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Whenever I own my spell, I bleed for 40 to 50 days. Does anyone know what is going on inside my body?

The pattern is to bleed for 40 to 50 days. When the bleeding stops, I do not own to deal near it for approximately 60 days. Then I start bleeding again 40 to 50 days again. The bleeding starts light for roughly speaking 15 days, then become heavier, then turns lighter towards the termination. This has be the pattern since I be 12 years old and so, I consider this to be my spell. I have already gone to 1 gyno who perform blood and hormonal tests and told me I have normal level. I am not sexually active, nor own I ever been sexually live. Does anyone know what is going on with my body? Or is here anyone out there that have the same outline as me? Thanks in mortgage.

Answers: You need a second belief. Go to another doctor. Still no answers? Go to another doctor. Still no answers? Go to ANOTHER doctor..... You get my point. This is NOT majority and needs to be thoroughly checked out and diagnosed.
This have happened to my best friends mom and to one of my friends. The mother have a small cyst and my friend was put on a low-dose birth control

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  • How long up to that time considered "missing" a pill?

    I was somewhat late taking my birth control pill today, but in the region of 2 and a half hours. Is that considered "missing" the pill or does it steal longer than that to be considered not taking it?

    Answers: 2.5 hours is usually not considered a late pill. Most pills own a window within which you can take them and still not be considered a missed pill. Read the insert that come with your pills to find out what your fanlight is.
    No, it is not considered missing a pill.

    There is a myth that if you don't take your pill at the exact time every time, your chances of getting pregnant sky-rocket.

    Sooooo not true!

    I've be on the pill for about a year immediately, and I have missed a few pills by one to five hours. The piece is to make sure you thieve it SOMETIME THAT DAY. If you let the entire hours of daylight pass (from when you rouse up until you go to sleep) in need taking it, only THEN is it considered missed.

    Does that produce sense? I hope so. ^^
    no 2hrs isn't a worry
    usually there is a 12hr porthole between a missed pill
    just try to embezzle pills normally from very soon on and if your still slightly concerned use extra protection in intercourse

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  • PCOS - Just Diagnosed....Read Please!?

    Two days ago I found out that I have PCOS.

    I hold an appointment in the establishment of November (only available date they had) to sit down and talk to my Women's Health provider give or take a few it and also to look over treatment options. I'm a bit stressed about the app. so up to that time I go within for the appointment, I at least want to be a moment or two prepared for what I'm in for... I've browsed around for information on it but I'd much prefer to hear roughly speaking it from women who have PCOS.

    Can any of you ladies near PCOS give me your stories?

    How did you find out?
    ---What be your symptoms?
    What treatments did your doctor put you on?
    How long have you be dealing with PCOS?
    Have you be able to bring back pregnant without the oblige of anti-estrogen drugs and surgery?

    Stuff like that. Any personal information would be GREAT also.

    Thank You.

    Answers: I enjoy PCOS and it is not as bad as it sounds. I'm 45 and never have kids, but many women next to PCOS can have kids. There are medication you can take (other than estrogen/the pill) to see you to have kids. I in recent times found out about adjectives of the treatments for PCOS last year - which be too late for me to do anything.

    The best doctor to see for PCOS is an Endocrinologist. They treat you next to medications (nothing beside estrogen) to enable you to own kids. They usually only impart you the pill if you're not planning on having kids. The pill does not cure PCOS, it only controls some of the sympoms.
    Most Gyns who aren't familiar beside PCOS nor its treatments usually put women with PCOS on the pill which is not other the answer. The pill is not the cure for PCOS.

    Not everyone who has PCOS is obese. Many women next to PCOS, such as myself, are of average weight or slightly overweight or tapered.
    Weight gain is one of the signs, but many PCOS women don't hold all of the signs.

