i masturbated via clitoral stimulation and went to the bathroom afterwards to see bright red blood. i got kinda scared but figured maybe i’d scratched myself or maybe my period didn’t completely end. my periods are slightly irregular. now all of today it’s been brown combined with discharge and i do feel a bit crampy and pressure down there. i’m really worried and having anxiety about it. is this normal?

hi everyone! 🤍 i’m hoping to hear from anyone who has experienced something similar because i’m honestly feeling pretty overwhelmed and frustrated with my situation.
before april of this year, i had never had bacterial vaginosis (BV) before. i went to my gynecologist for a routine appointment in april and unexpectedly tested positive for BV, despite having absolutely no symptoms. no unusual discharge, no odor, no itching, no discomfort, nothing. i was prescribed metronidazole vaginal gel (Metrogel) for five days and completed the treatment exactly as directed.

when i followed up with my gynecologist, i tested positive for BV again. i was still completely asymptomatic, so i never would have known the infection was present without testing. this time, my gynecologist switched me to a vaginal antibiotic cream for five days. after completing that treatment, everything seemed to clear up, and i went several months without another positive test.

fast forward to october, and i’ve now tested positive for BV for the third time since april. once again, i have absolutely no symptoms. it’s so strange to me because i had never experienced BV before this year, and now i’ve had three positive tests in approximately six months, all without experiencing any of the typical symptoms.

because it’s become recurrent, my gynecologist has now prescribed a much longer treatment and prevention regimen:
metrogel: once nightly for 10 consecutive days.
four-day break: no vaginal treatments.
boric acid suppositories: twice weekly for one month, beginning after the four-day break.
metrogel maintenance: once weekly for three months, beginning after the four-day break, on separate nights from the boric acid.
oral probiotic: clairvee by bonafide, to help support my vaginal microbiome.
follow-up: another appointment in three months to see whether the treatment has been successful.

i completely understand that the goal is to prevent BV from continuing to return, but i’m feeling pretty discouraged by how extensive the treatment has become, especially considering i’ve never actually experienced symptoms.
i’m also confused about why this suddenly started happening when i had never had BV before april. i haven’t noticed any changes in my hygiene habits, and i’ve always been very conscious of my vaginal health.

i’m curious whether anyone else has experienced recurrent BV that is completely asymptomatic, especially after never having BV previously.

has anyone completed a similar suppressive treatment regimen with metrogel and boric acid? did it help prevent future recurrences, even after stopping the maintenance treatment?

i’d also love to hear from anyone who has experienced repeated positive BV tests without symptoms. i’m starting to wonder how common this is and whether other people have been prescribed such extensive treatment despite being asymptomatic.

i’m just feeling really overwhelmed by the whole situation and would appreciate hearing about anyone else’s experiences. thank you!!

Idk if this is the place to ask but I’m so curious. Does anyone else get wedgies when they go to the movie theaters? It’s like I sit down and my underwear is going up my entire crack! Maybe I need better fitting underwear lol

So I’m kinda new to this lube idea. But I’ve been wanting to get one for a while to make sex a little more pleasurable. What is the best one? I want one that’s gonna like stay wet for a while and not dry out super fast. I don’t really have sensitive skin either

hi ladies! i've been browsing a few smaller wands and realized i have no idea what i should actually be comparing.

i'm leaning toward something compact since i don't really want a big wand taking up space. i also tend to prefer a steady vibration over a bunch of different patterns, but i'm not sure how much the size affects the actual experience.

for anyone who's used a mini wand, what did you end up caring about most once you actually had one? was it the grip, vibration, noise, controls, battery, or just the overall size?

and if you've owned both a full size wand and a smaller one, did you find yourself reaching for one more than the other?

I had rough sex a day ago, and when I checked my vulva, I noticed white skin near the opening of my vagina, mostly on my left side, inside the lips, and around the tears I got from sex. Is something wrong? (It is a little itchy and sore)

I got my first yeast infection after I had a baby, then after 7 months later I tested positive for yeast infection again. I took two fluconazole recently but the itch is still persistent with odor / some discharge. No concerns of STD.

I had 6 days of boric acid followed by 7 days of oral Flagl. It wasn’t until the 3rd or 4th day in of oral Flagl that the inside of my vagina became irritated. It feels like it’s pulsating and that something is inside there. I’m also spotting from a Provera bleed.

