Air/Gas bubbles in the vagina?

[Sely]

Over the last few months I've found that I've become uncomfortable - for some strange reason, it feels like there are air or gas bubbles sitting in my vaginal canal. I am 22 and only 'active' with myself currently. I have not gained or lost any weight or had any other health concerns.



Simply, one day when I went to bed I realised I felt uncomfortable, like there was a small air or  gas bubble inside my vagina, only 3-4 inches in. I try to shift around and nothing happens, and I've even tried to open my canal with my fingers and nothing happens. Sometimes it's hardly there and I'm able to ignore it, other times it drives me utterly insane with the strange feeling. There is no pain, but it just feels incredibly wrong. It seems to grow a bit more persistant before my period (I've been on the pill for 8 years), and is really not noticeable during.



Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions on how to relive this discomfort, I would greatly appreciate it. I've got a doctor's appointment scheduled late next month, but it's incredibly frustrating to feel like you've got a gas bubble stuck in there while you're trying to settle in to sleep. There is only a slight occasional odor, nothing more than normal, I tend to get minor yeast infections every 6 months or so, though I haven't had one since the summer. No discharge to make note of, either. I do have a dairy allergy so I can be gassy, is it simply possible that when I fart the gas bubble somehow travels up into my vagina and lodges in there?

[afraidnalone]

I doubt it would lodge there,lol....Ive never heard of that before...but gas is just that...gas....it doesnt lodge itself anywhere...I can only say ask your dr. or call an advice nurse.sorry not of more help

[little_red_1]

I've wound up too with the mystery air bubble "up there".  Why it's there I don't know.  But I can connect with your situation.  It always seems to happen to me right before my period.

I would talk to your doctor about it if it is causing you a lot of discomfort.  And don't worry about talking to your doctor, I'm sure that they've seen it and heard it all before.

[Sely]

So far, after some research, I've come to the conclusion that it's either air bubbles for some bizarre reason or one of the various malformations of the hymen that can still allow things to pass through, albeit sometimes painfully. I guess I'm just looking for some more research to bring to my doctor unless she can just take a look at it and tell me the problem right away, which I figure will be the case.

[Jenni6485]

Oh goodness, I can't stop laughing.... I know what you mean about the air bubbles, and they should come out... lol. It's called a 'quief' when it comes out that end. *blush*. I used to get them sometimes before I had my period too, and well, when AF came around, so did the bubbles.

hehe, K, my eyes are watering... I got my giggles for the day.

:-)

[oceans3]

i ACTUALLY thought that "term" was one my husband and his old college buddies made up!! who knew that it was universal! LOL. i remember them talking about it/making jokes because a girl one of the guys was dating always passed gas through her vagina when they were intimate. oh the maturity of men...

now, im being totally honest and really dont know but here it goes..

doesnt it really come out of our back ends and sort of "travel" up (maybe based on how we are sitting..) and "feel" as if its coming out the vagina? or is the air truely coming out of there?

isnt womanhood wonderful?

[JoAnnaRF]

LMBO I too have heard the phrase that Jenni mentioned. The first time I heard it I as 17 so it's been around a LONG time. Anyways, women can actually pass air from there but it is usually just air that has been pushed up from the outside. Like during intercourse or even while placing a tampon. Forces a bit of air inside. I do want to say though that women who are pregnant should be very careful to avoid this. Do not allow your partner to "blow" air inside of you or force air up inside if at all possible. It can cause an embolizm and harm the pregnancy. I know it is strange advice and most are probably chuckling because they either can't imagine what I am talking about or chuckling because that know exactly what I'm talking about. I actually had a doctor tell me this during my first pregnancy and I thought he was a perverted nutjob. Then I read about it in one of those pregnancy books as well. So there ya go, WAY too much information.LOL

--J

[NurseRain]

Lol, I think every woman experiences this at one point or another. Try this when you feel air in der: Lay on your back and lift your legs up to the ceiling and then back over your head (sounds weird, but its really simple.) This seems to contract the uterus and force the air out. Do this alone or your partner will think you are farting. It is helpful after sex if you find your partner "shoves air into you". Hope this is of insight.

[Jodimann]

oh man this is going to sound silly

but i realize if i lift my legs high in the air..including but..the air released..how did i discover this?...uh..i like to work out..yoga anything...lol...it works..try it

[jgonzales]

I would take a nice warm/hot bath, just to relax and see what happends.

I normally get that when my af is on the way.

[Lauren238]

I do connect with your feeling of how uncomfortable the vaginal bubbles are.   THIS IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH quif. Its totally different. Vaginal farting, is not what Sely is talking about.  It could be Gardnerella Vaginosis.  My OYG didn't say anything when I asked her what it was during an exame. I am going back to my family doctor.  I also have been tests for STD's and all are negative.  

Goggling this problem comes up with many diffeent answers,
Karin

[liz415]

well i get air bubbles right after sex when we do it doggy style

[daisycakes88]

i get this, i just have to manipulate my hips anlegs etc and clench my muscles to get it out haha

[mezdupa]

maybe yer vaginal head is taking in some air in advance when it gets a good ramming and needs to come back up for air... simliar to when we r swimming and our lungs act like this... but in all fairness....

Perhaps you are fanny twitching in the middle of the night having night terrors except they are ten minute unconcious fantasies of gulping in and out...

Unless when yer doing yerself lube that yer using is coming out up to ten hrs later making ickle twickle bubblies... similar as some women do before and arounf the time of ovulation..

The other thing i would suggest is that you have a water infection in your tubes called hydrosaylphinx - detected by a laperoscopy only!

happy air bubbling :)

x

[NiceLassy]

I as well experience this. It could be from several causes; In My research I've learned that the likely culprit is caused by pelvic floor disfunction, "possibly" caused by child bearing. It could also be some sort of infection, malformation, or even cancer. Whether You have, or have never had sex or givin birth, it's better to be on the safe side, even if it's not painful or accompanied by an oder, and GO SEE A GYN.

[namaste1]

I have this too. I have had it for 3+ years and my gyn has no idea what I am talking about. Then I went to a clinic and they were stumped as well. It is not from sex, farting, is not a "queef", etc. It does get worse before my period and is horribly annoying. I have tried natural duesches (sp?) to no avail. It is very frustrating.