I think I may have a yeast infection, but I'm not sure - I've never had one before. I have a couple of symptoms (itching, redness) but not others (no discharge or burning). I also don't notice it consistently - a couple times a day it'll itch quite a bit, but then the feeling fades for a while ( Read more... )

I called my gyn/obyn on Friday to get in for not having a "period" since my last visit in September. When I went 6 months ago I mentioned to her I'm concerned that I might have PCOS since the periods I were getting were very light but she said my cycles should regulate out once the thyroid medication had been in my system a little while longer and ( Read more... )

I found out I have 2 hernias!! they aren't bad yet so I'm interviewing surgeons, research, etc ( Read more... )

Hi everyone! So I'm on birth control and always get my period on my third day on my placebos. Well, it's about 8 days earlier than that and I started having breakthrough bleeding. It was a very dark red and kind of clumpy. I read online somewhere that it can be because of pregnancy, but I had unprotected once about two months ago and he didn't ( Read more... )

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2013/10/28/rebelling-against-the-pill-pulling-out-of-conventional-birth-control/

An interesting discussion on hormonal birth control use among young women.

so i went for my yearly pap in september. tests came back fine but i had some inflammation going on. does anyone know what this mean? i have to go back in march to see if it goes away on its own and if not they have to go a little further with things. ive been discharging but tests came back fine except the inflammation so idk. anyone heard of this ( Read more... )

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Hey guys - So, I had unprotected sex for the first time on Friday night. He'd just been tested (clean slate!) earlier in the week so I'm not worried about STI's, but pregnancy? He didn't come in me, I was on the 2nd to last day of my period, and I'm on the pill.

What are the chances? Should I have taken the morning after pill? Thanks! :)

Hello all! I am new to the community. My name is Elyssa and I am 24 years old. I had a question regarding depression during pregnancy ( Read more... )

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