I went to the gyno this week while I was spotting and they said everything looks normal inside. I also had a normal UTI culture. I also had one yeast pill two days before my last Flagl pill.

I’m starting to feel crazy that my gyno said everything looks normal and my UTI culture is normal. Has anyone experienced this?? My last pill was on Monday and I haven’t gotten any better.

My gyno did a retest and my nugent score is 4-6 still, but I really don’t want to take anything else until this is resolved.

I was on amoxicillin last week and unbeknownst to me, very commonly comes with a side effect of yeast infections. Once I realized what was going on a few days ago, I grabbed a 3 day treatment of Miconazole from CVS. I’ve now completed 2 nights of suppositories and 2 days worth of the am/pm cream.

Today I am still itching and seeing discharge so I decided to go to urgent care where I was prescribed Fluconazole. I was given one tablet to take today and another to take in a week, if needed. I also picked up probiotics to start taking daily.

My question is should I still take the 3rd round of the suppository tonight? The PA that took care of me earlier didn’t give me a straight answer.

Also would aquaphor be a better ointment to use than the Miconazole cream?

Doctor suggested it for my uti. It hurts to even type this. I can't even hold anything it hurts so bad. Is this normal? The symptoms only started at night after my second medicine. I am to take it for 7 days..It's feels like a rope with thorns is being dragged across my hand muscles,especially palm muscles. I've never felt pain like this.

Has anyone experienced recurring chronic E. coli bladder and vaginal infections? Paired with pelvic pain. I've been experiencing extreme hypertonicity, pelvic flares, missed periods, chronic low estrogen, painful sex, vanished periods, swollen groin lymphs etc for almost 2 years now since my last C-section and no doctor will do anything besides give me i V stics. 6xs now... and they want to do another round... as if that will help

I just went to my 2nd gyn who claimed she doesn't want to test my hormones because they have nothing to do with pelvic floor & I really don't tell you anything as your hormones fluctuate with your cycle. She also said no to looking for uterine infection. So I would appreciate if anybody has any guidance on what type of specialist I can see that would actually care and help.

Urogyn, pelvic pain specialist, something else? ~ Share

I understand I cannot get medical advice from this sub but I’m currently losing my mind and need advice. I’m sorry if this is a long read.

My short term memory is bad so I’ll try my best to remember specifics.

About 2 months ago I noticed something felt …off down there. Like a dull swelling or some kind of irritation. That turned into excessive discharge i just don’t remember what kind , and a musty smelling odour. I seem to remember a watery discharge though.

I took an oral diflucan around the beginning of September thinking it was a yeast infection. But that didn’t work so I started on boric acid for 8 days. This was late September. I followed that up with 10 days of the vaginal suppository probiotic Probaclac. The discharge went away as the did smell but the weird underlying sensation has remained though it did mildly improve during that time. Swelling feeling…slight burning around the vulva. Iv now noticed today the odour is back. I also have a feeling of being swollen / heavy in my uterus ? It does not hurt to pee and there’s no change in frequency. My uterus does not hurt when I press on my stomach. I live with my long term boyfriend and have not had much sex because of my various health problems including this. I do not feel “sick” otherwise like feverish or anything like that. I want to add I will admit I didn’t cut out sugar during this time. In fact we spent a few days camping and ate rather poorly so I don’t know if that contributed.

I’m due to get an iron infusion on Wednesday. It will be my first and one that I desperately need because supplements have not raised my ferritin levels and I feel like absolute shit. But I’m sitting here panicking thinking I have PID or something. I’m going to my doctor tomorrow to get swabbed for BV and yeast but I’m worried she’s going to want to put me on antibiotics? I can’t take antibiotics and get the infusion at the same time as my system is highly sensitive already and I would likely have major problems.

Seeing as we’re coming to the weekend I’m not sure what kind of results I’ll get before Wednesday. My boyfriend also travels for work and is gone ALOT and he was going to be the one to take me for my infusion. He took the day off. So …do I take meds if dr suspects PID and push the infusion until god knows when ? Do I hold off and wait for results ? If it comes back BV do I try boric acid again only maybe for longer to avoid antibiotics? (Iv taken the antibiotics years ago for suspected BV and I can barely get through the whole script because it kills me) only this time I’ll cut sugar out.

Should I ask for any other tests when getting swabbed ? Any advice welcome and I’m sorry for the novel :(

So I’m fairly young, mid-teens, but I get pimples on my Labia. I’ve searched it many times but it says it’s normal. It doesn’t happen often, maybe once or twice a year, but I don’t shave down there and if I’m getting hair removed I use nair. Is this bad?

