It would be best to use a condom, and to keep using condoms until you're at least a week into your new pack of pills.

Yep, exactly.

Ejaculation on your genitals does pose a risk of pregnancy. It's not a high risk, but it is still a risk, and so yes, I would recommend getting EC. Your pharmacist will have more specific instructions about making up your missed pills when you get your new pack, but generally you want to take missed...

Just to make sure I'm understanding: you were supposed to start a new pack of pills today, but didn't have that new pack? Also, when you say there was ejaculate on you but not in you, can you be a little bit more specific? Was it on your genitals or somewhere else on your body?

How would I best go about asking her (or anyone else, for that matter) without sounding desperate? I'm not, but I'm not sure how to make it sound that way. I would skip mentioning that you're specifically looking for a relationship and would like to meet potential partners. If I were in your positi...

Luck often does have a lot to do with finding potential partners, but there are things you can do to make it more likely that you'll meet someone you're interested in. One of the best ways to find people you click with, whether for friendship or a romantic/sexual relationship, is just by getting to ...

Sam W already clarified the risk level of dry sex and manual sex, in her first reply to you. Please have a look at that again if you're uncertain. With regards to how early people know they're pregnant: that is something that varies hugely from person to person. The only way for someone to reliably ...

Side effects do vary from person to person with any method, and it's difficult to predict what kind of side effects your partner may have on the implant. In general though, the implant is not known for causing bone density issues or hair loss, or significant weight gain: both use synthetic progestin...

It does sound like some sort of infection, but there's no way for anyone to narrow it down more than that, unfortunately. If your partner does not have any STIs, though, you can rule that out: STIs do not appear out of nowhere. Just like a cold or the flu, you have to have contact with someone who h...

The other day, my partner made a comment that took me by surprise, and I was surprised by my surprise. The comment was just an offhand mention of how he liked my fuzzy legs - I shave them sometimes, when I feel like it, but right now they're pretty hairy, and have been for a few months. He's never s...

Part of my problem with the sexting issue is that everyone seems to have a slightly different idea about what sexting actually is. Some people define it as just images, others as text and pictures...it's not clear. Most of the "sexting panic" in the media though is about images, as Mo said...

Almost every day, I run across something in the media - a newspaper article or a blog post or a piece on the news - talking about young people and sexting. The majority of the time, it's framed as a negative, dangerous thing, that must be stopped. It's linked to other "risky" behaviours, a...

Posting two questions in the same area of the boards is just fine. :) We just ask that people not post the same question in multiple places. Abdominal pain and unusual discharge (whether it's unusual in colour, odour and/or amount) are things that need to be checked out by a healthcare provider, esp...

When condoms break, it does tend to be very obvious. Small holes rapidly get much larger due to friction, and broken condoms often appear shredded. If the condom was intact when you finished having sex, and it didn't slip off, then you can assume it did its job.

Unfortunately, most period tracker apps do nothing more than count days, which isn't terribly accurate. The bottom line is that there is always going to be a risk of pregnancy when you're having the types of sex that can result in pregnancy. So there was a risk here, albeit a low one; if your girlfr...

Intercourse always presents a risk of pregnancy. And, unless your partner has been charting her cycles consistently for at least a few months, and is aware of when she ovulates, it's not sound to try and calculate when she was fertile and take that into account when figuring out the risk. Really, yo...

If the condom was damaged during intercourse, then yes, that would present a risk of pregnancy. However, without ejaculation, that risk is low: you can figure it's about the same level of risk as using withdrawal, which has a 96% effectiveness rate over the course of a year. Emergency contraception ...

Intercourse, no matter how rough, can't damage internal organs. Sometimes, the cervix can get bumped or jostled, which can be uncomfortable of painful, but that's not something that can cause any sort of injury, just temporary discomfort. The best thing you can do is check in with a health care prov...

It could be lubrication left over from her being aroused. If it doesn't go away over the next couple of days, and/or she is still experiencing pain or discomfort, it would be a good idea for her to check in with a healthcare provider.

(Just a note, private messages have been disabled for everyone's safety. But, DulceDiva, you're more than welcome to start a new thread if you'd like to discuss some of the insecurities you mention.)

Okay, all of you should now be removed from the newly registered users group. Thanks for your patience!

You're very welcome.

Yep, you should still be fully protected.

The only way to know what he's thinking or feeling is to ask him. There are really no "rules" for a friends with benefits relationship, or any other relationship, besides what the people in those relationships agree on: it sounds like the two of you haven't had a conversation about what yo...

Using over the counter medication when you don't have a diagnosis is really not a great idea. It may not treat whatever it is you have, and it can actually upset the balance of good bacteria in your vagina and lead to another infection. Seeing the doctor, even though it's inconvenient, is your best ...