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Re: Plan B
Yes. When a condom breaks, it tends to burst like a balloon.
Re: Plan B
How soon you can take a test depends on the individual test, but usually the earliest is 14 days after a risk.
It is very likely that filling the condom with water is what caused the breakage. It's pretty obvious when a condom breaks, so had it happened during sex, you probably would have noticed.
It is very likely that filling the condom with water is what caused the breakage. It's pretty obvious when a condom breaks, so had it happened during sex, you probably would have noticed.
- Sun Aug 09, 2015 5:00 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Advice on starting a difficult conversation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2405
Re: Advice on starting a difficult conversation
The kind of diarrhea that may affect birth control is severe diarrhea where you feel like everything is just going straight through you. In that case, your pill may not be properly absorbed, especially if you go to the bathroom soon after taking it. If you only had soft stools, you should be fine!
- Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:25 pm
- Forum: Abuse & Assault
- Topic: Was this okay? Not sure how to feel...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3346
Re: Was this okay? Not sure how to feel...
Welcome to Scarleteen, consentquery. There are no shoulds when it comes to our feelings - however you feel about what happened, is how you feel about it. It sounds to me like you felt okay with things at the time, but in thinking about it in retrospect, you'd rather there had been more conversation ...
- Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:13 pm
- Forum: Supporting Each Other
- Topic: Suicide scare? Don't know what to do about depressed ex-boyf
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8527
Re: Suicide scare? Don't know what to do about depressed ex-
Welcome back, NC Lady. (Do you, by any chance, remember your old screen name? It's fine to make a new one if you locked yourself out, but having a poster's history helps us help you better!) First of all, congrats on getting help and getting out. Leaving abusive relationships is tough, and it sounds...
- Wed Aug 05, 2015 3:49 pm
- Forum: Sexual Health
- Topic: Piggy-backing and pill effectiveness
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2731
Re: Piggy-backing and pill effectiveness
Alright! So, provided you are taking it as directed - one pill daily, at the same time every day, no late or missed pills, you can rely on the protection once you are done with the first pack. Do keep in mind that the pill does not protect from STIs, so if you and your partner have not been tested r...
- Wed Aug 05, 2015 3:25 pm
- Forum: Sexual Health
- Topic: Piggy-backing and pill effectiveness
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2731
Re: Piggy-backing and pill effectiveness
Welcome to Scarleteen, bluebell!
Just to be clear - the doctor prescribed you the pill just now for the purpose of skipping your period, and you were not previously already taking birth control? Are you now taking the pill, and when did you start?
Just to be clear - the doctor prescribed you the pill just now for the purpose of skipping your period, and you were not previously already taking birth control? Are you now taking the pill, and when did you start?
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:41 pm
- Forum: Bodies
- Topic: Is there anyway to make my period come faster?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6339
Re: Is there anyway to make my period come faster?
I am not sure why you feel like your period is not starting if you are bleeding? It's not at all unusual for a period to start more like spotting, and it seems like this is a bit of an irregular period for you anyway.
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:15 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Worried after first time
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1637
Re: Worried after first time
You're welcome. If you want to talk further about any part of this, please let us know! We're here to help.
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:15 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Worried after first time
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1637
Re: Worried after first time
Itching and discomfort could be a sign of an infection, so it would be best to make an appointment with your doctor. Have you both been tested for STIs? If not, now would be a good time to get started with that, as well. If you'd like, we can also talk about what might have caused the pain you exper...
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:02 pm
- Forum: Bodies
- Topic: Is there anyway to make my period come faster?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6339
Re: Is there anyway to make my period come faster?
So what I am hearing is that you have not been charting your period correctly. That also means that there is not much of a point in trying to figure out if this one is late at all, and if yes by how much. What you will just want to do, going forward, is charting your period correctly so that you can...
- Sat Aug 01, 2015 5:24 pm
- Forum: Got Questions? Get Answers.
- Topic: Feeling Leery...Condom Query
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1547
Re: Feeling Leery...Condom Query
All condoms have to meet the same FDA standards, so in terms of safety there really is no difference between condoms. As long as they have not expired, they're good to go! (Using some extra lube also helps reduce the risk of breakage.)