Reposting this because I still need answer , it’s been three months now it feels like a never ending cycle Long story… so I had this bf we were dating for a few I ended up catching chlamydia from him(he didn’t know he had it) I broke up with him after I found out. I got cured in july, never really felt better so I went back to the dr because I was having burning like irritation after I pee and discharge it’ll be light fint green or yellow ish, I went in for testing multiple times they told me it could be a uti because I was having burning pee but no growth was being shown in my culture which didn’t make sense, so they gave me antibiotics for that I took them still didn’t feel any better so I went back to urgent they said I had an yeast so they gave me more pills, then I went back because I still wasn’t feeling any better and they ran a big panel on me everything came back negative, i recently just went to urgent care she said I have a little amount of yeast so she gave me a yeast pill and Sulfamethoxazole, I’ve been going through this about a mouth now, I’m hoping yall can help me with some answers I’m also a minor and I don’t know what to do I’ve been sad and depressed because nb really knows what’s going on and I feel like they don’t believe me, also I have a gynecologist apt coming up on the third, I’ve also been on medication like Doxycycline, a Rocephin through iv, Amoxicillin-clavulanate, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim, and three Fluconazole yeast pills [hopefully this reaches someone and they can tell me what they think

I’ve tested positive
For Bv and yeast infection yet again!!! I took the metronidazole pill for 7day and a Diflucan at the beginning with it and at the end of the Bv medicine I took a second Diflucan dose. My period came shortly after and now that my period is over I’m having dryness (TMI). And I just did a finger test and it’s thick and creamy but not cottage.. I’m so scared!!!

I hate having to deal with this what regimens can I do I’m sick of the doctors.. What boric acids can I use? What medications can I use to get my area back to normal?

Yall please help me 😭😭 yesterday I had the bright idea to try flex discs when I was shopping for tampons lol. That’s pretty much my preferred way so I am realizing some of this may just be new for me but I don’t know.

I find that it’s leaking during the day a bit. So it seems I still need to wear a pad. Which feels a bit pointless??? Minus the need to change it as much lol

And then the bleeding so much while peeing is throwing me — but I think that’s normal?? Please help.

I’m pretty sure I have it shoved far enough. But as stated, I am a virgin so idk maybe not lol thanks frenns!!

Hi everyone, sorry SUCH a long post, but I’d love some advice here. Over the last couple of months I’ve increasingly found it harder to finish during sex and recently haven’t been able to finish at all. I think this is clearly partly mental but the longer it goes on, the more it reinforces in my brain and becomes even harder.

Before I talk about sex with my parter, I should say I’m also struggling to finish by myself (tho, I haven’t tried that often). But before this, I’ve always been able to finish (especially with a vibrator) but not sure if I often FINISH if that makes sense. Like I always get that climax feeling/pressure but often it feels too intense to keep it going and I’m often left wondering whether that was a full orgasm, or if there’s another level that I didn’t unlock.

In terms of sex with my partner, we’ve been together for over 3 years, live together, we completely love each other and I’m happy with him and our sex life (except this issue). We typically have sex 3-5 a week (give or take). I used to finish most of the time (75%+) - but similar to finishing with myself, sometimes my orgasms we’re ‘small’ and I wondered if there was another ‘level’ to it. But honestly I often found the orgasms better with him than I could do by myself.

He is usually generous and really wants me to enjoy myself. He sometimes can be a bit lazy with foreplay, though not often, and I usually actually find it easier to finish through penetration than when he goes down or fingers me. Sometimes his technique for fingering/going down is great, but sometimes it really doesn’t work/he’s in the wrong spot but the issue is 1) when he’s in the right spot then I can’t help but squirm and move too much that he loses it and/or 2) I feel like every time I finish it’s from a slightly different angle or position or rhythm (including with penetration) so it’s really hard for both of us to know what’s going to work from one time to the next. And I think personally the inconsistency in what will make me finish makes me super frustrated in the moment which of course kinda ruins my chances of getting there.

