Just a random question.
I am on Yaz, and have been for about a year and a half. In the last half a year me and my gyno have decided that it would be beneficial for me to stop taking the placebos at the end of the month and just generally not bleed. This is due to my mother's growth  near her uterus because of a thick mucus wall (or something equally as strange) plus that I've had ridiculous cramps every month since the day I got my period. Anyways, I was enitially a little nervous, but it works out great.

First, I can't recall exactly what she said but I decided maybe it would be best if I took the placebos every few months and let all that stored up blood out. But when I tried to do that I found that I just kept bleeding. It would be a week after I've started the real pills again and I would still be solidly bleeding. Is that how it's supposed to work? If I was on a pill designed for only bleeding a few times a year (such as Seasonique), would I still bleed like a stuck pig?

Second, I had a yeast infection. Not odd for me. I was prescribed antibiotics and took them the full 10 days. I've heard this happens and I read up on it, and I knew my birth control was probably not going to work. Yes, I used a back-up method and what not.  And my period started, completely, like I had a feeling it would. But I bled for a month straight. I never stopped taking my pills, just the real pills, no placebos. Never missed any or anything. It was heavy as usual for about 2 weeks and then it was just light, but once a day, every day. I ruined so many pairs of underwear saying to myself "Today is the day it will stop. I'm sure I won't bleed today." I'm just wondering Why?

 My boyfriend and I have been having sex since about April and I've been on HBC (Loestrin 24), so we haven't used condoms much. However, the past couple of times I've slipped up and missed my pill, we have, but I have a question.

The lube on the condom seems to wear off really, really fast. Today, we were using just a regular Trojan lubricated condom and after about three minutes, it started getting really uncomfortable, like the lube had wore off or something? That's happened one other time, with a Trojan Twisted Pleasure, but I'm not sure if that's normal or not. Are you supposed to have lube handy when you use condoms or is this just something weird about my vagina environment? I'm just confused. Can anyone enlighten me?

(This is my first post but I'm a huge lurker :] ) 

So yesterday my friend was with me when I went to the pharmacy to pick up my BC prescription.  I am on the Generic brand of Alesse, I believe its called "Aviane".  Anyway, my buddy saw this and remarked that a couple of weeks ago his girlfriend was at the doctor and the doc told her that the generic birth control pills have a higher failure rate than the name brand.

The first thing I said was "Bullshit.  No one would be taking them if that was the truth." of course he said "Well thats what the doc told her".

It sorta pissed me off cause not only is that going with "Well if a doctor says it, it must be true" mentality, but after pondering it for a while, I wonder if that doctor is being paid by a drug company?

Anyway, what do you guys think of this?  I don't for a second believe that there is any truth to it.

I had a yeast infection recently, and was pissed that I had left my fluconazole (Diflucan) at my apartment near where I go to school, which is 2.5 hours away, as I'm home for the holidays.

Soo, I had to go the natural route. This is what helped:

-cutting out sugars, sweets, refined carbs (white bread, white sugar, etc). Yeast, like most fungi, feed off sugar.
-exercising regularly, which for me, meant running
-eating yogurt with live and active cultures
-showering daily and wearing cotton pants and panties (I do it anyway, but thought it worthy of mention)

I had been suffering from the YI for a week and within 1 or 2 days of following the above regimen, it totally disappeared.

Hope it helps someone without access to their YI meds! For some reason the gentian violet or yogurt suppositories don't really work for me.

hi, i've been reading this community for a long time and you guys have helped me so much! i've looked through the tags for info about this problem but i haven't quite found what i'm looking for. so hopefully you guys can help me out.

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I suspect that I get hemorrhoids or fissures or something - general mild butt irritation.  It comes and goes.  I would feel more comfortable asking my gynecologist about it at my next annual exam, considering my junk is all right there in her face anyway... is this not done?  Asking butt questions?  I mean, some gynecologists slip a finger in there, so I don't think it would be too unusual to ask that kind of question.  What do you think?
Thanks!

My next depo shot is supposed to be between December 30th and January 13th. I was dumb and scheduled an appointment with the gyno for tomorrow (December 29th). Will I still be able to get the shot or will I have to reschedule to fit in the two week time period? Will getting the shot a day early harm me or make it ineffective?

Thank you!