    My story:
    After getting my first spell at 13, my periods be never regular during my teen years. They were deeply unpredictable and I would go for months minus having any. I started developing facial curls at 15 with a mustache, but it get worse as I got elder - with have to remove hair from my cheeks and chin also by the time I be 20. I went to the Gyn for the first time at 19 for my problem. After have a D&C, she said I have a "hormonal imbalance" and put me on the pill for a year. When I be taken off of the pill I go through withdrawal for six months (bad hose retention in my person in charge tissues). After that, my periods be sporadic. During my 20's, I would have period every other month and sometimes twice a month. I would also have hours of darkness sweats. I also started having trouble beside my weight - human being 20 lbs overweight, but I have never be considered obese.
    In 1992, after one period I continued to bleed for the rest of that year every hours of daylight (except for 2 days a month) until I saw my next Gyn within January 1993. She finally diagnosed me as having PCOS, but did not enlighten me of all the treatments available so I didn't know what be out there for me. I be placed on the pill then to stop the bleeding and to hold on to my periods on a regular programme. She started me on the high-dose pills - which I stayed on for a year - then placed on the low-dose pills. I be also given Spironolactone for the hair, but I have to stop taking that after 8 months because it made me sick.
    I can't go rotten of the pill, because I get menopausal symptoms and bleed when I am not on it.
    I enjoy a different Gyn now (after moving and getting married surrounded by 1995) and I'm still on the pill, but with the low-dose pills. I still enjoy the facial hair, but I am used to removing it and it's not that big of a traffic for me now. My Gyn say she is going to keep me on the pill until I hit menopause - which will be when I am more or less 54 - judging by my mother's experience.
    I started going through Peri-menopause July 2006 at 44.
    I hold lost 13 pounds over the past ten months and they are still going down.

    If you find the right doctor, you should be fine.
    Good luck to you. :)
    Good luck.
    You will be fine
    http://www.4women.gov/faq/pcos.htm

    i dont own it but you can do some research on it
    I was dx w/PCOS when I be 12 years old- so I have be dealing with it for 13 years immediately.
    I gained roughly 100 lbs be the ages of 10-12. My period stopped around age 11 and for the most section, a lot of doctors thought I be pregnant at first. Mind you- I didn't even GO near boys at that age. I still am a bit unripe for my age lol but at 11, I was still have all girl sleep overs and playing near my stuffed animals.
    My doctor put me on birth control when I was 14 to control my period and it was around after that my facial hair started to grow. My first endo. told me to bleach it and my second one told me to remove it to hang on to the hair circulating.
    Now I am on glumetza (for counterweight lose), loestrin fe24, and an antiandrogens to help control the the tresses issue. I was told that it can thieve up to six months before I really thought anything.

    As for the pregnant thing- I was told at 14 that I probably couldn't enjoy children- so I kind of haven't thought roughly it. I figure if in that comes a time in my go when I do desire them- then I'll probably enjoy to go on some sort of medication.

    I hope my info be helpful.

    How did you find out?
    ---What be your symptoms?
    What treatments did your doctor put you on?
    How long have you be dealing with PCOS?
    Have you be able to draw from pregnant without the sustain of anti-estrogen drugs and surgery?
    In high arts school I had the worst cramps ever and a bit of facial fuzz, but that was just about it till I started trying to conceive. I was never "officially" dx next to PCOS, meaning I never have any blood work done or anything like that. After trying to go and get pregnant for a year to no avail, I did have a Dr narrate me that I probably had it, and have to go home and do some inquiring myself. What I found (short version) is that yes it is a hormonal imbalance which is why women near it get facial hackle, and hair contained by other places that is usually one and only typical for men, and why some (not all) with PCOS are over counterweight, or can have fatty bits that resemble where on earth men get "fat".
    That Dr be really big on herbal things, so she had me taking “Saw Palmetto” and “Dong Quai” so I took those for almost 8 months before I run out (and honestly, got sick of taking it) and I in truth got pregnant that first month I wasn’t taking a hail of pills every day. I be so surprised! Especially after thinking that it would be near impossible to do. Then I found out that I be pregnant with my second right after my oldest’s first birthday. I still find that I enjoy hairy obverse problems, but except for a wacky period once surrounded by a while, I think my covering might be down to a minimum.
    One website I found quite effective, if only to rant here or to see that I wasn’t alone in this total mess, is SoulCysters.com especially the message boards there.
    Hope this help some :)
    I'm in the middle of getting diagnosed next to it (I show a lot of the symptoms, my lab draws are contained by, but I'm about to pocket an ultrasound to get my ovaries checked out), and my doctor seem to agree that I have it.

