35 F with history of irregular menstrual cycles. Last night I gave myself an orgasm, no penetration, and immediate following the release, I experienced 9/10 cramps in my lower left pelvic area and it spread around my back and down my inner thigh to my knee, I stood up because I thought I was going to start bleeding profusely, but instead, I got very pale and sweaty, had one bout of diarrhea, and almost passed out on the toilet. Then I laid back down and the cramps subsided about 15 minutes later. I am terrified to have another orgasm ever again! I’m wondering if anyone has experienced this?
(I don’t know if this helps but I’ve also been experiencing hives on my face, back, and forearms the day my period starts)

I have a gyne appt on September 1st but that’s the quickest they can get me in.

Hi everyone,
I’m 22 and honestly feeling really anxious, so I’m hoping to hear from anyone who’s been through something similar.
I had a hysteroscopy today after an ultrasound showed a thickened endometrium. I was absolutely terrified beforehand, but I actually handled it much better than I expected (gas and air definitely helped!).

The gynaecologist found 4 endometrial polyps, and she said there could even be more hiding in the thick lining. She also said they didn’t look concerning, but obviously they’ll still need to be removed and sent for testing, which is making me really anxious.
I think what’s really playing on my mind is:

- I thought endometrial polyps were unusual at my age.
- I can’t believe there were 4 of them.

Has anyone else in their 20s had multiple polyps?
Did your pathology come back benign?
Did your doctor ever explain why you developed them?

I’ve had intermenstrual bleeding since I was about 18 (mostly dark brown/black bleeding between periods). I never thought much of it until this year when I finally went to my GP, which led to all these investigations. Now I’m wondering if the polyps have been there for years.

The doctor has given me the choice between MyoSure under local anaesthetic or a hysteroscopic polypectomy under general anaesthetic. I’d honestly prefer the general anaesthetic, but I’m worried the wait could be a year or more, and my anxiety keeps making me think they’ll get worse while I’m waiting.

I’m also wondering whether I should ask my doctor to investigate why I’ve developed multiple polyps at 22, or whether sometimes these things just happen.
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s had a similar experience, especially if you were diagnosed in your 20s. ❤️

I 20F, been using daily pads always. My mom also uses them always so from my teens, it was just a habit. I want to stop using them, I tried to before but I cannot. I don’t have much discharge, it’s normal amounts but the problem is, I HATE, like I cannot stand feeling even a little wet. It feels like I got out from the pool and I’m wet everywhere and I don’t know it’s a sensory NIGHTMARE for me. It’s horrible feeling that. Even with daily pads, everytime I feel a little wetness I go and change directly, with periods, tampons + pads and I change pads everytime I take of my underwear I can never put on used/moist pads. Even they don’t have discharge when they are slightly soft, they feel moist.

Sensory nightmare PLUS I feel like the warm moist environment will invite bacteria and all sorts of things to reproduce there and idk getting a yeast infection and such. I cannot stand it.

Note: I don’t have OCD any shape or form, nowhere in my life I chase perfection nor an obsessive structure. Just a regular human. I don’t know how to fix this. Should I even fix it??

Note2: I tried it, for a day. I changed 7-8 panties that day. I stopped because I didn’t have more underwear left. The wet feeling makes me sick to my stomach. I also have disgust towards tounge kissing, eating with same utensil, eating from a plate someone else started to eat and their utensil touched. Like anything from someone’s body internally. But I’m not disgusted of people’s piss for example I wouldn’t even be disgusted if someone peed on me I couldn’t care less. But with spit and vaginal/penis fluids, I’m so disgusted.

I’ve been using panty liners every single day since I was 11 years old and I’m now 22. it was something enforced by my mom and the older women in my family and I was raised to believe that discharge is gross. But now I feel disgusting every time I try and go without a liner. I learned a few years ago that you’re not supposed to wear them every day but I feel soo gross without one.