As I said recently I just haven’t been able to finish at all. I frequently ‘almost’ get there, but it’s not even the ‘small’ orgasms anymore it’s pretty much just edging at best. Neither of us can think of anything that’s obviously changed. The only thing I can think of is we’ve both had a super busy few months with lots of work stress and not enough sleep etc. We usually have sex right before we sleep and when it’s already past our bedtime so we’re already tired and I’m then stressing that I’m going to not have enough sleep before work etc. I did say we should try to make an effort to do it earlier/not right before bed but it’s hard to actually do it ‘organically’ without ‘scheduling’ it when we’re also trying to do dinner/gym/chores etc.

Not sure if it’s relevant but the only other thing I can think of is I got an IUD several months ago. My problem started more recently but not sure if the hormones are doing something. Also with the IUD, he sometimes finishes quicker without the condoms before I can finish, but most of the time he still lasting long enough that I should finish. To compound this, the more I’m visibly/audibly I enjoying myself, the more likely he is to finish quicker bc he finds it hot, so when I start getting close in the back of my mind, I feel like there’s a countdown. Though with condoms if I hadn’t finished before he did, he would usually go back to foreplay until I did, but now (sorry for TMI) after he finishes in me, he’s not getting going back down/fingering with him cum everywhere lol (and I can’t really blame the man for that one lol).

Only other thing that maybe contributing is I have adhd - I’m medicated and have been our entire relationship but I think it’s making it harder to stop my mind wandering and focus on finishing (especially at night when meds have worn off). Obviously not a new thing but not sure if it’s randomly worse in this area recently.

Sorry for SUCH a long post. Was hoping extra context would be useful but I would really appreciate any advice you have and help a gal out of this orgasm-rut!!! Thank you!!

I have cervicitis, my cervix got busted last week very hard 😅 and the pain has been quite bad at times, like cramps, but is slowly getting better.
The main beating up happened last Wednesday with my husband and a dildo, not an insanely large one, I’d say an average sized one tbf, but he was hitting tf outta my cervix yall.
I did to urgent care btw, all negatives for STI and Bacterial infection, it’s just beat tf up and needs rest which I didn’t give because I did in fact put something up there three nights ago and regretted it the next day which prompted my urgent care visit 💀
I have been worried about it though, she brought up potential endometriosis, and I should get imaging but all the places I’ve called don’t have availability until the new year, but it is getting better which makes me feel better. I had never hurt like this before in my life, and I was a young hoe who semi regularly had that thing beat in 💀
There was one express clinic, I called three times and left a vm and they never called back for me to make an appt. I do hope it is just sore and goes back to normal, but I’m scared this can happen again or may become a continuous problem. Some of the pain has radiated up into my left ovary area, I have a diagnosis of PMOS and hx of ovarian cyst ruptures too.

So back story- I had Ureaplasma and did a round of antibiotics and felt better for a while but mild symptoms came back so I did another vaginal panel and found I now have 3 new pathogens (no more ureaplasma thankfully) and NO healthy vaginal flora as I’m assuming it was wiped out by the last round of antibiotics I did last year. So I’m starting another round of antibiotics along with my spouse. I’m also going to be doing hydrogen peroxide washes at the suggestion from my provider. After antibiotics I will take probiotics both orally and a suppository and probiotic rich foods like coconut cult, kimchi, miso, etc (I can’t tolerate yogurt/kefir products) to hopefully build back the flora. Just wondering if there is anything anyone else suggests adding to my protocol to help? My symptoms are thankfully mild but I just feel… off. I appreciate all suggestions!

Hi there, I (31F) have very regular periods. Average 28 day cycle, bleed around 5 days. No birth control, just consistent tracking with natural cycles.

This cycle is different…. After day 5 of my period I noticed I was still spotting. Not totally weird sometimes I spot an extra day. Fast forward to now on day 11 I am still lightly spotting. I’ve never had this happen. I have very VERY light cramping/soreness and I was attributing that to possibly ovulation bleeding? Sometimes by the end of my cycle I am a bit sore because I’m a frequent tampon user so I wasn’t totally shocked by that but I’ve never bled/spotted this long before and it’s a very light pink so fresh-ish blood?

There’s no smell and I have one committed partner. I 100% had a full period 11 days ago.

I consulted with some Google and AI to see how common this is and they led me to believe that this is totally normal.

If this continues for another couple days I will schedule an appointment. In the meantime, has anyone else experienced this out of the blue? Is this my new normal? This has never happened to me before.

If you are near the start of your days?

Thank u ladies so much you dont understand how much this helped ❤️🫂🫂🫂

I picked "rant" but it's less of an angry rant and more of a "vent." I've already seen a doctor (& have follow ups scheduled) so not necessarily looking for advice, moreso need support. Literally just acknowledgement would be nice: it doesn't feel like something I can share with a lot of people

Heads up, I am a transgender man and use he/him pronouns.