    However, you're asking for nation who have it, and I enjoy a friend that was diagnosed a year or two ago. She be obese, she had extremely irregular period, and she was depressed/anxious like mad of the time. She got diagnosed, and she get put on Dianette - apparently this is a new birth control pill for PCOS-women, and it help with the hirsutism (aka fuzz growth).

    If you have irregular quill growth, definitely mention Dianette. if you're planning to attain pregnant sometime in your enthusiasm, mention that too - they may medicate you differently.

    Also, a lot of times, if you're obese/overweight, they make a contribution you Glucophage (i think that's the identify of it) which is a diabetic medication.

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  • What food can I get through to engender my boobs bigger?



    Answers: None, unless you gain weight, which will create them bigger in totting up to your waistline.
    As much as most women wish it be that simple, there is no other road to enlarge your breasts excluding having a kid or getting surgical implants. The size of your breasts is determined by genes and the smooth of horomones that your body has be pre-set to have at puberty.

    I enjoy no idea what age you are, but if you are surrounded by your teens, there is still a fortune that they will get bigger. You only have to be long-suffering.

    And, hey, if they don't, just be jubilant with what you own! I'm eighteen and have a voluminous A-cup, and I have no problem person this small. If you ask me, less breast is better. Larger breasts can organize to back-problems and general discomfort.

    Hope this help. ^^
    you can't sorry. they are the way they are. if you want them bigger, you can try a pad bra or something like that...but it would be best if you could simply love you body the way it is.

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  • Any one ever have spotting between period?

    i had an unexpected pap 3 months ago and they did a bio and said come back contained by 6 months to be re checked but now i am very soon spotting brown in between my extent?? should i go subsidise to the doctor?? i have be on yas for the last 5 months and missed a daytime but took two the next light of day to catch up and im still spotting 3 days subsequent and feel adjectives crampy and moody !! any thoughts on this would help appreciation

    Answers: I have experienced this various times before and I'm currently experiencing this too, I missed a pill later Wednesday and am still suffering with the spotting. It's unbelievably light and comes and go, but it's making me feel adjectives crampy and moody too.

    According to my doctor this is not unusual when missing a pill, however if it persists for too long, I would recommend getting surrounded by touch with your doctor to see what he/she say.

    Good luck :)
    i have have spotting. It's completely normal. When it is brown that in recent times means that it have been within your body longer.

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  • Dose it hurt?

    dose it hurt win you get hymen broke? plz serve my girl friend is afraid to have it because of that

    Answers: Usually. But it's not excruciating by any manner. Just make sure you are really placid, use lube and go slow.
    Well, her hymen is probably already broken--it can be ripped or anything from gymnastics, horseback riding, etc. The first couple times you have sex it DOES hurt, but you can craft it hurt less by using lube and making sure she's really 'warmed up.' And the anguish isn't unbearable--just more uncomfortable.

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  • Umm..is in that a problem next to me or am i purely getting really sweet?

    Hi, i'm 13 and 2 years ago i noticed my cargo went up alot. surrounded by 6th grade i be 76 lbs. in the begginig of the year and 87 at the terminate. and i don't eat sweets too much and i don't munch through too much. the next year surrounded by 7th grade, i be 89 lbs in the begining of the year and 98 at the closing. And now im surrounded by eightth grade and i'm 101 lbs. ending may i went to the doc's and they said i be just going throgh a stage and that i'll hold my growth spur in the summer. Summer's over presently and i'm still the same heigth and my cargo is still adding up. comfort??

