question: i'm about to start prozac for the first time and i was wondering if you guys have had any experiences with it good or bad? sexual side effects, etc...

thank you, ladies <3

Hello all! This is my first time posting here.

Anyways, a guy I once knew said that he put a drop of mint extract on his girlfriend's clit, and it made her orgasm immediately.

I was just wondering if this was possible and, if it is, is it safe to do that?

I know, an odd question. xD

I am at my mom's for Christmas, sleeping on the living room couch. I am here for 10 days, all told. And because I'm no longer busting my butt in end-of-semester stress, my sex drive has returned from the grave. (No, it is not a zombie sex drive.) Because of this, it would be kind of nice if I could manage to masturbate some time during this time frame.

Only, I have not enough privacy to do that here. (My mom, yes, is in the room with me now. But she is watching TV, not reading what I type. She would probably notice if I started to jill off, though.) The living room is in the geographic center of a small, sound-carrying house. It is also very visible to other family members getting up in the night. Ain't nothing goes on in this living room but that the whole house knows about it.

So, I am trying to think of ways I can manage this without advertising to the rest of my family, "HAI, AM TOUCHEE TIMEZ NAO!!!" My normal methods of masturbation involve either humping things or vibrators (but not humping vibrators, at least not usually). The vibrator in the living room is, of course, too noisy. Other fun facts, some of which I have only recently discovered:

1) Humping pillows on the couch is also too noisy.

2) The shower is shower-only. There is no handheld shower head, nor is there a traditional bathtub faucet.

3) If I try to masturbate in the shower with my Laya Spot, the hot water runs out before I climax. You can imagine what the introduction of cold water does to my orgasm.

4) Manual stimulation alone -- aka, touching myself quietly under the covers -- does not work for me. I mean, it feels fine, but it's not enough to bring me to orgasm.

Certainly, I can just put on my Big Girl Pants and deal with it until I get back home. But if there's a way for me to get off without alerting the whole house to my self-sexcapades, well, that is preferable.

Your creative input is appreciated.

I ordered some Boric Acid and gel caps. 

So I've heard that its messy and that a pad should be worn.  So- how messy is it?  Do I really need to buy pads- or if i'm willing to change my panties would it be ok?

Here is a lengthy, rambling question and I am mostly just feeling it out to see if anyone else has had this problem and if so, what they did. The glans of my vagina has been in pain for months. It's a stabbing, burning pain so that I thought I had a UTI at first. I have been to the clinic THREE times now and she cant find any infection, but shes prescribed antibiotics just to be safe every time and those arent helping. I also took cranberry pills and AZO pills so I know its nothing to do with my urinary tract because none of that is helping. It's just the glans, and it is swollen and just hurts, hurts, hurts. I need to go to a proper gyno, but I dont have the money so I have just been seeing a female doctor at the free clinic here.
I have googled the hell out of it and all I can find is alot of articles about smegma and I am about 100% that isn't my problem.
I can't think of anything that would be behind it, but it did start a few weeks after I stopped birth control (because BC was pointless and I wasnt having sex anyway). But that was about three months ago, so I dont see how that could still be affecting me.

I've been to the gyno twice. Different doctors both times. Both for a 'smell' problem. The first one diagnosed me with BV, and gave me meds. The smell went away from my vag, but I realized I still had it around my urethra/clitoral area. Doctor said I had a bladder infection, prescribed me meds and the smell completely vanished. Once I was off the meds, the smell came right back.

I waited about four months before going to another gyno. I changed gynos because I went away for college, and he was the only available one. I told him I had been treated awhile ago with BV and bladder infection meds, but the smell was back. He checked me out for both. Negative for BV, Negative for a bladder infection. Sent me on my merry way. I'm not sure if he was wrong or not, but I do think I have a bladder infection.

The smell is a garlicy, acidic, butthole smell almost! Awful. It goes away if I wash around the area in the mornings, but if I go a day without a shower *phew* it is awful! It is only around my urethra and clit area. I believe the bladder infection is back, but I do not wish to seek medical treatment just yet. I would love to try to cure it naturally. How effective/safe is Uva Ursi? How much should I take to get rid of it? Should I drink cranberry juice along with it? Anyone else have this issue?


[Ah. But it doesn't burn when I pee or anything else really. Just a bad smell. The smell has been there probably since I started puberty. ...5 years ago! But I really really don't think it's just my natural body smell. Maybe I'm dehydrated? ARG. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP:)]

Hey, everyone at VP. I've been taking Monistat 3, and tonight was the last night for the suppository. I was just wondering how long I'm supposed to wait between when I apply the last dose (~6 pm on Monday) and when I get concerned about seeing final results. Does anyone have any pointers as to how long I should give it before I get concerned?

I pulled out a mirror to check earlier, but when I tried to shift some things around down there, a fairly pure white liquid dribbled out of my vagina - I'm pretty sure that's the medicine, right?

Is it common/normal to not bleed after taking the first dose? The second dose I'll be taking when my husband gets up to go to work. I guess I figured I'd be bleeding by now, but I am not. I'm still breastfeeding my 4 month old twins and haven't had a post partum period yet. Could that be a factor? I'm not really concerned just curious.

Pain during certain sexual positions... particularly doggy style. I feel a consistent subtle pain right above the panty line/lower abdomen while we do it. It isn't enough to want to stop but it has been going on for months so my boyfriend is worried. He is afraid we could be causing long-term damage if we continue to have sex in this position if it causes me pain. (I never really complained about it but since it has been going on for a while still he is very concerned.) I figure I just need to position myself differently and I've kind of tried but not successfully.

So I was wondering if we could be causing permanent damage?
And if anyone else has had this problem and solved it using a different position/technique?

