Hi everyone, I just wanted a safe spot to express my worries and thoughts on this. Last week, my boyfriend went to a 3-day long festival about 6-8 hours away, driving. He really REALLY wanted me to come with him but I had to cancel last minute because of work. When he got back, he seemed normal. My ...

[/quote] Hi Heather, good to talk to you! I mean, yes! I have brought it up to him. I’ll voice my sort of dissatisfaction to him and he’ll just get kind of whiney and say “I’m tired. I can’t have sex when I’m tired.” And I’m thinking, “well then how were we having sex just a moment ago?!” Or he’ll e...

Hi Heather, good to talk to you! I mean, yes! I have brought it up to him. I’ll voice my sort of dissatisfaction to him and he’ll just get kind of whiney and say “I’m tired. I can’t have sex when I’m tired.” And I’m thinking, “well then how were we having sex just a moment ago?!” Or he’ll even tell ...

Hi there, My boyfriend and I have been having sex for closer to 3 1/2 years now. We live together and have a dog together! Naturally, i feel our sex has changed over time. In the beginning, I loved every bit of having sex with him and always felt satisfied even if I didnt finish with an orgasm. In t...

I went to a walk-in clinic today and was seen for my illness. I'm not contagious but I have severe allergies and congestion/asthma. I described the issues I'm having on my labia and around my vaginal opening and the doctor simply told me to go to the store and buy a 7-day treatment for yeast infecti...

Thanks for the reply, I'm really confused as to where else I would go besides the ER and I'm too impatient to find anywhere else, I really just need to be seen. Do you think my illness lowering my immune system is letting this happen? I've never experienced this before. Is there anything I can do to...

PS: Once the coconut oil dries up all the way, I should mention I'm very dry down there.

Dear Scarleteen, I don't know the exact cause of any of this - all I know is that I WANT IT TO GO AWAY! This may have been from failing to change my underwear, which sounds juvenile, but I stayed out for almost two days without going home and forgot to pack clean underwear, which possibly caused irr...

Ps: this is something I've wondered about for awhile, with no sure answer!!

Thanks so much!

One more thing - when should one take a pregnancy test when on the implant? Since periods on the implant are quite unpredictable, and a missed period is the first symptom of pregnancy, when does one know it's time to take a test or visit the doctor?

Yay, thanks for the fast replies! I'm very happy with the implant, I enjoy having a method that I don't have to remember to interact with and that has high effectiveness! The growth is kind of uncomfortable for me though. My breasts are kind of tender and sore, are there any remedies for this? I'm s...

Dear Scarleteen, I've had the implant (Implanon) for a about three months now and have no major complaints. I am very happy to have a birth control method that is at 99% effectiveness rate, even on its own. I still check for it regularly with my fingers and it has stayed in place. I've had two "...

Hi Scarleteen Staff, I just got the Nexplanon inserted five days ago (before this I had been taking the combination pill for around a year and a half) and I'm pretty excited about my new method of birth control and its extremely high effectiveness I've read about. My partner and I have never had any...

Oh yeah, of course. I know of a few people with spare rooms right now that they're likely willing to rent out. I'm totally open to roommate situations. : ) I'm at this blossoming point in my life where I'm needing to make a lot of steps on my own to prove to my parents (and myself) I CAN move out, y...

Yeah, I think I will have to tell myself that with the implant pregnancy is so unlikely that there isn't even much of a need to be "reassured" by a period. I believe that in the long run the implant will be much more beneficial to me and probably leave me happier and more comfortable, so I...

I guess I've never tried to DIRECTLY shut the conversation down by telling her what she is saying isn't ok, but I've shut it down by saying things like, "I'm confident that the way I've been using both of my birth control methods is keeping me safe." She reacts to that by saying passive ag...

Thanks Sam. I truly hope she isn't TRYING to freak me out. She is very manipulative, controlling, and harsh though and I really don't feel welcome in her house. It makes me wonder what would happen if I DID hypothetically turn out to be pregnant. Would she be kind to me and help me access an abortio...

Hey Scarleteen, So I if I took the second pill of my pack around 11 hours later than normal, is the effectiveness of the pill compromised very greatly? It was just a situation where I went to bed very early and slept through the normal time I take my pill, then I took it first thing in the morning. ...

I definitely don't want to just STOP having sex. But I'm a brutally honest and guilt-feeling person. So what should I do?

Dear Scarleteen Staff, I wrote a bit ago about how I have a partner who I am comfortable having sex with. This is someone I also feel comfortable expressing myself to. However, my father came across a post on my online blog in which I was expressing my happiness to have such a kind and caring partne...

I just wanted to write about my happiness with the communication I have with my partner. On Tuesday morning we were getting sexual with one another once again, and they went to go get a condom. I wasn't wanting to have intercourse that morning, so I just called their name to get their attention as t...

Thanks for asking, Heather! I took the other pair of pills last night and woke up this morning feeling nauseous and especially foggy. I'm thanking the two days of double dosage for that. As soon as I got on my bike to school, the nausea faded away. My body is feeling tender here at school, and I'm a...

Good idea, Heather. There IS some nasty stuff going around here too.

Thanks!

Idk, I just feel like overall crap today. I felt ok in the morning, but as I started moving around I just started noticing all these sporadic aches and pains. My body is just generally hurting. Tonight I'm going to take ANOTHER two pills, so we'll see what happens.

Another quick question about my pills - I was away on a trip for around two days, but forgot to bring my pills with me. I missed one pill and was late on the other, and when I got back yesterday afternoon, I took two active pills together, after reading my pamphlet. Since doing so, I've felt very ac...