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Post by JackMcFarland on Jan 8, 2007 17:34:47 GMT -5
Emily. Lol. My vagina doesn't have a name. My uterus hates us, so at the current moment my vagina and I are not on talking terms with her. Quite sad actually. My ovaries, which my boyfriend calls my "uteries" (not because he doesn't know the technical term, but because he is a dork and enjoys making up words) they are just evil, my left one especially. And yes cherry, no more failed pregnancies!! Only healthy ones! With pretty babies, hopefully all boys so they don;t have to go through this hell that we do
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Post by ouchy on Jan 8, 2007 20:52:56 GMT -5
Oh and yes ::raises hand:: I get odd mucus like that as well. I'm not burning yet, thanks goodness, but when I do...Oh my, I have to go sit in a cold bath or something. Okay. This probably sounds gross, but it is the only relief I could find when this was happening the worst (back when I had first come off of the pill). When I would get the burning (slides, cultures, tests were negative for yeast, bacteria, fungi, etc.) I would get into bathwater and do what I call "vaginal swishing," where I would swish water in and out with my pelvic/vaginal muscles. It would get that jelly-like cervical mucus out (I'm guessing it's more acidic than it should be or something???), and then I'd apply olive oil to coat the vaginal tissues. It was really soothing and would last maybe 12 hours or so. The good thing is that the symptoms get better over time, the longer you are off the pill--or seems so in both my friends' cases and my case.
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Post by ouchy on Jan 8, 2007 21:00:38 GMT -5
anyone who didn't know would think Emily had rabies or something (Emily is my vagina, smokes a lot while riding round in rented cars with a demented person in the back) [/color][/b][/quote] LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I read this while at work and almost really laughed out loud! You guys crack me up!!!!!
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Post by JackMcFarland on Jan 8, 2007 23:02:20 GMT -5
Olive oil, huh? I'm 100% Italian and we put olive oil on everything, almost like the father from my Big Fat Greek Wedding and his windex.... I'm surprised my grandmother hasn't said, "put it on yourself! It does wonders!"
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Post by ouchy on Jan 8, 2007 23:56:20 GMT -5
^ LOL!!!! I actually thought about Big Fat Greek Wedding when I was on my big olive oil kick! I put it everywhere. My husband told me to quit using it as a facial moisturizer, because I smelled like I should go inside the oven as a supper dish! I started shaving with it, washing with it (I found olive oil soap.), and we still use it as a lubricant! <--Gynecologist recommended! Oh. I also learned in school that olive oil is healthy to put inside your ears, too! hahaha!
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Post by JackMcFarland on Jan 9, 2007 10:46:37 GMT -5
I sorta knew about the ear thing. My little sister used to have ear problems as a child, and I vaguly remember my mother using olive oil for something.
And to stay semi-on topic...and just because I do not know where to post this - okay, I came off the bcps about 4/5 days ago. I have been getting a few cramps here and there like I'm about to become Niagra Falls. I go to check and it's the mucus we spoke about in here...just a clear, goopy muscus - looks very much like ovulation mucus. I'm slightly nervous, I did spot for a day or two, that went away. Has anyone ever experienced a delay like this their first period off of bcps? I think I'm just going to relax and chill for a bit - hope the flow finds it's way.
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Post by vatechgrad on Jan 9, 2007 11:22:31 GMT -5
My mom mailed me an article when I was pregnant with my son. I'd been on the pill for 11 years and went off of it. I was not having sex, didn't want the hormones and was losing weight which is easier off the pill. I had a weekend of fun before I moved to another state and got pregnant. We did use condoms but I'd always heard after 10 years of the pill it would take years to regain fertility. Well the article she mailed talked about how after long term pill use women are actually super fertile the first 3 months off the pill. This is why you shouldn't wait 3 months before trying like drs tell you. News didn't do me much good when I was already pregnant and single :lol but it was interesting to know.
Janet
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Post by cherry on Jan 9, 2007 11:25:28 GMT -5
I have weird delays when breaking from the pill yes, I found that coming off the enforced regime sorta threw me off kilter most times. And unfortunately, when I had pain for a while before anything actually came out it usually was a torrent. Let us know how you go tess
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Post by ouchy on Jan 9, 2007 11:35:56 GMT -5
Has anyone ever experienced a delay like this their first period off of bcps? I When I would find a pill that would "work" for me for a while (and wasn't taking them continuously), I would start my period maybe 4 or 5 days after the last active pill.
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Post by JackMcFarland on Jan 9, 2007 12:25:25 GMT -5
On every other pill, I'd take the last active pill and 24 hours later I had my period. I'll tell ya what, my cycle is pretty tolerant and recovers quickly.
I've always heard that the first few weeks off the pill, a woman is very fertile. My dr was insistant on the usage of condoms when he told me to come of the bcps.
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Post by ouchy on Jan 9, 2007 13:09:28 GMT -5
On every other pill, I'd take the last active pill and 24 hours later I had my period. I'll tell ya what, my cycle is pretty tolerant and recovers quickly. I've found for me that it depends on the formulation of the pill--what type of progestin and how strong, estrogen content, etc.
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Post by candice on Jan 9, 2007 18:19:14 GMT -5
I just want you guys to know how much you just made me laugh. I've had a really rough week so far and you guys just made me crack up. I'm going to be giggling for a while and my husband will ask me why and I'm going to have to try and tell him...which will probably make him make that "your talking about girly parts again" face that will make me laugh even more.
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Post by cherry on Jan 9, 2007 20:26:32 GMT -5
It's nice that you can laugh after having such a bad time candice, but I don't think you appreciate the gravity of the situation! Since I read about the ageing thing, I keep picturing my cervix as a person with greasy hair up in a scrunchy with a cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth and buying beer when she was 14... it's got to me so much that I dreamt last night I would have a kid just like that! I think it'd really nice we can share smiles, if a bit queasy, about strange cervices and, er, thick mucus!
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Post by candice on Jan 9, 2007 20:52:56 GMT -5
Oh, I get the serious side of it all right. I've been on birth contol since I was fifteen. Came off it whenI got marrie dlast year. Thats over 10 years of the pill. I'm seriously freaked. However, i'm also a bit twisted when it somes to humor. The more serious and freaky a situation is, the more I tend to twist the funny out of it. This is really horrible, but a few years ago, my Dads girlfriends son died in his arms. My mom told me. I asked how and she said that he choaked on a sandwich.....I didn't mean to but I laughed. I mean, all I could think of was Austin Powers tallying up the deaths of the rock stars in his time..."Mamma Cass, Ham sandwhich". I mean, who the hell goes that way. It was bizzare and tragic, but I just can't help it. It's a reaction to stress I think. Really, the worse the problem, the more I need to find the funny. It's the only way I can really deal with things that upset me. Until I can laugh, i can't deal.
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Post by cherry on Jan 9, 2007 21:25:31 GMT -5
Sorry that came out sort of wrong... I meant the first part as a joke, if there's anything grave about all this it's my need to make every part of my body into a person! I am pretty bad for laughing at the wrong thing... as soon as I start thinking 'Why would I want to laugh, what is up with me?' I crack a huge grin. It's an ok reaction if people know what you're like and that you do care, and I suppose with all the bad stuff you get sick of crying at every bit of bad news and start finding other ways to cope with it all. I seem to take that one step further and just laugh at absolutely everything... i am amused by my own thoughts!
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