Thanks so much!

hey everyone,
i am still freaking out, I have been bleeding since December 7th and it's not my period. I called my doc and she said to get off the pill and start a new pack (yaz, still) when it's stopped. The bleeding is heavy, and my period never is. Sometimes it is clumpy, sometimes not. On and off all day and with pain on my left side (menstrual pain--which i never get when i have my period). Also, the last time I had my pd was 11/20 for a few days. I am worried that this is going on for so long. and it hurts. has anyone experienced this never ending bloodbath before?
:(

I'm trying to a find razor that will give me a closer shave than a regular women's razor (i.e. Gillette's Venus), particularly one that isn't a multi-blade to avoid the endless rinsing between blades.  It looks like a men's double-edged safety razor might be my best bet, but I'm hoping to hear some reviews from those with experience first.  Thanks!

I'm about to go off to Turkey for a holiday, and just realised I'm due to be getting some early period pains towards the end of my stay. Does anyone know which painkillers are legal/illegal over there? I usually use Ponstan (mefenamic acid), paracetamol and codeine, but I'm guessing the codeine won't be OK (don't have a prescription as it's available over the counter where I live) and I'm wondering about the others.

i've been on yaz for 2 weeks now. I started a week and 1/2 before my natural period would have started.

friday was the day my natural period was supposed to come..now i'm having sluggish spotting and some lumps. is this breakthrough bleeding? if it isn't what would be the technical term?

will i get withdraw bleeding on the inactive pills at the end of my pack still?

also..i was late with my sunday pill and took it this morning..then 30mins to an hr later i swallowed water the wrong way and had a coughing fit..the kind so bad that i ended up puking up some water and phlegm and i assume my pill went along with it.

so i assume my protection is compromised?
(my bf and i have been using condoms or the pull out method until i complete a month on yaz but it's condoms for the next week now!)

thanks vp!

So for the last... four months or so, maybe starting at the end of August, I started getting this weird occasional pain when urinating. ( cut for length )

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I am attempting to stack my birth control since I am not exactly down with having my period on my week long vacation in Chicago. However, I have also been on an antibiotic (z-pak) this past week since I've had the head cold from hell. Typically, not stacking, my period would start tomorrow.

What are the odds that I will be successful stacking on an antibiotic? Or is it probable that this will be epic fail?

I'm sure I'm probably being paranoid... ( TMI )

I've been taking a monophasic pill for almost two months, never missed one or took it late.

I had spotting in the middle of the first pack and didn't think anything about it since I read it was common.

Now I've taken two weeks worth of my 2nd pack and I'm spotting again, kind of at around the same time.

I did have dull cramps for a few days and am now concerned that I'm spotting because this pill isn't working for me.

On Christmas I had planned to have condomless sex with my boyfriend for the first time and thought everything would be fine since I took the pill correctly. But now I'm concerned.

1)Does THIS spotting mean something more than my body still adjusting to it?
2) On BCP, do you get cramps randomly or over a week before your supposed withdrawal bleed?
3)Are there any other indicators that could tell me that the pill isn't working properly? I thought there were none :(

Thanks to VP, I went to see a nurse for a urine test this morning to see if I had a UTI. All my friends insisted that 'I'd know it' if I had one and I had virtually none of the symptoms - just a very slight discomfort upon peeing and later, pain in my back which I had convinced myself was in my head. Even the nurse said she doubted I had one based on my symptoms, but when she tested my urine, there were white blood cells so she gave me antibiotics. I was pretty shocked, as the symptoms were so mild, I probably wouldn't have even noticed normally. I'm worried about my kidneys now, I explained to her that they felt very uncomfortable and she said not to worry, just to take the antibiotics and go to the hospital if anything got worse. She pretty much said I'd know about it if I had a kidney infection, but then that's what everyone said about the UTI! I'm totally bummed out now. Can't believe I got this on top of my constant vagina problems, and at Christmas as well. I'm gonna have a hard time getting more antibiotics if I need them.

So, VP, I think I have had many a yeast infection and just not known it. Maybe a hundred. Maybe four.

I mean, sure, I've had a lot of cases of OMG ITCHY VAG in my time. I've also had a LOT of white, thick discharge. I mean, at least once every other month.

I've had about every symptom in the book, now that I know what it is. I've always just marked it up as life and moved on.

Is not treating a yeastie a really, really bad idea?

Last month when I was on the Pill I missed a lot of the pills (I know, I know, not a good thing) and it took a few days for my period to start after I took the last one (it usually starts right away) and that was 2 weeks ago. I still have my period! And I've been back on the Pill for 8 days (usually when I start back on it's gone within a few hours to a day). Is this abnormal? Should I contact my doctor?

I had a D&C back in October because of a Molar pregnancy. I have not had a period since. I had put that down to the fact that I had the depo shot about 2 1/2 weeks after the D&C.  I've started wondering if I'm right though. Is that what you would expect when you start taking depo (I've never used it before) or do you think that it's something I should get checked out?

My best friend told me a story today, and I have to wonder how other folks would react. What better place to ask than wonderful VP?

She went to a party on friday and spent all of saturday hungover and feeling "bleh." I think most folks have done that at least once in their life. She was still ucky this morning and her husband woke her up before he left for for work to try to have sex with her.(He has 15 min before walking out the door, it's 745am, and her day off.) He starts rubbing her back, she rolls over and says, "no way that's going to happen." He then says "give me a blow job then." to which she replied "are you on f'ing crack?" he got pissed off and left to go to work.

She's still really ticked off over the whole episode and I would be too. She says she felt like he was treating her as just a piece of meat, etc.

If you were in a similar situation, would you be really angry too? I think if my husband pulled that on me, I might have gone ahead and tried, and then when I ended up puking on him, that would have served him right. (sorry if that sounds too mean or not-safe-spaceish.)

just wondered, thanks all.