Re: Please help answer this!
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 May 2001 15:39:52 -0500 (CDT)
In the event the hymen is intact, there are two choices here. Graduated
vaginal dilators (sizes increase from very tiny up to what you require)
to stretch the hymen or a procedure called a hymenectomy to remove and
trim back the tissue.
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
HSM
At Tue, 29 May 2001, Mon wrote:
>
>I would like to know if there is any medication we could use to dilate
>the vagina size, to make it even easier and faster. Mon
>
>At Mon, 28 May 2001, krys wrote:
>>
>>Ok well I'm not comfortbale using tampons when on my period. I get
>>grossed out.
>>In regards to lubrication, I have no problem there. We just can't seem
>>to get anything in. Could there be something wrong with me?
>>
>>At Wed, 23 May 2001, Sarah wrote:
>>>
>>>At Wed, 23 May 2001, krys wrote:
>>>>
>>>>My boyfriend and I have not had sex yet. We fool around though,
>>>>touching and stuff. I've never had anything in me, I've never used
>>>>tampons or anything.
>>>>When my boyfriend tries to finger me, it doesn't seem to go in. He said
>>>>it felt like it went in a bit but then it felt like he was pressing on a
>>>>tounge or something. It's like something is blocking it. And it hurts
>>>>too.
>>>>
>>>>How can we get passed this problem?
>>>
>>>Your hymen probably just hasn't broken yet. When I had sex for the
>>>first time, it never hurt (at all ;-)) and I've been using tampons since
>>>just after I got my period when I was 12. Some of my good friends, on
>>>the other hand, who had never used tampons and weren't too comfortable
>>>with their bodies (or familiar, I should say), experienced discomfort. I
>>>recommend you try to use tampons, and if that hurts, try going to your
>>>family doctor for help inserting them. If there's a problem, she'll
>>>(let it be a woman..) let you know. Otherwise, the tampon exercise
>>>should break your hymen and you may experience *very* VERY light
>>>bleeding and then you should be fine and ready to upgrade to a fingers
>>>and then to a penis. You could also try penetration with your own
>>>fingers to see if you can 'get in' that way, saving time and money. Like
>>>opening a can of soda :)
>>>Good luck!
>>>
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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