Almost two weeks ago, my boyfriend (21 cis male) and I (21 trans male) were having sex. He was fingering me, and he stopped to inform me: "Hey, babe, I don't want to freak you out, but you have a bump." We've been dating for 3 years and he knows my body pretty well, so I was concerned.

When he touched it, I couldn't feel anything. When I touched it, I also didn't feel anything. The bump is completely painless. It's on my right side (left if you were looking at me) and about knuckle deep. We have sex frequently enough that I know it's new, but couldn't say it wasn't there, say, a week or two before then.

As a trans man, I've had some shitty experiences with doctors, and so I waited to see my primary care doctor who I trusted. Ultimately, she canceled and I got a different doctor at her office, who was super super kind and did everything right.

She did some swabs with a speculum, then did a digit test. Ran blood tests and some urine tests as well.

She said based on her assessment, the bump was too hard to be an infection, and was probably either a sebaceous cyst, or a dermoid cyst. I was referred to imaging for a transvaginal ultrasound, and a gynecologist.

An infection isn't great, but like... I would almost have preferred that because then I at least know what it is and can go home with a treatment plan.

Now I'm left here just... Anxious about what it is. I know a lot of cysts are benign, but I also know some aren't. So that scares me. The lack of any other symptoms doesn't really assure me because I found it so early. But I also know that because I have caught it early, that things will probably be fine. They'll remove it, and it'll probably (hopefully) go away. But I feel like the only appropriate risk of cancer to ever have is 0%. And right now, it's not 0%.

I scheduled my appointment for imaging and the earliest they could get me in (across 10 different centers) is October 27th. I put myself on the wait-list for cancellations, and I'm really hoping for something earlier. I know I waited for this appointment longer than I needed to, I probably could have gone to urgent care (and I should have scheduled it way before I did anyway) but I was really hoping it was something easily identifiable.

I work retail and had to start my shift after that appointment. The first hour, I couldn't think about anything else. After charging my phone a bit, I put on some reddit stories to numb my brain. I know the next week and a half is gonna have to be me distracting myself, and that's fairly easy with work and grad school, and my amazing boyfriend, but like... I don't want to do anything else until I know 100% that it's benign.

Hi! This year hasn’t been great for my vaginal health or for my sex life. I started birth control (Mercilon) at the beginning of the year and noticed that my vagina has become so much drier that sex becomes slightly painful. On top of that, I’ve been dealing with genital warts since mid-April until now and was prescribed Aldara. I had some spots slightly inside the vaginal opening and had to apply the cream there, which caused my skin to thin out and become super sensitive. Now even one or two fingers are uncomfortable, and sometimes it even causes a bruise or tear at the opening. I’ve tried to explain this to my gynecologists, but their suggestion to use a hydrating cream hasn’t worked so far, and because of their mishaps in the past, I’m slowly losing my trust in them.

I feel quite defeated and angry, and this has affected my confidence a lot because I feel ugly and disgusting to my boyfriend (he’s been incredibly understanding and supportive, I just can’t shake that feeling).

Has anyone had a similar experience and can share their advice?

I have a lump on my upper inner labia that is sore and painful to the touch. It looks to be filled with a clear liquid. I’ve gotten one before in the same area and it went away in less than a day, but a few months later it returned.

is this a blocked gland and how to I make this problem go away? I have a gyno appointment tmr but I’m worried about it popping, and I’m not gonna lie I’m a bit freaked out.

Just have lot of religious shame and sexuality issues :(

I’m 31 and do not have a healthy relationship with my desire.
Whenever I masturbate I feel so immensely disgusting. I already do it rarely. In my teens it was a habit then I stopped for years (8+). Then it came back gradual but I try to not do it to much only once a month or so.. sometimes more

I have resorted to sometimes hurting myself (in small ways like digging nails into my palm) to feel okay and “clean” again. Then I feel guilty about doing that because that’s also not allowed

I have constant ocd spirals about it and cannot get it together

A therapist might help but that feels so embarassing and unbearable right now

I don’t even have toxic relationship with religion. With everything else I’m able to be normal and moderate. It’s just this one thing that is tied into so much fear and shame. Probably something to do with my childhood

I would just like some kind words or advice (other than therapy) that could help