So I know I am irrational, but I need peace of mind. I take my birth control religiously. I have only been late to take a pill a total of three pills the entire year I’ve been taking them, and it was the next morning when I remembered to take them. I don’t take my “reminder pills,” but I do wait the...

I am currently on the combo Mono-Linyah pill. As for the second question, we used withdrawal not because we thought it gave much more protection but simply for peace of mind. We both understand as long as the condom doesn't break or leak or slip off then we are just as protected. We both discussed i...

I am normally VERY careful about taking my birth control on the same time, I usually take it within less than an hour window. This morning I woke up and realized I forgot to take it. That means it has been around 13-14 hours since the time I normally take it; I normally take my pill at 9:30 every ni...

I posted on here probably a month and a half or two months ago about how I could not finish from PIV sex, especially without something else happening (like clitoral stimulation). Recently, I had sex with my boyfriend and finished from ONLY PIV sex with no extra help. This has happens over 50% of the...

I really appreciate your input, thank you so much. I love getting Scarleteen's input, this website is like my "big sister" when it comes to these things. I read the article you mentioned, and it really helped me understand a lot. Especially the "why" I have such bad pregnancy anx...

I'll definitely check out that article! I am staying at home for another year for college and then transferring to a different college so I have one more year before I move out on my own. She has never really treated me like my age until last night, the talk we had was very mature and it surprised m...

His Sam, sorry! I didn't look at the certain board they posted it on, oops!

Fingering is either performed by your partner, or from masturbation. It's involving inside the vaginal canal. Fingering is when your partner, or in the case of masturbation, yourself inserts one or more fingers into the vaginal canal. Its to stimulate the same feeling as penis-in-vagina sex. As for ...

I hope you don't mind me jumping in and responding, but I was in somewhat the same situation before, an older boyfriend of mine wanted to have sex with me but I wanted to wait. I told him to wait because I felt I wasn't ready at the time and wanted it to be special. He ended up breaking up with me a...

This is a very long story but please bear with me. As the most active moderators on this message board know, I have recently become sexually active. Me and my boyfriend are VERY safe, plus I am on birth control. He uses a condom and pulls out, so there is generally no way sperm could get inside me b...

Hi guys, another one of my posts. I have been posting a lot (in my opinion) because this is generally my only source of true opinions and where I feel safe. My family is very conservative and, I kid you not, would murder me if they found out I was sexually active. So, here is my long post. I've been...

It honestly varies, sometimes it starts a few days later after having that first placebo pill, and sometimes I can even start spotting 1-2 days before my placebo week. I started cramping today and I just started having some spotting, so my period is finally here. But why does it do this sometimes? E...

I am currently on birth control and have been VERY sexually active. My boyfriend always makes sure to use a condom and checks for leaks or breaks afterward. I take my birth control perfectly (at the most an hour window). The only thing that could have possibly messed up my birth control was a prescr...

I have still been sexually active after using amoxicillin. I later did some research too, so I could read more about it, and really all I could find was that the only reason Amoxicillin would make your OCP less effective is that with some people, it upsets your stomach (causing you to throw up the O...

Hi! So this is not a really important question, hence I posted it here because I didn't exactly know where to post it. I see where it says if you are a "newbie or staff volunteer, etc" and I was wondering how you become a volunteer. What does the entail?

So this is a long story but bear with me, I have had some tooth pain for about a week now. I called the dentist today and they said it could either be my wisdom teeth or a tooth infection. He prescribed me some antibiotics (Amoxicillin) to take for a week. I know some antibiotics can mess with birth...

Hi sam, thank you for your response! That really helped ease my mind and educate me some, everywhere besides this website always told me, you'll always get pregnant no matter what. It is very comforting to hear from someone else that I am being very safe. Another question I have, are the "thinn...

Hello everyone, I am a teenager who has just become sexually active. I am curious about the pregnancy risks when using a condom. I know there is always a 2% risk of getting pregnant after a year of use, but what does that risk entail? Human error or condom error? If I know the condom did not break, ...

Hi raily_, I hope it's okay that I am stepping in here. It sounds like you and your boyfriend are very safe at preventing pregnancy. I've also struggled with intense anxiety around unwanted outcomes from sexual activity, so I know where you're coming from! Thank you for replying! I will definitely ...

Hi everyone, I have been sexually active for the past few months and I am somewhat worried something is wrong with me. Anytime my boyfriend uses either his fingers or his penis for penetrative pleasure, it never makes me "finish". It doesn't even feel that good when he uses his fingers, bu...

Hi loganw, thank you for responding! As effective as all these methods are, I was raised in a very strict religious household. I feel that my anxiety does not necessarily stem from thinking I am going to get pregnant, but more from the fact of the possibility that I could and the repercussions I wou...

Hey everyone, I am a 17-year-old girl who has recently become sexually active with my boyfriend of almost a year in the past few months. I have been on birth control for over 6 months now. I have only missed a pill once within my first 2 months of taking the pills and I always take my pill within an...