Sexually transmitted infections are one part of sexual health, but that’s not all! Any aspect of health or healthcare that is related to sex and reproduction is about sexual health: menstruation, common infections like yeast or bacterial infections, birth control and abortion, health conditions like endometriosis, PCOS or phimosis, vaccinations, pain with sex, safer sex and other preventative sexual health practices and yep, STIs, too.
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CONTENT NOTE: includes explicit descriptions of medical abuse. I was sexually abused as a young child. I'm 25 now, and I've never had anything inside my vagina. I tried to have a pap smear when I was...
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How Not to Get Pregnant : Five Things You Can Do to Most Effectively Prevent Pregnancy
- Heather Corinna
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- Hollie West
The closer you take your birth control pill to the ‘normal time’ the better. That said, you do have some flexibility (you have a twelve-hour window before the pill is considered “late”). You don’t sound comfortable using the birth control pill as your sole method of birth control. Have you talked to…
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- Heather Corinna
If you’re considering condoms as a birth control method, or already use them and want more information.
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- Sarah Riley
First off, allow me to salute you for deciding exactly what it is going to take for you to feel comfortable about being sexually active and then taking steps to meet those conditions before continuing. Many people don’t do that and continue to have sex that they really aren’t comfortable having…
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- Sarah Riley
The first thing you need to do is take a deep breath and try to relax here. Panic rarely helps anyone, it’s just not going to do you any good. So let’s break down the situation and look at what’s really going on here. First, I know you’re worried about the manual sex (“fingering”) you participated…
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- Sarah Riley
Stopping and starting the pill (especially if you stopped in the middle of a cycle) can really do a number on your body. Remember that when you’re on the pill (or any form of hormonal birth control for that matter) adds extra hormones into your system and essentially changes the way it is…
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- Sarah Riley
You’re right, while using contraceptives like the pill or condoms do provide really excellent protection from pregnancy (especially when taken/used absolutely correctly all the time), nothing is 100% except completely abstaining. Probably the best thing to do is to give a more detailed answer…
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- Heather Corinna
Yo, buddy: it’s not up to you if your girlfriend sustains her pregnancy or not. It’s up to her and her only. You also don’t get to decide for her how she terminates her pregnancy, if that is, in fact, what she wants to do. As well, no doctor can give a man the medications needed for a medical…
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- Heather Corinna
Birthright is one of many antichoice/pro-life organizations (like CareNet, Heartbeat International or the NIFLA) which supports a certain kind of pregnancy “help,” and we would not recommend anyone go to one of the centers affiliated with them, which they help fund, or others like them; even women…
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- Sarah Riley
Condoms are always a good choice for sex (no matter how many times you have or haven’t done it) because they are the only contraceptive choice that also provides STI protection. Even if one has not been sexually active in the past or refers to themselves as a “virgin” (which can have a TON of…
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- Sarah Riley
There is no one, very-best-in-the-entire-universe condom that is going to be best for everybody the first time or the 10th time or the 100th time. So, I’m afraid we can’t give you one solid answer for that. However, I think I can offer a few suggestions that might make choosing one a bit easier…
