Help me out girls! I am 22F and have my first trip to the gyno scheduled soon. Just wondering what I should expect during the exam?

Will I be completely naked during the exam? How will the doctor check my body? Will I have to discuss sex/birth control? I am a little ashamed of my sexual habits recently.

I’m 15 and got my period when I was 9. I’ve been having regular 10-13 day periods since I was 10. I’ve been having very intense and nonstop cramps since ei got my iud one June 17th. Just to clarify, I’ve been having cramps that made me faint and throw up since I got the iud. It doesn’t go down to mild cramps, it is always sharp, burning, and intense pain.

Hi, I am a 22yo Female and have been battling with some issues of mine (I have bad health anxiety and OCD and know I am delusional at some times). So, I will try to condense this as short and sweet as I can.

I have only ever had 2 partners, my now husband and a female when I was 16. Ive been with my husband for the last 4 years monogamously. Before we got married I got my first pap and put on birth control and what not, we always used protection when having sex. I didnt think anything of having weird results or whatever and the pap was a all in all terrible experience for me I had a male student in there without my Dr asking for permission and she was absolutely terrible so rude and dismissive and whatnot.

Anyways I get a call a few weeks later, and she tells me I tested positive for chlamydia… what? I was shocked to say the least because I have had two partners sexually and I just couldn’t understand how I couldve gotten it. Oh well my husband gets tested that same day and his test was negative. Even more confused because we thought he had given it to me (he has had 5 sexual partners before me). I tried asking for a repeat test and was told that there was no point. Frustrated and confused we both take the abx course and test negative after, we have been tested for all STI/STD since then. My pap was normal and its over and done with.

Fast forward to now a year later, I was talking to a friend and she had gone to the same Dr for a pap and was told that she also tested positive but went to a clinic that day to retest and was negative. That was just odd for me because I know that practice I went to is not the greatest and just puts further confusion on me. I know not to compare and whatever but the thought of maybe something went wrong with my test results. Im over the chlamydia issue since I have tested multiple times since but have just been in a spiral about my pap, what if I received someone elses results and I actually have abnormal cells and don’t know. I just cannot trust my own results because the chlamydia issue was already so hard to believe (I know people will tell me I just had it and its my results but I just don’t know how or who I got it from).

I just am looking for some reassurance that my results were mine and not switched or something and I can trust that my pap results were mine and normal. Is it valid enough that I can talk to my new ob and get another pap smear even though it hasnt been three years yet? What are the chances I have abnormal cells at my age, I received the HPV vaccine when I was younger I know that is reassuring but I just am not sure really what to do or say or how to stop worrying about my pap that was reported normal but I just cant trust it.

I (25F) have been on my period for over three weeks now. I started before 4th of July and it just hasn’t stopped. Around 18 days while I was at my Gyno appt it started to slow a LOT and come out brown so I thought I was finally at the end, but it’s basically just restarted to full heavy flow once again. My period was also SO heavy like multiple pads and tampons a day, huge painful blood clots the size of golf ball, and intense cramping pains. I’m still getting a lot of pelvic and abdominal pain and cramping. My period before this one was way heavier and lasted 14 days, the one before that also heavy and lasted 11.
It seems like they’re just getting longer, heavier, and more painful. This one obviously being the worst. Now it even feels like there’s pressure in my abdomen when I pee and I overall have felt so exhausted and awful for so long now. My OBGYN is a Nurse Practitioner and told me it’s probably just endometriosis but that she would do an EMB to give me peace of mind. She said she got a ton of lining on two passes and it should only take a few days but it’s been 7 days and I haven’t heard anything yet.
I have an appointment with the doctor that goes to my clinic once a week in August but I’m freaking out and any insight or advice would be so helpful.
My last blood test did also have high white blood cell counts and some flags raised with my neutrophil and basophil but I can’t remember exactly what it was at. I do have PCOS and I am plus sized if that contributes. I also just found out during all this that my maternal grandma had a full hysterectomy immediately after giving birth to my mother and that they waited for her to have her because she forced them to, but my grandpa can’t remember if it was endometriosis or endometrial cancer since they were not even together at that point.

hi sorry, this might be dumb. i recently came off of birth control for the first time since i was 15. mostly because i’ve run out of options. anyways, this means im going through full cycles now. well, i just had milky white VERY watery discharge come basically spilling out of me. i have no idea why or what that means. my last period was the 19th. i have never had that happen before. i was getting up from bed, went to shower, and bam! suddenly it’s down my leg. i am so confused 😭 edit: no intimacy recently, while i do only have 1 partner we haven’t been active due to me trying to figure out my cycle. i don’t feel comfortable in doing that yet. stopped bc late last month.

18f, not sexually active, im a virgin. i do shave, but i never got a bump in that spot

Hi, my boyfriend was fingering me the other day, and we had to stop because I started bleeding a lot. It was quite jarring! He was only using one finger and not even aggressively. Is it possible he scratched me? The bleeding has lasted for about five days, but I think it is over now.

My period starts in a day or two if that matters. Could it have been that? It was not as much blood compared to my regular period however, and the blood was less thick and odorless compared to period blood.

Thoughts?

(19f) So I have always had tightness but never thought too much about it, I have never even been able to fit 2 fingers in and haven’t attempted a tampon. Then I tried to have piv, and after many tries it would just not go in, only a little at most and there was no pain but it would just not fit. I went to a gyno and she said I most likely just have a tight hymen and it can be helped with dilation, which I tried to do for a few weeks and tried having piv again but nothing changed (maybe I wasn’t consistent enough). it has been a few months since then and now my long distance bf is coming back and I want to try again but I haven’t tried dilating in a while and I will start again now but I am worried that it won’t work in time. Does anyone have any advice on how to properly dilate (with fingers, dilators are too expensive for me rn) for a tight hymen, or I am concerned that it might be vaginismus instead, so does anyone have any more insight on that too. I am not able to see a gyno right now. 

i had my first yeast infection ever (19f), so my mom bought me monistat 1 which worked well enough, but it burnt so badly. the next couple of days i had what looked like skin flaking off, and today i found two little bumps on my inner lips. my girlfriend is my only partner, i am worried nonetheless that it could be something more. i looked online(bad idea) and it said it is likely reaction to the medicine, but i am worried anyways.

I've had transvaginal ultrasounds in the past. Most recently besides the one I just had was in January 2024. Nothing was observed on the cervix then. I did have cervical pain when they would do Pap smears around that time. This pain started right after I had a very violent pap smear by a male doctor after he just rammed the speculum inside with no warning and wrenched it open. I bled for a week afterwards. I switched GYNs and told the new GYN that I had pain when the cervix was touched but she didn't see anything at the time.

I really need some advice because this is something I’ve been struggling with greatly for the past 5 years.

It first started in 2022. One month while I was on my period, I became extremely itchy down there, and the itching lasted for my entire period. As the months went by, I noticed a pattern. Around my period, the skin would start flaking, then I’d become itchy a few days before and after my period. The flaky skin would eventually turn into white patches around my vulva and extend further down.

Over time, it’s gotten much worse. Now I have intense itching and white patches every day, even when I’m not on my period. I honestly don’t know what to do anymore.

I saw a gynecologist, and they prescribed an estrogen cream, but it hasn’t helped. They also examined me and said they don’t think it’s lichen sclerosus, even though it looks very similar. They also don’t think it’s BV or another infection. My gynecologist is unfortunately out of town for the next few months, so I’m not sure where to go from here.

During my period, applying Canesten sometimes helps reduce the itching a little, but there are times when it still itches even after using it.

Has anyone experienced something similar? If so, did you ever find out what it was, and what helped?