Is it possible to be pregnant 8 weeks, and for the pregnancy test to still show negative?

I think my subject line covers it. I asked my friend to come pick me up after I get my IUD inserted (because I'm taking some anti-anxiety medicine before hand and can't drive myself home) and she's wondering when to come pick me up.

Thanks, ya'll!

I don't know if this belongs here or not, but I am absolutely desperate for help to solve this affliction I have - so if anyone can point me in the direction of a community that might know or can help me themselves, I would so appreciate it. :(

I switched deodorants, and clearly .. something about that did not sit well with me.

 

( Picture Under the Cut - potentially NSFW )The area under my left armpit has become white, scaly/flaky, painful and itchy. I don't know why or how to fix it - I heard it might be a yeast infection? But I can't find any pictures similar to what's wrong and I'm near to tears over it - it's just gotten progressively worse. And of course I'm on a college campus so medical health that doesn't suck is a bit hard to find ... so any help would be so much appreciated. :( I am in pain.

ETA: Is it possible that it could be psoriasis? It's red and has scales and is itchy and red and inflamed. If it is, what can I do? :(

My gyno says I don't need to have a period because it's so painful and miserable, so she has recommended me stacking my BC pills.  Does anyone else do this?  Have you found you have breakthrough bleeding?  How long does it last and does it taper off after awhile?

...So my rommate is getting hired to be a stripper at the local club called "Lipstick"....we have a LOT of adult clubs here in SE Houston/Clear Lake area, and I was just thinking...they should have BBW adult clubs. Ther's gotta be a market of guys & ladies that love to see lovely ladies with more curves...I totally would work at one! The attention would give my confidence a boost!

this isnt really 'vagina' related but it is sexual health related and i really need  some help!

i was having sex with my boyfriend and all of a sudden i just got a huge headache, it was really bad. my neck got stiff and i was shaking. he got really worried and concerned and i didnt know what to think. the next day i was feeling abit better, i desided to give my boyfriend a blow job,but a few minutes into it i got the headache again, really bad again like! except less shaking.

i dont know, ive heard of anything like this? so opinions anyone? id really appreciate some input!

I'm pretty sure I already know the answers to my own questions, but I just wanted to double make sure...

I'm taking Ortho Tricyclen Lo and never had a problem with breakthrough bleeding. This last month I tried to skip my period by taking two packs at once: Two weeks of the first colored pill, two more weeks of the next colored pill, etc. I started light to moderate spotting around the week I should've been taking my placebos, and it continued on for the entire three weeks it took to finish my packs. My withdrawal bleeding during the placebo week was normal.

Learning my lesson, I started taking my pills like normal. The first week of pills was fine... and now I have that annoying spotting again! Is it just my body trying to readjust to its rhythm I messed up or am I going to bleed to death? (Well okay... I know I'm not going to bleed to death. But should I stop taking my BC pills now until my body chills out or finish the pack?)

Thanks!

I feel like the biggest ditz for not knowing this but oh well.

Is it possible to have your period but still NOT ovulate?

Just a little question. I've been on Cerazette for about 9 months, so I don't get periods at all. Before that I was on Yasmin for a few years. In between I had a break of about 6 months where I just had my 'regular' cycle. I noticed that every time I had my period, the blood looked really different from before. It looked really grainy, I guess as if there were lots of tiny specks of dried blood (not clots). Is this normal or should I worry?

A couple of questions:
-Can you get Planned Parenthood services (free/less expensive BC) if you're not a permanent resident of the specific state in which you seek the services?(I'm relocating for school: CO from MI).


My reason for asking is that soon I will no longer have insurance and may have to use PP. Can you request a specific brand of HBC there? Which leads me to my next question....
-Is there a list of all the brands of HBC and their ingredients? I want to see which kinds are similar to the one I currently take (in case I have to switch brands, I would prefer them to be similar--currently on Lutera for 2 years without any complications)

 I've been put on Cerazette by the doctor to stop a mammoth bleed, he also wants to do a pelvic exam to have a lookie if theres anything going on down there that might be causing my menstrual problems, he mentioned something about polyps.  On the last visit he told me to douche to clean all the old dirty blood in the vagina, but from everything I've read on here I'm unsure if it's a wise things to try.

My questions are:

Cerazette side effects, so far only my skin has broken out abit, what else can I expect?


Is there a safe way to douche with out causing infections or using diffrent concotions?