    Answers: That's very everyday. I'm your age. I went through equal thing-same EXACT thing. I done up getting my growth spurt a tad later than I expected. Don't verbs. Yours will come-probably sooner than you think.
    Yes thats run of the mill. You will slow down soon.

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  • I own have unprotected sex next to my fiancee for a couple years and hold all the same to draw from pregnant.Could I be sterile?

    okay I am 23 years old and own 2 kids. I am not trying to have anymore kids right in a minute but will want another one in the implicit future. me and my fiancee hold been have unprotected sex the whole time we be together we just not long started using condoms. but I never got pregnant. near my other kids it only took months to acquire pregnant. could I be sterile?

    Answers: Your fiancee probably has a problem. You've already have children so you know you have the capacity to reproduce. Have him checked out before you intend becoming pregnant. You might enjoy an autoimmune response to his sperm and your body is killing his sperm because it think it's an invading microbe. These things can give you something to judge about asking something like in the adjectives. Good luck in the adjectives.
    girl... me an my husband were doing it adjectives the time and we never used anything for 3 years and I was starting to obtain worried but I'm 16 Weeks pregnant now. I guess it in recent times happens when it's expected to happen. If you're worried you guys can shift see a doctor and get checked out.

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  • Period 3 days behind interrogate?

    My period is other on the 24th of month ALWAYS!! well this month on the 21 and the 22 I spotted completely very immensely light and simply a few spots both days. The tiniest of spots and about possibly 4-5 maybe. I own never done that before thats why I dont really know why. Just once respectively of the 2 days, so the 24th came around and go. My period is presently 3 days late, its never slowly!! Any answers to why would be helpful.

    Answers: Reasons for missed or irregular period:

    1. Pregnancy. Doesn't sound approaching a factor here.
    2. Recent abortion/miscarriage.
    3. Age. After menarche (first period) girls can have irregular period for at least 3 years. Some women enjoy them all their lives!
    4. Weight gain/loss of 10 or more pounds. Can disrupt hormone be a foil for.
    5. Recently-begun exercise program. Can disrupt hormone balance.
    6. Illness. Hypo- or hyperthyroidism, benign ovarian cysts, even influenza or a cold can affect your menstrual cycle.
    7. Medications.
    8. STDs.
    9. Stress. Even everyday stress can disrupt a menstrual cycle.
    10. Tampon use. Tampons can fragment or break contained by the vagina, blocking blood flow. This is usually accompanied by a foul odor. (Don't buy cheap tampons.)

    You don't mention if you're sexually involved, so I'm assuming you aren't. If you are, you may want to take a urine pregnancy theory test no sooner than 10-12 days after your missed period. HCG, which urine test detect, usually isn't detectable until at least later.

    If you're having symptoms save for a missed period, you may want to consult your physician.
    you probably shouldn't verbs about it. i don't know going on for your sex life, but within might be a possibility that you're pregnant. or you could've lost some weight since your finishing period. or your body is simply off this month. i wouldn't verbs about it unless you completely miss this month.
    oh, ps, if/when you acquire your period november 24th, conjecture of me! it's my birthday. haha.
    Well, if u miss your period completely than u r pregnant. but if u in recent times started like a few months ago, after u probably aren't on a regular cycle. That happened to me. I wouldn't verbs about it.
    Idk if you know it or not but every couple of years or so your body chemistry change and with that your hormones. So, you shouldn't be that worried in the order of it. Unless you have a aim to be...

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  • Ladies individual. Can you aid me?

    I am on week three of my period. It will not stop. Very stout flow with blod clots. Been to the dr. They said I should hold a hysteryctomy if I find my period to be that bothersom. Do you agree?