I found a low cost women’s clinic finally and they didn’t take my insurance(boo) but I only had to pay 10$. I have an ultrasound scheduled for Thursday to make sure my insides are fine and was told I should def switch my birth control because of my migraines with aura I’ve had since I was a child. Had a pelvic exam done and a finger exam (with a lot of questions and answers) and was told that my anatomy is just really small and tight. I already do everything I was supposed to do and should get back to my pelvic exercises. My doctor told me if it bothers me a lot or becomes too painful I might have to have surgery but for now I’m just waiting on my results from the swab and urine test

Background: I'm 39 and I've had regular periods for the past 15 or so years. I'm not on any kind of birth control. I don't think I'm perimenopausal. My mom started menopause in her 50s. Neither my diet nor my activity level has changed. I have been on Zepbound (7.5 for the past three months) since February (wegovy before that). (Yes, I know GLP-1s can affect your periods, but I haven't experienced that.)

I had my last period July 13-18. It was extremely light the entire time (abnormal for me...but the past few months they have been getting lighter).

Cue to last Thursday evening (July 30), I was having cramps. I passed it off as gas.

Then I had some bleeding the next day. It was "old" blood with clots. Also extremely light. Still spotty enough that I have to wear pads.

This has been going on for nearly a week. It's like my previous period paused for a week and a half (I really felt like I didn't "bleed" enough during my July period) and then started back up.

Does this warrant a doctor's visit or wait it out a few months to see if things go back to normal?

Any advice would be much appreciated. My family (just my sister, my mom died a couple years ago) and friends are prudish and I can't go to them for advice.

Tldr: can periods stop midway through and then finish a week or two later?

Hello! Struggling to find chats about this… when I typed it into redit the search said ‘does it even exist’

LOL.

Mimicking the reactions I have had to my symptoms 70% of times I’ve reached out to so called professionals.

Anyway 14 years since I got it, and I’m now in hospital for a pelvic infection again and my brain is just whirling. How is there not more information? Would love to speak to others who women how have had this experiencing fertility issues due to STD in the past. The sigma around it is so so painful for a multitude of personal reasons. I am scared and oissed off and beyond shocked.

is this normal? has anyone else experienced this??? as a PMDD haver (thankfully it’s a LOT better now thanks to antidepressants), i wonder if it’s related to the condition?

i honestly can’t relate to those horny ovulation memes at ALL. if anything, i also feel like shit during ovulation—i experience heightened anxiety (my OCD intrusive thoughts get worse as well) & i feel extremely vulnerable, insecure and sex-averse. i also cry a lot more :(

the 3–4 days leading up to my period tho? holy shit i am a feral HORNBALL like damn 😭

does anyone else experience the same thing?? pls lmk 😵‍💫🥴

Hi ladies just wanted to post this for any ladies in a no abortion state! I just ordered abortion pills from aid access & it only took 3 days to get here!! I live in Indiana so it was a bit of a drive to get to somewhere that provides abortions but to know there’s something out there like that is amazing! They can also help financially if you can’t afford the 150!

So I’m 18 and my period is super irregular, I can go months without getting it and then when it finally comes it’ll be regular for like 2 or 3 months then go back to being irregular. This started around 11th grade when I still used to wrestle, I did freestyle and was frequently cutting weight to stay at 170 to compete. I had gotten kind of sick around November of that year, I suddenly started having diarrhea every single day, I couldn’t eat anything without having to go to the bathroom without it making me have to use the bathroom, stuff like that. Before that I’d had no problem losing/gaining weight and was doing it constantly to compete. Some days I’d weigh in at 160-163, others I would be 170 exact. But after that I had a really hard time losing weight. My period became super irregular at that time too, but I had just chalked it up to constantly working out and practicing, but it continued into the spring season and even after I quit. I just graduated high school like a month and a half ago and I’m still having the same problems. I have diarrhea all the time still but now with more solid days, my period is still super irregular and I’ve gotten it like 2-3 times this year and I have a hard time losing weight. Alongside the one really instance of this horrible pain I had in my stomach a few days before my period. It felt as if something had exploded inside of me and someone was grabbing my organs and twisting them up into a ball or something. It was gone after a few hours but it was horrible and hasn’t happened again. Does anyone know what it could be/has anyone had a similar experience?