- Sat Aug 01, 2015 5:10 pm
- Forum: Bodies
- Topic: My period is late?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1937
Re: My period is late?
Hi Moonriver, have you taken a look at our article on late periods? M.I.A or, Dude, Where's My Period?
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:23 pm
- Forum: Sexual Health
- Topic: Mirena and periods
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1807
Re: Mirena and periods
This may just be about you starting this new method. But lighter or more sporadic bleeding is actually also a common side effect of Mirena. So either way, this does not sound like anything out of the ordinary. Were you able to discuss all of your questions about Mirena with the doctor who inserted i...
- Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:57 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Swapping pills
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1485
Re: Swapping pills
If you continuously took pills, and did not take any pills late or missed them entirely, you should not have compromised your protection with what you did. However, it is never a safe or good idea to take drugs that were prescribed to someone else. Prescription drugs can only be prescribed by a doct...
- Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:09 pm
- Forum: Sex, Culture and Politics
- Topic: Fifty Shades: I feel alone
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5523
Re: Fifty Shades: I feel alone
You are very welcome! I am glad this has helped make you feel a bit better. The intent of myself, and others I know who have written negatively about 50 Shades, really has never been to hurt anyone, but to help educate those who may have come to the texts with less awareness or knowledge. There is a...
- Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:56 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Is my hymen broken?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1605
Re: Is my hymen broken?
Hey Aubrey! Welcome to Scarleteen.
Let's start this this awesome article, which I think will answer most, if not all, of your questions: My Corona: The Anatomy Formerly Known as the Hymen & the Myths That Surround It
Let's start this this awesome article, which I think will answer most, if not all, of your questions: My Corona: The Anatomy Formerly Known as the Hymen & the Myths That Surround It
- Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:54 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: How to tell if sex ed info is reliable online?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3815
Re: How to tell if sex ed info is reliable online?
As Edith said, they need their own fluids. Sperm cells are very particular, they are not content with just any fluid. They need ejaculatory fluid to move around in.
- Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:15 am
- Forum: Sex, Culture and Politics
- Topic: Fifty Shades: I feel alone
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5523
Re: Fifty Shades: I feel alone
Dear Curious Empath, I hope it's okay for me to respond to this, given that I am someone who has written negative reviews of both the first 50 Shades book, and the movie adaptation. I am very sorry that you felt insulted by such negative reviews of the book series, and I want to start by saying (at ...
Re: Spill
If the pack is not broken, this should not be a problem. The packaging is supposed to protect the pill, so unless it's damaged in some way, it should have been doing its job.
- Mon Jun 22, 2015 6:22 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Scared of sexual interaction
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2339
Re: Scared of sexual interaction
Have you been able to talk to your partner about your fears? Perhaps hearing from him what expectations he has can put you at ease.
But also, sometimes it can be important to listen to our fears and accept them as a sign that we are not quite ready yet to do the thing we are afraid of.
But also, sometimes it can be important to listen to our fears and accept them as a sign that we are not quite ready yet to do the thing we are afraid of.
- Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:33 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Plan B and period
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2113
Re: Plan B and period
Well, freaking out is rarely a good course of action. If you are worried, you can take a pregnancy test. But as I said above, we cannot predict when your menstrual cycle will return to normal.
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:15 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Plan B and period
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2113
Re: Plan B and period
Plan B can throw your cycle out of whack for a few months, so unfortunately there's no real way to predict what your periods will look like or when they'll show up. You'll just have to take it as it comes.
Re: My bf
It sounds like it would be best for your partner to make an appointment with his doctor. We are not doctors and cannot make diagnoses over the internet, and with wierd rashes it's always best to have them checked out.
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:23 am
- Forum: Gender
- Topic: What's your concept of your gender like?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 23832
Re: What's your concept of your gender like?
For myself and my own identifcation, I don't really have much use for the concept of gender. I can't really say "I identify as man/woman/etc" because to me, there are no feelings connected to those words. I happen to have been assigned female at birth, and I like a lot of stuff that's pret...