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Is it possible to experience pain and discharge just from having too much sex?
I've posted on the STD and various other forums about the symptoms I experienced the last time I had copious amounts of sex (last month). They included: incredibly painful intercourse, excessive and slightly yellowish vaginal discharge, and burning during urination. This was after a month of no sex and intense itching, which started about a week after the previous time I had sex, unprotected for the first time with my current partner who I'm in a long-distance relationship with.
I was convinced I had some kind of STD until I went and got tested and everything came back negative. Even yeast infection and bacterial vaginosis. So I was stumped as to what could have caused those unusual symptoms, why they disappeared so quickly without any medication, and was terrified of having sex again for fear of that pain.
For the last several months before the summer, my boyfriend and I would engage in intercourse several times a week, and I was so used to having frequent sex that I never felt any sore or discomfort after the fact (I guess the most we would do it in a day was about 3 times tops). Starting May, we only saw each other once a month. When I saw him in May it was about 2 weeks after we'd parted ways for the summer and I didn't feel any such discomfort then, nor when I spent a weekend with him a month later. On both of these occasions, we would have sex multiple times a day. And on both these occasions, we used condoms. Upon the next visit, in July, we'd stopped using condoms and since I'm on the pill, he would come in me every time. The first 4 or 5 sexual encounters were fine, but after that I got sore, and then it really really started to hurt the more we did it. I got those weird symptoms that I mentioned in the earlier paragraph. I took medication for BV (although I didn't end up having it apparently) and the itching has completely subsided. I cleanse down there at least twice a day now and I think that's really helped as well.
Yesterday I had sex again after that last painful time. And it was great the first time. No discomfort whatsoever. Nor the second, nor the third, nor the fourth times. But after that I started getting sore, then progressively more sore. Even when I woke up this morning I was sore. We did it twice and it didn't hurt nearly as much as last month (probably because we hadn't done it as many times) but it did hurt and it felt similar to the way it did last time, and it surely wouldn't reached that height of pain had we continued to do it. It's difficult for me to feel aroused when I'm so sore, which just makes it worse because I don't produce as much nearly as much fluid. And the yellowish discharge wasn't as profuse or as yellow.
Until now, I was still terrified I had an infection, even though I tested negative for everything. But now I'm wondering if it's possible to have that kind of pain from too much sex, too much unprotected sex at that. This didn't used to happen, and I've had insane amounts of sex on many occasions. Is it because he comes in me so much in one day that I'm producing a weird discharge (which is odorless, by the way) and experiencing discomfort, as well as itching up until recently (ugh, I hope that doesn't come back)? Because it only started once we stopped using protection.
I do have an appointment with the OBGYN in a couple of days so I'm going to ask her, but until then, any and all help would be greatly appreciated!
I was convinced I had some kind of STD until I went and got tested and everything came back negative. Even yeast infection and bacterial vaginosis. So I was stumped as to what could have caused those unusual symptoms, why they disappeared so quickly without any medication, and was terrified of having sex again for fear of that pain.
For the last several months before the summer, my boyfriend and I would engage in intercourse several times a week, and I was so used to having frequent sex that I never felt any sore or discomfort after the fact (I guess the most we would do it in a day was about 3 times tops). Starting May, we only saw each other once a month. When I saw him in May it was about 2 weeks after we'd parted ways for the summer and I didn't feel any such discomfort then, nor when I spent a weekend with him a month later. On both of these occasions, we would have sex multiple times a day. And on both these occasions, we used condoms. Upon the next visit, in July, we'd stopped using condoms and since I'm on the pill, he would come in me every time. The first 4 or 5 sexual encounters were fine, but after that I got sore, and then it really really started to hurt the more we did it. I got those weird symptoms that I mentioned in the earlier paragraph. I took medication for BV (although I didn't end up having it apparently) and the itching has completely subsided. I cleanse down there at least twice a day now and I think that's really helped as well.
Yesterday I had sex again after that last painful time. And it was great the first time. No discomfort whatsoever. Nor the second, nor the third, nor the fourth times. But after that I started getting sore, then progressively more sore. Even when I woke up this morning I was sore. We did it twice and it didn't hurt nearly as much as last month (probably because we hadn't done it as many times) but it did hurt and it felt similar to the way it did last time, and it surely wouldn't reached that height of pain had we continued to do it. It's difficult for me to feel aroused when I'm so sore, which just makes it worse because I don't produce as much nearly as much fluid. And the yellowish discharge wasn't as profuse or as yellow.
Until now, I was still terrified I had an infection, even though I tested negative for everything. But now I'm wondering if it's possible to have that kind of pain from too much sex, too much unprotected sex at that. This didn't used to happen, and I've had insane amounts of sex on many occasions. Is it because he comes in me so much in one day that I'm producing a weird discharge (which is odorless, by the way) and experiencing discomfort, as well as itching up until recently (ugh, I hope that doesn't come back)? Because it only started once we stopped using protection.
I do have an appointment with the OBGYN in a couple of days so I'm going to ask her, but until then, any and all help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for your reply! :)
I thought the same about the discharge too, which is why I'd initially freaked out and gotten tested. But that and the pain are only there during and after a looot of sex (and for a couple days following) and then they disappear. So right now everything down there looks and feels completely normal again. The gyne told me the same thing, that it's nothing to worry about, and that it's probably a case of more friction being created now that we don't use condoms, so more sex = more friction = more pain. And she also told me that I'm "smaller" than most women she's seen, so that could also be a factor. She just recommended using lube, or asking him to be a little less aggressive.
So phew, nothing to worry about!
I thought the same about the discharge too, which is why I'd initially freaked out and gotten tested. But that and the pain are only there during and after a looot of sex (and for a couple days following) and then they disappear. So right now everything down there looks and feels completely normal again. The gyne told me the same thing, that it's nothing to worry about, and that it's probably a case of more friction being created now that we don't use condoms, so more sex = more friction = more pain. And she also told me that I'm "smaller" than most women she's seen, so that could also be a factor. She just recommended using lube, or asking him to be a little less aggressive.
So phew, nothing to worry about!
Hi!
if your having sex many times day after day then that will make you sore...its the physical act that will cause a little trauma so i dont think you need to be worried about that :) still something you can ask your gyne.
as for the yellow discharge, im stumped lol. im not sure if womens' discharge can change the way a mans' semen can. yellow instantly jumps out as an infection but if youve had all tests done then im not sure.
Its good that youve gone for testing and that your seeing your gyne soon, so with any luck she can answer your questions!
good luck and let me know what the outcome is!
if your having sex many times day after day then that will make you sore...its the physical act that will cause a little trauma so i dont think you need to be worried about that :) still something you can ask your gyne.
as for the yellow discharge, im stumped lol. im not sure if womens' discharge can change the way a mans' semen can. yellow instantly jumps out as an infection but if youve had all tests done then im not sure.
Its good that youve gone for testing and that your seeing your gyne soon, so with any luck she can answer your questions!
good luck and let me know what the outcome is!
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STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
Discharge often isn't normal, and could mean an infection or an STD.
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Normal vaginal discharge varies in color, smell, texture and amount.
