hey Bleeding after taking emergency contraception is one of the possible side effects, as is changing the length of your menstrual cycle - and therefore the date of your next period. For your own peace of mind, you can take a pregnancy test 2 weeks after you took the emergency contraceptive. Take a ...

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Hi IloveCardi, I'm so sorry to that you had to go through this. It sounds to me like this person pressured and manipulated you and didn't listen when you said no. That doesn't sound like a threesome to me, that sounds like sexual assault. A threesome - or any kind of sex - is only that when everyone...

Hi Mikalah, I'm so sorry that this happened to you. I hear that you're blaming yourself a little but I want you to know it's not your fault. Whatever you're wearing, it's never your fault if you get assaulted - the blame lies 100% with the person that decided to do this to you. I'm glad you found us...

Hi Yaz, Both smoking and the pill can increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis (the blood clotting you're speaking about), so when you were smoking you had two things increasing your risks. When you stop smoking, that risk reduces - how far it reduces depends on how much you smoked and for how long...

hi hinata,

Different brands of pill are different, it's best to check the instructions that came in the packet to see how long you need to take them to be protected.

Yaay! Nice one

Hi Henn, If you hover over words underlined in green in our articles you'll see the definitions we use. For example, we define intercourse as "When people interlock their genitals and move together as feels good to them for the purpose of sexual stimulation and/or reproduction." When we ar...

Hey! You've already pinpointed one of the big things that can prevent erections from staying around - stress. It sounds to me like focusing on the "do I have an erection or not" question is probably only going to make the answer to that question a "no" more often. With a lot of t...

I can believe it! I hope that the healing is going well now, and you're no longer in so much pain.

Hi hotcoco2000, I'm so sorry to hear that you have been raped and assaulted in the past. It's not surprising that you find it hard to trust other people sexually right now. I hope that you know it is not your fault - are you safely away from the person (or people) who did this to you now? Is there a...

Hi Tommy, Tommy, Sounds like you've identified 3 possible people at the school to speak to. I would think that the best choice depends on who you feel most comfortable talking to as a person. About half of new STI cases are found in young people, so while they aren't as common as, say, a cold they c...

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It sounds like maybe it's time to talk to her a bit more about what she DOES like and enjoy when it comes to teasing! Probably you're not doing anything wrong, it just doesn't happen to be the thing that works best for her; rather than put in all this effort and not have it received well it would pr...

You're welcome!

Hi Franx, Just so you know, you're outside the age range of most of our users, which means that we may answer your questions but will prioritise those who fall into our target audience. There is no "right" way to masturbate, different people take all manner of different approaches. You can...

Hi! Welcome to the boards :) You know, what you are describing is not weird or surprising. Plenty of people take a while to figure out what feels good for them when they masturbate. I hear that you are finding this super frustrating and upsetting, and that is probably putting pressure on you to feel...

Hollytiger, I'm so glad that you found this helpful. It sounds like you're taking really positive steps in focusing on managing your anxiety rather than following it down the rabbithole of those thoughts - I hope that you've managed to keep using this reframing and with your grounding exercises to m...

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Hey Hollytiger, Good job on making another appointment! I'm sorry you have to wait so long. It sounds like you're having a really stressful time right now. I hear that your rational brain knows that your fears are unfounded, and that you did absolutely nothing wrong, so I'm not going to keep repeati...

Hi Herstory, I'm glad you've got a therapist you can see today. Have you spoken to them about your suicidal thoughts? I'm sorry that you're going through this, and glad you know some of the resources you can turn to right now. We are not equipped to help in a mental health crisis, but we take this k...

Hi Sara, I'm glad you've got a gastroenterologist on your side! It sounds like time to have a more thorough conversation with your OBGYN about this. As al says, they are the best person to advise you on how the diarrhoea might impact on your pill. If you decide you might be happier with an alternati...

Hi Jessyjess! Welcome to the boards :) I don't think that there is anything wrong with you. It's perfectly normal to find people attractive in an abstract way and not in a sexual way, whether that's because you haven't met anyone yet who interests you that way, or because it's just not your thing fu...

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