Pain: Long Labia

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Registered: 11-25-2003
Pain: Long Labia
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Fri, 11-28-2003 - 1:16am
Dear "Mabbygirl":

I learn a painful lesson the hard way: I should have said "no" to the guy in the first place, if I was not physically ready.

I was born with long clitoris and labia. Since I was a little girl, I had to be very careful in riding onå bikes. Sometimes, it hurt so much.

I had a horrible vulva pain, 2 months ago.

It was a blind date. I was not aware that the guy was gonna invite me to horseback riding, until the last minute. It was the second day of my heavy period. Previously, I had to go through great pain to remove soaked tampons from my pretty dry vagina. I figured I had better stay with Maxi pads, so as to spare myself some aggravations.

I happened to wear cotton panty with very rich "ribbed" texture. He, a handsome guy actually, picked me up with an old 4x4. Running through the bumpy country road, I started feeling the thick pad rubbing against my labia. On the way to the horse ranch, I was thinking about asking him to drop by the pharmacy to allow me to buy tampons. Yet! It was only our first date, I did not muster the courage to say that to him.

Horseback riding made my vulva pain even worse. Eventually, he noticed my grimace and sent me home. I had to have my whole genitalia heavily medicated for three weeks.

Girls! Gotta say "no" for your own protection.

Helena

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Registered: 03-22-2003
Fri, 11-28-2003 - 6:38am

*hugs*


That sounds soo painful!!!!

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Registered: 01-20-2004
Tue, 01-20-2004 - 9:53am
This has always been a very intimidating topic for me and I am just now at 27 years of age confronting this issue. After reading your story, I am happy that someone else in the world has long labia. I was a little girl (probably 5 or 6) I was bathing with another little girl after swimming and she looked at me and said "You dont look normal down there". As a little girl, I didn't know how to react. I have felt 'abnormal' ever since that comment was made over 20 years ago. My question to you is, have you ever been made to feel that your not 'normal' because your labia is a little long? I have even had problems in my marriage. I feel so abnormal that I dont even want him to touch me let alone look at me. This is extremely hard to live with. Any feedback???? Thanks.
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Registered: 11-25-2003
Tue, 01-20-2004 - 3:04pm
Dear `Mamatrujillo':

I am lucky! I have a good Gyno---vulva pain is gone. My current BF is very thoughtful and gentle.

I brought him to visit the Cosmo section of iVillage.com. He loves video games. Now, he always says:" Just rock my joystick as hard as you can." I used to very conscious about my long labia---acted very passively in love-making. I was very much worried that what if BF laughed at my "drooping" labia during sex. Now, I have the freedom to straddle over his lap as much as I want to satiate our libido.

Have you ever considered surgery? Once for all?

You have to "lighten up"! Put your past behind. Life is short.

Helena

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Registered: 10-28-2003
Wed, 01-21-2004 - 10:31am
I'm wondering if this might be something like what I have. I've never really asked anyone about it, but it is embarrassing. My medical chart said I had an "enlarged clitoral hood." Not even sure what that means. But genital areas is not "covered" so to speak my the "lips" for lack of a better term. I think it is really ugly...and it has never gotten in the way of my relationship, but I am very embarrassed by it. I can say that it is very unattractive, and it is really bothersome. I don't get any pain at all....the whole area is almost like it's swollen?

Nikki

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Registered: 01-28-2004
Wed, 01-28-2004 - 4:48pm
Hey,

You are NOT alone, I am 20yrs old and in the same spot....I have always had long labia and it is embarassing and made me feel like intimacy is not appealing. I have read a few articles about a proceedure you can get done to trim them, it is quick and done under a local anesthetic. You have to go to a gynocologist to mend this problem, something I am currently procrastinating on. I am going to do it though, because i don't want to be living like this 10 yrs from now!

Good luck!

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Registered: 10-15-2003
Thu, 01-29-2004 - 10:12am
Dear Christina:

I do admire your determination. Being decisive is the virtue.

When I was 17, I was dating my best friend's brother. It was my birthday, he wanted to be intimate. He wanted me to try on a red racy skimpy panty, a present. When he saw my labia, he was laughing out loud:" Gee! Look limy my dachshund's long ears."

I was shocked and ashamed. Eventually! My sister brought me to see her gyno who told me my labia were slightly longer than the average---yet, surgery would be unnecessary. I felt relieved!

Thank God! BF won't mind my labia, which is not an issue to our intimacy.

You gotta do what you gotta do for you future!

Sara