Thanks
xxx

Hey everyone, I come with another Patch-related question.

I started the Patch almost two months ago (currently two days away from my second Patch-free week). I spotted for the second and third week of my first month, which stopped after a 3-day period/withdrawal bleed. Now I've started spotting again (combined with cramping), but I thought you're only supposed to do that when you take it off and hormone levels drop? My patch is still on and secure, and will be until Friday. I've had a pretty bad few months regarding side-effects though, having gotten spotting (first month) then persistent headaches, nausea, and depression in the second month. So is this just side-effect spotting again, or an early period?

My boyfriend's sister told me her gyno said the "real numbers" regarding Patch efficacy is only about 85% (with perfect use) which freaked me out... A lot. So of course my mind jumps right to implantation bleeding Etc. Has anyone else heard this about that Patch? Since using it my boyfriend and I have been having unprotected sex rather regularly, which kind of worries me in hindsight. I'd consider my usage of it to be "perfect" though.

Also I'm really worried about the depression side-effect. I know they say give it three months for side effects to go away, but if at all possible I never want to feel like that again. Have any of you had similar experiences with it? Should I stick it out at least the 3 months? My goal is to get a Mirena IUD but right now the cost is holding me back, so HBC is kind of the interim solution.

Hi VPers!

From August until the middle of June, I took Yaz. It was amazing, fantabulous, wonderful... but towards the end, my period began to come earlier and earlier, resulting in numerous pregnancy scares, despite taking my pill almost perfectly. As a result, my gyno put me on Loestrin 24 FE and I am almost finished with my second pack. I didn't have a break between the two pills [as in I stacked the two packs] and, as was probably expected, I had some breakthrough bleeding. However, what I did not expect was to have approximately 2.5 weeks of breakthrough bleeding! I'd just started seeing a new guy, so it kind of put a damper on our budding sex life, and I went through so many pads, it wasn't even funny.

Well, thankfully, it stopped for about two weeks. Then, a few days before I was supposed to have the inactive pills in my pack, the bleeding started again, despite still taking my pill nearly perfectly. Again, it lasted for about two weeks, and stopped for about two weeks. And today! Like clockwork, a week before my inactive pills, I have started bleeding again.

It is constantly about the same heaviness as my pill period [my regular periods are disturbingly heavy, thank god for the pill!] for the two weeks, with occasional brown blood and seemingly stopping, only to start again.

I was under a great deal of stress when my doctor took me off the Yaz, but my emotional state is much better -- period-wise, however, everything is exactly the same.

Any idea as to what could be causing this?

Well, basically I have watery bloody discharge. I shouldn't be on my period, I'm in the nuvaring. It comes out in big surges, like as soon as a stand up in the morning and it often feels like I'm peeing out of my vagina.
I had sex two days ago, I know I shouldn't have.

Is it the boric acid? This is the first time I've used it. I've had a chronic YI for the last 3 months or so, I thought I'd give it a shot.

Should I stop? I've had to put in a tampon, I can't help it, pads can't catch it fast enough. It comes out in such large amounts like once an hour.

I'm confused.

 On Monday I went to the doctor for a mild UTI and was given Nitrofuran Monohyd Macro 100mg (generic for Macrobid) to take twice daily for 7 days. I've taken 4 pills so far and am not feeling any better. Should I call my doctor and try another antibiotic or just keep taking this and hope it kicks in soon?

The last time I took antibiotics for a super-killer UTI it was Cipro and I felt better after taking only two pills...

Have any of you ever had an ovarian cyst? What did that feel like to you?

I've been having unexplained pelvic pain. It's not cramping. It's more like a sharp, stinging pain. My doctor can't figure out what the cause is, but thinks it might be a cyst. I have an ultrasound scheduled tomorrow. Hopefully it isn't too serious.

I'm sorry if something similar has been posted recently, I don't have time to read back a few pages this morning...

This morning when I got up to go to the bathroom, I got a really sharp pain about an inch down and to the right of my belly button. Terrified that it was my IUD slipping out or something, I took out my divacup and checked the strings. They seemed ok/normal, but after swishing around the cervix a couple times, I felt something that may have been a bump- maybe pimple sized or so. Now I'm scared.

Thing is, that bump could have been there all along and I've never noticed it, and this pain could be more of a hunger pain (I pretty much just didn't eat dinner last night, and the rest of my abdomen has what is more obviously hunger cramps- these ones just feel a little different- sharper and lower). It happens more when I sit up/stretch/reach with my abdominal muscles.