    Answers: I am suffering equal thing that you are. My mentsral cylce controls my life span and what I can and can not do. I can no longer wear tampons. The blog clots will not absorb contained by the tampon so the blood clots come around and out the bottom of the tampon. Then the tapmpons is so wet it falls out. But it is not blood. I am thinking it is some gooey from the blood clots. I have to wear four tacky four thick pad at a time. I change every one two hours. Because I am leak. If I am sitting down and have a bloot clot. Then it get smooshed. The pads do not engage the blood clots. I have to take up four times a nite to change. Even consequently I can wake up adjectives bloody and blood clots making a mess. I am on my fourth week now of non stop heavey bleeding and blood clotting. I own to be careful what gentle of chair I sit on because when I go beyond a huge clot it does not get absobed so it explodes inside my pad, which then leaves the pad and gets on my pant and leaves a red stain or spot on the chair. I am appreciative that I work at home now. I enjoy had to miss college functions with my daughter because of this mess. I hold been on birth control tried that shot. I be even put on a strong hormone pill or some sort of pill that was suppose to stop the bleeding. It did not work, nor did it gross it any lighter. It was also suggest that hold hysterectomy. I am 38 years old. I own one daughter. But I am not sure if I am done having kids. The cost of buying pad is really cutting into my budget. It is mortifying going to the store and buying for jumbo packs of gooey pads at a time. I own now purchase disposable diapers beside leak guard. So I am going to donate those a try. Next week will be week five. I do so hope it is gone by then. Because of this, I am anemic. When I have lung surgery ( non smoker) last year. I be so anemic, that after the surgery they had to dispense me a blood transfussion. I took iron pills and they would not help me person anemic. So yes I am tired all the time. To those of you who enjoy never suffered this, you have no notion what is like. Even though I loose change pads every one two hours. There are still abundant times that I leak. I fine-tuning my pants various times a day. When I turn to the bathroom, I feel the huge blood clots coming out. I quality for you, because I know what you are going through. I have be to two different doctors who feel that I should own a hysterectomy. My mother is being vastly pushy and telling me I own no one but my self to blame, because I choose not to own a hysterectomy. Right now it is not something I want to do. With that surgery comes side effects. So any way I suffer. I desire you the best of luck and I hope you can find a dr. who can help you.
    Have you have a d&c?

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  • Have you ever have a man that be too big for you?

    I'm very small. Only 98 pounds. But my boyfriend is rather big, Maybe 240 pounds and about 6' 5" high-ceilinged. And he's very big down below. It hurts adjectives the time when we have relations.

    Answers: I've have sex with two guys who be VERY large down nearby. One of the guys went definite slow because he knew he have a killer. He made sure that I be really wet. That help a great deal. The other guy be just too horny to embezzle his time. It hurt really bad so I told him to stop. I be bleeding so much afterwards. I'm sure it would have gone smoother if he made sure I be lubricated. The best thing you can do it report to him to go slow and move at YOUR stride and make sure you are moist plenty for him to slide in the route he should. And if you're on top, you can better control the pace and depth of it.
    Yes, my finishing boyfriend was really big 216 pounds and 5'6. I'm 5'2 and substance 115. So I know that's way too much counterweight for me to handle. I have to ask him at last to tolerate me on top of him because I be loosing my breath when he presses he's chest against mine.

    Now he's loosing weight. Maybe if we ever catch back he will do me much better!LOL
    I be splittin dem beavers wide open open. Just expect to be walking bowlegged for a couple days. You freaks love that big ol tool don't ya!

    Say my pet name! Who's beaver is this!
    I've had simply one extra large infiltration. We were together for months and it never erstwhile I was hurt every time. We broke up because of sexual incompatibility. He be a great guy except for that reason.

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  • Did i hold an orgasm?

    so i've never had an orgasm earlier so im not sure. my boyfriend was fingering me and licking my clit. the fingering hurt (it be my first time) but overall it was amazinggg. my hand went numb and feel tingly and clenched. my mouth was really constricted and stuck in a tight circle. my eyelids kept twitching and blinking really hurriedly and i couldnt stop them. i was moaning approaching crazy! the whole notion lasted for a long time even after he stopped stimulating me. i feel really dizzy and lightheaded afterwards and when i stood up i couldnt walk straight. the things that engineer me question if it be an orgasm are the facts that it lasted so long and come really easily. so what do you mull over?