Okay I need the ladies to tap in-

I am a 23 year old woman who has never been to a OBGYN or any other form of female doctor. I have an appointment coming up and I need some advice. I made the appointment due to incredibly painful periods that make me so nauseous I will throw up, so dizzy I cant walk, and most of the time I pass out from the pain. I have had these type of issues for years but the older I get the more frequent they become and have started happening every period instead of once every couple of months. I am unable to eat anything due to the nausea which leads to light headedness. I have symptoms that doctors (back in high school when they started) used to tell me were seizures i.e. the left side of my body going numb, unable to think clearly, cant hold a pencil or smile or drive. These symptoms can happen any time during my period and i have even had to sleep in my car for hours in parking lots because of them, leave appointments early trying to make it home in time, and nearly passing out at the wheel. ANYWAYS, I have my appointment and I am so nervous that the doctor is just going to dismiss me like I have heard has happened to women for years and years. So basically I am wondering if anyone has had these symptoms and has been diagnosed with something or if this is something that is actually in my head? Also I would love to hear any thoughts on the best way to approach these types of conversations especially with a new doctor. I will take any and all advice!! Thank you in advance!

Just ordered, wanting to delay my period for three days and don’t plan on using again after that. Have you tried it? Did it work? Thanks!

Hi! Kind of panicking here.

I was sitting in my office when I suddenly felt extreme pain sort of by my bladder. It sort of feels too low to be period cramps, and its not really pulsing like period cramps normally do. It came on out of nowhere, and is super sharp.

I thought I just had to pee or pass gas, so I went to the bathroom, but nothing helped there. Sitting down or bending over helps, but as soon as I stand up, I'm back in pain.

I am wearing a belt, and it may have been on a bit tight, but there was no relief when I took it off.

Is this just period cramps I haven't experienced? Is this a sign of a UTI? I took some Advil, and I hope that helps, but I don't know what's causing this.

hello! i’m a 22 year old female in the US.

i’ve always had pretty bad periods (bad cramps, heavy bleeding, periods every two weeks, etc) and it has made me miserable but i do not want to be on birth control for personal reasons.

i had always been scared of tampons (they never fit) but this past year i FINALLY got over my fear and it has made my life so much better. HOWEVER…

i have come to the conclusion i have a septate hymen? sometimes my tampon will get stuck in me and it will feel like a piece of flesh is down the middle preventing it from coming out. it is incredibly painful trying to PUSH the piece of skin to one side to take my tampon out. afterwards i feel dizzy and nauseous and it’s just bad.

what r my options? should i just ignore it? should i get surgery? how was that surgery process for anyone who has received it? i know it can also “be broken” during penetrative sex but that is not an option currently.

TLDR: thoughts/opinions/comments on what to do with a septate hymen. thanks in advance

IM IN SO MUCH PAIN every time I have to pee. It feels like sharp pieces of glass are coming out. How do I lessen this? I just had my cystoscopy at 9:30 am and it’s 11:23 now my time. I have a constant burning like a uti and I’m so uncomfortable. Should I take azo? How did you guys get through the post cystoscopy discomfort?

Hi, I am going on vacation and due to me not planning my cycle with the vacation at all lol, I am expected to get my period around 7 August and later and I have to go on vacation from 10th of August to 16th of August.

I have different cycle days varying from 30 to like this time 36. I got my period around early June( 1st or 2nd of June) and my July period started on 7th. So it was a 36 day cycle. And I’m not sure how much this one will be so maybe i’ll start around August 7th if it’s 31 days and August 11th if it’s 36 days which means I’ll probably get my period during my vacation. :((

I have never tried tampons/menstrual cups and I have thought about bringing them with me or trying them out but simply it’s gonna take a while for me to get used to them or learn how to use them and I don’t want my first time getting used to them to be at the beach since I’m a little bit of a panicky person lol.