I'm supposed to leave for work in half an hour for my hour long commute, so I have a few options- go to my really bad hospital/clinic here, drive the hour and see if I can get an appointment at the PP that put in my IUD or the femminist clinic (which I actually prefer), or compromise and go to the PP half an hour away- still not sure if they'd have room for a walk in though. OR... just wait it out and monitor it?

Thanks, ladies...

**Edit- 20 minutes later, after moving around a bit and eating a couple eggs, the pain seems to have mostly gone. Should I just write it all off on that? *siiigh*

First, I have to say, I love this community and thank you to all who contribute what you do here! This place has been an awesome resource for me for years. Thank you.

So, I was recently diagnosed with Vulvar Vestibulitis and I have been doing as much research as possible to try to find a cure or help to manage the pain associated with the condition. I have heard that hormonal birth control can be a possible contributor so I was thinking of talking to my doctor about switching off of Yasmin and onto something else to see if that helps.  

I also recently heard some absolutely frightening things about the side effects of Yazmin, though, it has been a miracle pill for me. Yazmin has totally relieved me of my completely dabilitating period cramps, evened out my crazy hormones that previously held my emotions hostage, and clearing my skin beautifully.  

So, I guess my questions are;

1. Has switching birth control pills helped anyone with Vestibulitis?

2. Do you have any other tips or advice for dealing with Vestibulitis?

3. Has anyone else heard about the dangers of the pill, Yazmin? 

4. Is Yazmin so very much more dangerous than other forms of HBC? Aren't there risks involved in taking any HBC? 

Thank you very much.  

Somewhat off topic, but this community has always been good with answers and I don't see my doctor for another two weeks. What are some causes/conditions for fatty stools?

I'll start from the beginning, from what I believe to be the beginning:

I had my wisdom teeth taken out June 23, and they prescribed me antibiotics which gave me a yeast infection as a side effect. I stopped taking the antibiotics after the 3rd day immediately. My yeast infection went away. I had my period July 10-11 [I have the Mirena IUD, so my periods are very short]. My husband came home on R&R and we had sex for the first time in 6+ months. After we had sex, I started having heavy discharge that was pinkish brown coloured and a strong fishy odor. No itching, no inflammation. This morning, there is no longer discharge or the fishy smell.

I've had BV before, but never showed any symptoms. Could this be BV? Or could it be sex related? I know BV cannot be "transmitted" to the male partner [lucky ones, imo], but could it have been triggered by the sex? Or could this be a side effect of me not finishing my antibiotics?

Thanks for your help.

Is it possible to contract STDs or other sexually-transmitted infections just from genital-on-genital contact? What about penetration without ejaculation?

I've had both situations occur to me before. I asked a couple of friends about it, and they looked at me like I was crazy and said that I couldn't get anything since there wasn't penetration (in the first instance) or ejaculation (in both). Their belief is that any sort of infection or disease is only transmitted via bodily fluid.

Are they right? I always thought genital contact carried some sort of risk. What about something like genital warts? Or herpes? I would look this up via Google but those articles tend to have graphic pictures that I'm not up to viewing right now :(

So, this month my period has been completely brown and water thin, which isn't "normal" for me, but I don't consider it abnormal in the grand scheme of things being that I'm on birth control.  But it got me wondering.  Both while on and off hormonal birth control, I've had periods that were short, long, thick, heavy, light, watery, clotty, stringy, pasty, brown, red, black, or any combination of these.

What factors go into determining what type of period you end up having?  Hormones?  Diet?  Activity?  What is the physical reason that women can have so much variety in period characteristics from month to month?  I do know that birth control factors into this, but it can't be the only thing; women not on HBC can have wide variety in periods too.

I assume the type of period one has directly reflects the type of uterine lining is being shed.  So if I'm having a thicker period, my uterine lining was thicker before it began sloughing off, correct?  Does that lining have any sort of effect on a potential fertilized egg?  I'm not sure exactly how to phrase what I'm curious about, but here goes:  Would some months be "better" in terms of implanting an egg based on the quality of uterine build up?  If I got pregnant on a month when I would have had a red, clotty period, would the egg have a better chance of implanting or get more nutrients or whatever than during a month when I would have had a thin, nothing period?

For the record, I'm not trying to get pregnant.  This is just a general knowledge-type question.

I had sex this morning. I'd say about 7 hours passed.

