm starting to worry more about the slight bumps that I have on my vagina. They are slightly red, and have been there for about 2 days now. They only hurt when pressure is applied. So in reality they could be a number of things. I was gonna go see a health care provider today, but I had to reschedule and go tomorrow. I want to get a sample of what ever this irritation is as soon as possible. How long does it usually take or lesions to form?! Cause its been about 48hrs and the it doesn't seem like the irritation/slight bumps have changed at all?

When you get tested for genital herpes and they get a sample from the possible lesions, how long does it take for the results to come back? Or does it depend? I'm extremely freaked out at the moment. Any additional helpful information anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

So, lately I have begun enjoying sex a lot more with my boyfriend, largely in part to receiving my first internal orgasm.
But he doesn't necessarily feel the same way about sex. He says it's enjoyable but not super fantastic because he has no one else to compare to.
I'm usually on top because him on top doesn't always work too well.
What can I do to make him think that sex with me is better than he thinks, before he decides he wants to try it with someone new?