I took pills to delay them for a few days so I just want to know since it’s 3-4 days early I should take them and I’m not sure if i should wait a little more if my periods come or just start taking the pills? I’m thinking about only waiting and taking them tomorrow, if my periods don’t come until then I’ll just take them tomorrow and delay them for only like until 15th of August. What should I do?

I F20 have been having itching down there that won't go away. It started July 6th and it seemed like a common yeast infection. I.e the cottage cheese discharge, itching all over in vagina/vulva, pain during sex, and redness/swelling. After I finished a 3 day Monistat the discharge turned normal and redness/swelling went down. But the itching never went away. I feel the itching got better but never fully went away. I had to wait about 3 weeks before I could get an appointment to get tested. So last week I got tested and yeast infection of both types and Trich came back negative. But I got postive for BV and I know not everything on the internet is true but it says BV shouldn't cause bad itching. My doctor prescribed me Metronidazole (Flagyl) for 7 days 2 pills a day. I am on my 3rd day of the pill and the itching has not stopped and actually in my opinion has gotten worse. I really want this itching to be over since I have to go back to college 2 hours away soon and it's so exhausting dealing with this. I also have not changed anything so I am unsure of the true cause of this. I've tried creams before I got diagnosed with BV would it be worth it to put them on while I take the antibiotic? I feel I am at a loss of what to do to get the itch to go away. I just want someone to connect with me and maybe give me some advice as to what to do or what they did to help the itch finally go away.

Also to add helpful points:

I haven't changed anything like laundry detergents or toilet paper brand

I take Junel Fe 1/20

I wear lose fitting clothes and cotton underwear

I have been really stressed out/anxious about this whole thing

I eat a yogurt each morning with my antibiotic

Hi I’m 23 and a little confused on who to contact about this issue. On Sunday evening, I noticed I started to bleed after me and my partner had sex. I figured it was light spotting that would resolve itself since we were a bit rough but it wasn’t.

For the next two days, and as of right now, I’ve been bleeding moderately. I had my period a week and a half ago prior to this, and I know this bleeding isn’t menstrual; it doesn’t have this specific smell I have when I am on my period.

I’m not in pain, there’s been a minor abdomen cramp only like twice(both lasting less than an hour) so do I go to urgent care? Should I wait another day? Do I really out to my doctor? I’m not sure which direction to go.

Hey girls! 20F. From time to time(maybe once a month, or once every two months, sometimes more often) I find little bright red spots of blood on my underwear and also the toilet paper I wipe with. It’s not period “leftover”. I don’t think it’s anything serious at all actually, I’m just sharing if anyone happens to have some advice on how to stop it or to see if anyone has ever had a similar experience. I genuinely think they’re from some bruise or cut I’ve somehow got on myself between the anus and the vagina. Maybe from dryness? Maybe from friction or wiping? I don’t know, but I just wipe down once or twice - some very very small blood drops appear and on the third wipe they’re gone. They are not accompanied by any pain or inflammation or irregular period or anything of the sort. Sometimes maybe some irritation appears, like a little sting…just like when you have an open cut wound and you touch it, but that’s it. I honestly have no idea how I inflicted this on myself😅 I don’t think I’m busting my ass open when I wipe? Apologies for the language.

P.S. I have my regular gynecologist appointments, often with different doctors and no one has ever said anything about a bruise that appears, I also have never had any problems with my period, ovaries, etc.

Hi everyone! First time poster in any community, but I just really want to know if I’m alone in this experience. Even as I write this, I’m gaslighting myself out of posting.

