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…

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…

Anal sex, or ANY type of sex for that matter, isn’t going to be the “bee’s knees” for everybody. Even if one sexual activity feels good, that’s no guarantee that every type of sex is going to feel good either. It may just be that anal sex is not really your thing, and that’s okay. Not everybody…

Bodies can do some pretty weird things sometimes. The unexpected can happen for reasons that not be apparent to us, even if everything has worked like clockwork in the past. There are lots of things that can cause a period to be late or to skip once in a while. Obviously, if you were pregnant you…

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…

Hey, Monica! You know, weird feelings after sexual activities of all sorts are something that is reported pretty frequently by folks. There could be a couple of reasons for this. First of all, when we’re sexually active, we tend to become more aware of our bodies than we were before. Normal gas or…

It is certainly possible that sometime during sex you are getting some little abrasions that are causing you to spot afterward. Since you are not bleeding heavily, the abrasions are probably not serious, but just enough to cause some irritation. If you are not having this issue during other…

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…

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…

You know, if you went out on the street and asked 100 people what the “bases” were, I bet you’d get a TON of different answers. One of the issues with the old “baseball” analogy to describe sexual activities is that it is a culturally defined and influenced set of ideas. So different people define…