My dad always jokes that after I was born he used a wooden hand on a stick with a glove on it when my mum had my sister i have an awesome mental image of that

I'm so glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that, or else my poor laptop would have been in trouble!

I guess my cervix is kind of low. It can cause pain sometimes during sex, cause it gets...erm...hit, is the best way to put it I suppose. Heh. Mostly when I'm close to my TOM.

Goodness, what is up with this thread and it's ability to give me a desire to share such things?

Yeah, I never considered the low cervix something of which to be envious.
Partly because of the reason thebunneh mentioned, and partly because for a long time I didn't know what it was and it freaked me out! All I could think of was how my 5th grade teacher told us in sex ed about her roommate who forgot a tampon up there for over a week and miraculously didn't get TSS. I thought, what if I left a tampon up there and my body grew skin around it to protect itself like you hear about it doing with breast implants?! Then I'd return to reason with "if it's abnormal, wouldn't your gyn say something?" But it still weirded me out until I realized exactly what it was. Before then, I had no idea that anyone could touch their cervix, and frankly, it hadn't occured to me.

OMG, just found this thread! BEST THREAD EVER! TMI is strangely my thing, I love it. (sick?? perhaps... truthful, yesss.)

I am totally a poo examiner, and at times I report on it. HAHA, as I will with you today. I am totally not excited about pooping in public places, like many of you, and I am working in a poorly ventilated area right now, and today I had to GO. I used the furthest bathroom I could get to and dropped the mother-load of all mother-loads, I swear I got my 18 inches out! Soft serve style, totally out of the water. I feel sooo much better.

As for TOM, I hate it, but its regular now, use to be erratic. And the whole Diva Cup freaks me out!! Really?? it REALLY does not leak or totally fall out and gush madly in the worst of situations...

It really doesn't. The only leaks I've had are on my REALLY heavy days and I try to go 8 hours without changing it or something. Basically, if you have a very heavy flow and go too long without emptying it, it can overflow. But it's only happened to me like twice (and I'll go through half a box of super tampons in a day on my heavy days). And it won't fall out either, they do have 2 sizes (the larger being for those who have had children). I was concered that perhaps I needed the bigger one, just because I felt like I would be that poor girl who needs the big cup without having had a baby. But really, the smaller one is just fine!

Joining in here to ask a question - I think my cervix must be kind of low as well? I can definitely feel it with a finger - but I wanted to know - Bunneh, do you ever get a bit of bleeding after sex? I'm wondering if that is because my cervix is right there and maybe getting hit/irritated.

I've had some pain before but nothing excruciating/that can't be stopped by a bit of position shifting.

Any stories on bleeding after sex? I'm almost 99% sure it's just my silly cervix being sensitive, as the last time it happened (Tuesday haha, TMI FTW!) I felt no pain but then had bright pink diluted blood when I was cleaning up.

SORRY that sounds so gross!

OMG, I am also SO BAD at making appointments on the phone. It's weird, because I'm a huge talker "in real life" (OK, so the phone is still totally real, as is the typing into the interwebs I'm doing now, but, anyway, I hate that I can't see the person I'm talking to?).

I also was older than you when I had my first OBGYN appointment. I actually thought that the conversations about questions on the extremely extensive paperwork--mostly the questions they asked me about my sex life and sexual partners, at a time when I wasn't ready to be open with that sort of stuff--was much worse than the duck-billed platypus prying open my vag. Don't worry about either the speculum or the doctors seeing you. With the speculum, it can be cold and maybe very very slightly painful--like trying to do the splits? Stretching too hard. But the doctors, they've seen it all before and they'll be pros at handling it. If you feel uncomfortable after an appt., just switch gynos.

It IS weird to let people who aren't sexually attracted to you hang out down there, though. Who else waxes their bikini zone before an OBGYN appointment, though? I can't be the only one worried about impressing 'em.

I've never had bleeding after sex. At least not bleeding that was caused by sex. Sometimes if my period has only been over for a few days there might be some residual bleeding noticed after.

Does it happen every time, or only sometimes? If it's not every time have you paid attention to what time in your cycle the bleeding happens? It could be that you're having a bit of mid-cycle bleeding and sex just happens to kind of speed up it's, erm, movement out? Since it does irritate your cervix. Just an idea though, I'm no doctor.