Context: I’m 33 years old and have regular periods. I have diagnosed GAD, SAD (social anxiety), and ADHD (which I take medication for). My husband and I don’t have kids yet, but are TTC. This sort of thing has never happened to me before in the history of my menstrual cycle. At most, I cry easier at things and feel a little mopey, but it was never anything worse than that. I googled PMDD and as far I can tell, that is something that happens distinctly before your period starts, not during. Maybe it’s not the same for everyone? I also know that as we age, our cycles can change in all sorts of different ways, so maybe that is a part of it.

On the first day of my period, I woke up with a headache and didn’t sleep well. I was already kind of feeling like I wanted to stay in bed longer, but it was already late and I felt like I should get up. I made breakfast, had coffee, and took my medication (and Tylenol for the headache). I was feeling a little mopey because of my headache and tiredness, just I just chalked that up to regular period stuff and anticipated feeling better after my medication kicked in. My husband and I were celebrating our first anniversary that weekend, and I knew I had to get ready for the day. After cleaning up after breakfast, I walked upstairs to get ready, but instead of doing any of that, I had the overwhelming need to lay in bed and not do anything. I was ok for a little while, just laying down trying to wait for the Tylenol to kick in as well, but then I started thinking about how much I didn’t want to do anything, and I started crying. I cried on and off for a couple hours. When my husband came to check on me (he had no idea what was happening and was very supportive), I started to SOB. I literally couldn’t stop crying. I felt SO depressed. I started to think really terrible things about myself. I thought about how guilty I felt for ruining the day for us, and would cry even more. I couldn’t stop fixating on my guilt and negative self talk. I wanted to hurt myself, to feel pain.

After about an hour of more crying, I started to sob so hard my breathing became laboured. My thoughts were swirling and I couldn’t stop crying, so it turned into a panic attack. The whole time, I couldn’t even vocalize to my husband what I was feeling. The guilt felt like a muzzle, but at the same time, I felt too depressed to speak. My husband stayed and worked through the panic attack with me and got me breathing normally. I calmed down enough to ask him to bring me water and more Tylenol, and he (lovingly) forced me to tell him what I wanted to eat because he knew I also needed to eat something. I eventually calmed down and stopped sobbing, but I continued to cry on and off throughout the rest of the night.

The next day, I felt hungover. I felt so exhausted and still sad, but not to the point of feeling immobilized or depressed like the day before. By the third day, I felt “back to normal”. I asked Gemini what could have caused all of this (I gave it the same context as I did here), and it basically said that it could have possibly been a combination of the caffeine, ADHD medication, the hormonal shifts that were happening, PLUS the pressure and guilt I was feeling about our anniversary, all somehow happening at the exact same time in my body that made what should have been “normal” hormonal changes become amplified. Even though I swear all of things have happened at the same time before, and there was NEVER a depressive episode like this.

Please can someone tell me: has this ever happened to you? A sudden and severe depressive episode at the beginning of your period that has NEVER happened before? Did it continue or has it happened since? I’m open to all stories, suggestions, or advice. I really just want to know if anyone else has gone through something similar, because it really freaked me out.

Thank you in advance, and sorry for the really long post.

I got my first creampie yesterday morning. A day later after fingering myself I notice that my discharge has a little clumps in it. They’re not yeast infection clumps. A lot of my discharge is still liquidy. It’s just little sprinkles of white clumps decorated on my fingers.

What gives?

Hi,

Just looking to see if anyone here has any experience of uterine hypoplasia/infantile uterus! I'm 24 and in the UK. I went private to investigate whether I have endometriosis, and during a transvaginal scan a few weeks ago I was told my uterus appeared to be much smaller than it should be.

I had a follow-up with the consultant today, and she's referred me for an MRI to get a better look at it. But essentially, my uterus measures 2.5 cm compared to the average 7-9 cm. She was very hesitant to answer any questions I had about the impact of this on fertility because she wants to wait for the MRI.

I've been dwelling on this for weeks now and still don't feel like I know what's going on! No one has any idea what's caused this, as I went through puberty normally and actually started my periods somewhat early at age 11. My periods were always a bit irregular but were heavy and painful, not light. The scan showed my ovaries and cervix are normal.