    Answers: You probably did. It doesn't sound approaching it was a clitoral orgasm but to some extent a vaginal one. Vaginal orgasms are a full-body all around pleasure where on earth as with clitoral orgams the pleasure is centered surrounded by your genitals and you feel strong vaginal contractions that start out really strong and subside after a minute or two. I hope I helped.
    Did you squeeze it out? If you did, later yes, you did.

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  • What do you judge...should I?

    I am thinking about buying clomid online but i want to see if any of you suggest that i am a good runner for it. My husband and i have be trying for three years. I had an ovarian cyst 2 years ago. I am not over weightiness. We have one child already but he former shortly after birth from prematurity. I have irregular period and always enjoy. They usually come every 3 to 5 months. I am going to the doctor on tuesday, but if she needs my husband to be near then i am going to draw from it online. My husband is deployed and comes home for R&R in december and desires to make babies:) Do you imagine that i am a good contender for clomid?

    Answers: that question is best answered by your vigour care provider as everybody is different, I would not recommend buying any drug on row (1) you can't be sure of it's potency or even if you are receiving what you purchased, and (2) you may own adverse affects that you may or may not even be aware of, my advice follow your doc's directions, and another issue which you can address is the immensity, obesity or cloying body weight can basis infertility as well, best course of conduct let the doc verbs about the meds, and you purloin action to go and get the weight down beside lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and long vigorous walk everyday! best wishes!
    It seems you hold PCOS, have you get checked for that?

    Good luck!
    I do not think we are qualified to report to you if you are a good applicant, only a doctor can describe you and I think you ought to consult one until that time taking the drug. As you said you are going Tuesday, I am sure you will get adjectives the required information.

    What are the side effects of Clomiphene?

    Twin pregnancies may occur surrounded by as many as 5% of the women who use Clomid. Triplet pregnancies are far more irregular. Other reported adverse effects include ovarian enlargement 13.6%,Vasomotor Flushes 10.4%, abdominal or pelvic discomfort, distention or bloating 5.5%, nausea and vomiting 2.2%, breast discomfort 2.1%, ocular symptoms (blurred vision, lights, floaters, top, unspecified visual complaints, photophobia, diplopia, scotoma, etc.) 1.5%, headache 1.3% and irregular uterine bleeding (intermenstrual spotting, menorrhagia)1.3%. Although there have been much agree about the relationship of clomiphene (and other fertility drugs) to ovarian cancer the huge majority of the evidence now seem to point at infertility itself, rather than the use of fertility drugs as person the primary explanation for the slightly increased incidence of reproductive cancers within the infertility population. (See recent discussion on our boards.)

    Clomid has be used to induce ovulation for more that thirty years. There is not any evidence that it cause an increase in congenital abnormality or birth defects contained by children. It is not associated with an increase contained by premature labor or in other complications of pregnancy.

    http://infertility.about.com/cs/clomi1/a...

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  • What is wrong?

    I have be feeling sick to my stomach adjectives day. I want to put away but whenever I do I feel ill. I also have horrible gas that I cannot receive rid of. It hurts constantly. Do you think I ate something impossible?

    Answers: Are you on birth control, because if you are it sounds like some side effects I go through for about 2 1/2 days, if your not on BC, the your probably sick, probably weather change is getting to you?
    sounds approaching a slight upset stomach
    eat if you consistency like drinking and drink plenty

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  • I hold be have my interval from the germ of the month afterwards to the run out does that scrounging i am preganet and?

    and will it get posterior on track cycle 28 days help i am terrified

    Answers: No it means SEE YOUR OB/GYN IMMEDIATELY! OR I WILL! DRAG YOU THERE BYE YOUR TOES!
    better enjoy a check up ASAP! that's not normal...
    GoodLuck...
    please translate grill be specific with date ect.
    you need to budge to a doc right away

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