Awesome Threat!!! I read the whole 13 pages waiting to see if someone would mention about checking their own poo trying to figure out what kind of “food” you could find there... ewww... I know... gross...
But as I LOVE to do my #2. I always feel so good afterwards - I guess it gives me the sensation that I am getting rid of stuff and it could make me skinnier - I know... so silly. Anyway, I like to “analyze” it, because I am very curious about how long it takes for my body to digest the foods I eat. For example: I had some popcorn last Sunday, and just got some of the “skin” of it out yesterday (thursday). I was surprised because took all this time for my body to process it...
And sometimes I wonder what is with the few foods that comes out in our poo. Did we not get the nutrient from them? Shouldn’t them all be “diluted” by our system? I am always happy when I see a whole piece of something there, like a corn, lettuce or some of the flax seeds I eat, because it give me the impression that my body didn’t absorbed the calories from it because it decided to just ignore it and put it out...
I know, I am weird... Am I the only one, though?

So let me tell you about my day thus far: Woke up, remembered what my best friend said to me last night then started to feel like crap.

Carrying something up the stairs when some jack*** pushes me, I fall hit my head on said stairs and get a huge scrape on the right side of my forehead (now my right eyebrow is about a 1/2" lower than my left, swollen and I'll probably get a black eye). Then to top it all off, my uterus decided to come off its 3 month break to say hello............


I really enjoy not having my TOM. I love being able to swim whenever I want and another plus is not having to wear panties (cosmo and drs say its good to let it go free a few days every month).

But my only problem with it starting is this: it doesn't want to end. I'm the queen of 3 month periods. Yes you read that right, when it starts it usually doesn't end for about 90 days.

Anyone else have this problem? I know what it is, doctor said only one more solution left which I am all for but he refuses to do since I'm only 23 and "could change my mind in the next few years".


Sorry had to rant, bad days are bad for me.

If you don't feel comfortable not wearing underwear out in public, you could just sleep with out it. Serves the same purpose as going commando a few days a month.

okay so just being honest:

a. I go commando about 50% of the time due to laundry difficulties. I'm sure all of you wanted to know that, and most of you are now happy that you're not my friend IRL :P (I consider this the sexy thong look, minus the visible strings! and you save money on actually purchasing thongs this way! I actually wear very modest full-coverage panties when my laundry is up-to-date, folded and sorted appropriately!)

b. When I'm pregnant....I don't really care about waxing my bikini line for the OBs. I also don't care what my toe nails look like as long as they're trimmed and clean. I feel like a supermodel preggo mom if I can get my legs shaved and showered before I show up at my doctors ^_^ (I'm actually, oddly enough, more concerned about wearing clean panties when I go so the nurses and doctors all think I'm a modest person if they notice the clothes sitting on the chair in the corner....)

Yeah that's pretty much my last stop. I knew I had problems, I used to only get my TOM once a year if I was lucky. Then the year I got my dog I started right before I got her and it didn't stop until that December (I got her in Aug). They had me taking a months worth of bc pills in 1 week to get me to stop and then I'd only stop for a day before starting up again. They were going to do a DNC (I think that is the term that was used, the doctor referred to it as sticking a stick up in there twirling it around and letting everything drain out).

Had a full blood panel done in April. Found I have more testosterone than estrogen.....but I'm nowhere near being diabetic so that's a good thing. But no signs of cancer. Asked if weight loss would help he said maybe only slightly. I have lost about 30lbs since I started going to him and the shot worked at first, then I lost the weight and the shot became less effective.

My last option is the hysterectomy. He refuses to do it though until I'm at least 26......but if I can't deal with 3-4 month long periods. They drain me of everything. I cramp so hard I go into back labor and am on 3 diff pain medications during this time.

Misty, it sounds more like PCOS.. especially the high testosterone, low estrogen part. Remember, you can be Insulin Resistant without being diabetic. IMO, you need to go get a 2nd opinion.

I know its PCOS. But the treatment i'm on doesn't work. The last course of action is the hysterectomy and i'm fine with it. I know i can adopt if i want kids or be a foster mom. Or have a surrogate.