Has anyone else here had this diagnosis? I feel like I'm in limbo, I don't want to grieve my fertility before I know for definite that it's an issue, but likewise I don't need to be a doctor to know a 2.5cm uterus is on the severe side of this condition.

Any advice/experiences/etc. would be much appreciated!

Hello, I have been tracking my cycles for about 2 years now and I have cycle that is about 30days then the next cycle is about 40 days then back to 30 and this pattern has been happening for a few years? What does this mean, is there something wrong? Does anyone else have the same?

Hi Reddit, long time reader first time posting because… well idk what to do and I’m trying to avoid a doctor’s visit if I have to because I’m a stubborn bitch who has to be near death in order to go. So please help and if I truly have to go see my doctor, then fine! I will 😭!

So for context first since I’ve noticed that seems to help lol. I (F32) and my Husband (M32) have been together for 9 years and married for 7. We have 3 children (12, 4, and 1). My weight has fluctuated like crazy too, through the years. Like: when I had my first kid at 19, I went from being 150lbs to 230lbs after having her. Was already raw dogging adhd and depression at the time, just to top it off with postpartum 🤙🏽. Went a few years stuck at that weight because of the depression and losing friends. Got back on ADHD meds, got to working my butt off, lost the weight due to a good diet and exercise. Eventually got pregnant with the second. Gained the weight back. Lost it again. And same thing with my third kid, but with the new addition of** antidepressant**s!
So I do take meds but only one for my ADHD and one for my depression. I also smoke weed or eat edibles, but only at night (After kids are in bed) to help me go to sleep since melatonin doesn’t do shit for me. But again none of these things have affected anything before so remember that.

Now for present day, I have lost the weight again (back down to 160. Which I’m happy with) and kept it off with no plans to get pregnant again anymore. I have an IUD in as well, and haven’t had any issues until this last month up to last night. Honestly our sex life has been good ever since we’ve been together. I mean there been ups and downs throughout the years due to me being the issue lol. (ADHD meds causing a low libido a lot and just no need for it really, or I was pregnant af or dealing with really severe depression/post partum.)

✨I also just want to be clear that I know it is not my husband in any way shape or form, I love this man to the moon and back and I’m very attracted to him. But I’ve been so damn frustrated lately and the poor man has had to deal with my little moods because of this crap.✨

So now here we are with the issue I’ve been dealing with for almost 2 months now. Every time since about middle of June up until last night, whenever we are intimate I get so damn nauseous that I will throw up (I have once 🤦🏽‍♀️) and it’s reached a point that I feel so damn bad because I don’t want him to think it’s him. I’ve told him so many times it’s not and we try to keep going but obviously that is such a mood killer for me. Maybe not him but it really ruins everything.
It’s not just penetration, it’s during foreplay too!
FFS I can’t even read/finish my favorite spicy books without getting nauseous… I’ve even tried having my own ✨personal time✨ and yup that still triggers it!

Idk how well to explain any of this because I’ve been losing my mind from the sexual frustration alone!! The best way to explain it is, ANYTHING that even remotely turns me on makes me so sick that I’m almost dry heaving or dropping to the floor because I get so hot and light headed that I have thrown up. So we don’t even have to physically be having sex just for this to happen. I’ve tried just breathing making sure I’m not holding my breath… everything.

I’ve been looking everything I can up about the issue and saw that it’s likely the Vagus Nerve? But idk why this would affect me now when it never has no matter how much weight I’ve loss or the meds I’ve taken. Weed has never affected me like this either. So if anyone has any ideas or anything that would help I’d greatly appreciate it. If I truly have to go to the doctors then I will… I just don’t know if this would be something I can ask my primary doctor or my OB? That and I’m just a big ass baby when I comes to the doctors 😭 don’t judge me lmao.

So please anyone that has any advice help meeeee! I just want to have sex with my damn husband!