The condom broke. He didn't ejaculate, but the condom was full of pre-cum.

The box of Plan B is sitting in my purse.

I "should" start my period sometime in the next week. Or maybe not, as I tend to be irregular (I'm 18).

Should I take the pills?

Thank you dears.

(And if this has been answered somewhere else, please show it to me! :D)

is it as good as everyone says it is?

i write a blog that deals with some women's health issues on occasion and i get email notifications from google about various different reproductive health related news articles. one of the articles that it just linked me to was one that suggested that yarrow oil can be used to slow a heavy flow (article here). i've never heard of yarrow being used in this manner before but i'm also not that knowledable with herbs yet either, at least outside of the more commonly used ones.

has anyone tried it? heard of it? if people have had relatively decent experiences with it i'd love to hear about it, and likewise if i should just skip this tip i'd love to know!

hey all, needing some input here from people who have a slightly more open mind abotu sex and sexuality. I'll apologise in advance as this might be a it long.

Right, start at the beginning!
From pretty early on (around 7 or 8) I can remember masturbating and having sexy thoughts etc. Even back then alot of my fantasies revolved around kinky situations specificlaly the 'capture' tieing up, wicked pirate type of fantasies. I also had alot of genderbending fantasies and would frequently dress up as or act out games where I was male.

By the time I was 15 I felt I was bisexual in that I had found both girls and boys attractive. I had boyfriends and one girlfriend and did some pretty heavy duty petting from age 12 but never actually had vaginal or oral intercourse until I was 21. (partially due to being very ill from 18-20)

From 21-24 I had an active sexual life, I had 3 main relationships in this period (2 male 1 female) and dated around 3 other people. I had very few hang ups about initiating sex, chatting people up, wearing 'outfits', kinky sex etc. I masturbated alot and enjoyed my sexuality.

I met my husband when I was 23 and we were in a monogamous relationship later that year. For the first few years our sex life was good and very experimental. However even then I was a little concerned about how much my partner NEEDED it to be kinky. I also felt occasionally that I was pushed into certian activities because my partner enjoyed them.

fast forward to me aged 33. Now we have a 4 yr old kid and since I got pregnant our sex life has been sh*t.

I have very little or no interest in sex, and when we do have sex I find it tediuos most of the time. I can and do have orgasms and enjoy sex sometimes but its getting rarer and rarer.

I've been suffering from recurrant YI and extreme vaginal dryness which is making penetration very uncomfortable.


The two biggest problems for me are that I don't like french kissing - and OH does very very sloppy kisses. He forgets to brush his teeth alot too which makes it even worse.
And then theres the actual penetration - dear god the man goes on for AGES! every sex session we have is AT LEAST 45 minutes, and often more. He will penetrate and then thrust and thrust away for bloody ages. We frequently change position 3 or 4 times and I sometimes feel like a sodding performing monkey being hauled into 'sexy' positions.I HAVE told him that I get sore after too much penetration but he still does mammoth sex sessions, I've told him I don't like the word cunt but he still uses it.

I can't remember the last time he came from straight forward vaginal penetration with no kink element. He has never come from a blowjob or hand job, or from me talking dirty. It always feels like really hard work to bring him off - and tbh it makes me feel like I'm not good enough for him to be brought to orgasm by having sex with me.

OH is bi too and sometimes I hate the way he talks about women, he is often quite derogatory about them (Or I feel he is) especially about 'female' traits. He has said he hates 'soft or romantic sex' and he always gets more turned on by anal play than vaginal play.
 
I feel I have to put the effort into things, I try and take care of myself so I am fit and clean and sweet smelling but he will come to bed without brushing his teeth or washing and he has put on 3 stone in the past 2 years.

Sorry this is so rambling, I'm off to see a gynea tommorrow and part of me is feeling resentful because these apts make me feel it is all my problem not anything to do with OH.

Hello all! I am relatively new here but I love all the positivity and was wondering if I could run a problem by you guys??  I have a pretty long and extensive history of awfulness that I would love some help on :)

About 3 years ago I was diagnosed with a yeast infection. I took 2 full years of aggressive treatment to finally get rid of it. My next step was fixing all the damage that the yeast infection did. It basically eroded any skin or tissue it came in contact with in my vagina which caused extreme pain due to exposed nerve endings etc.  I basically had to use boric acid every night and just live with the pain to give everything time to heal.  

( OK , SO HERE'S THE PROBLEM: )