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Marisa Geller M.D.
Coordinator Obgyn.net Latina
Specialist on Obstetrics and Gynecology
Specialist on Fertility and Sterility
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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>----- Original Message -----
From: "mandy" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list YOUNG-WOMEN"
<young-women@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: bleeding after sex and when trying the keeper
> I recently lost my virginity and didn't bleed until the sixth or seventh
> time. There was something like a tiny piece of skin on the condom, and
> sex didn't hurt after that. I assumed it was my hymen, although I would
> have thought the first time (which was painful) would have broken it.
> The bleeding quit in a day.
>
> I ordered the keeper (menstrual cup) and tried it even though I was not
> on my period (this was about four days after the time I bled during
> sex). I started bleeding again. It's a little like period blood, but
> more red. I skipped the placebo week of birth control pills to avoid my
> period and were using condoms as birth control because I wasn't sure I
> was still protected when skipping placebos.
>
> Could it still be my hymen or could it be breakthrough bleeding from
> skipping my period? It isn't painful, maybe a little cramp-y like my
> period, but I would have gotten it last week if I had taken the
> placebos.
>
> Thanks.
>
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