Not everyone feels comfortable talking about sex with their parents, but lots of teens do. Health professionals are also great sources of advice on sex and sexuality.
A doctor, nurse, or someone at a local health or family planning clinic can offer you confidential advice. The best way to prevent pregnancy and STDs is not having sex. But if you do decide to have sex, use a condom every time to protect yourself. Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
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Don't use a condom if it seems brittle or sticky — throw it away and get another one. Choose condoms made of latex, which is thought to be more effective in preventing STDs.
If one of you has an allergy to latex, use polyurethane condoms instead. If you use lubricants with condoms, always use water-based ones. Lotion, petroleum jelly, or baby oil can break down the condom. Open the condom packet with your hands, not your teeth, and open it carefully so you don't tear the condom. Choose a condom with a reservoir tip to catch semen after ejaculation. Don't use body lotions, moisturiser, massage oil, body oil, lipstick or any other oil-based product such as petroleum jelly, or Vaseline with latex, polyisoprene or lambskin condoms.
Use plenty of water-based lubricant, such as K-Y Jelly available from pharmacies , especially for anal sex. Using a condom apart from lambskin condoms during oral sex can help protect against sexually transmitted infections STIs , including HIV and syphilis , and those that affect the mouth or throat, such as herpes , gonorrhoea and chlamydia.
Make sure any condoms you buy have the BSI kite mark or CE mark and haven't gone past the use-by date on the packaging. To protect against unintended pregnancy, use another form of contraceptive as well, such as longer acting methods the implant , injection , IUS or IUD or the contraceptive pill , contraceptive patch or vaginal ring. For more information on sexual health including HIV , call the national sexual health line for free on or contact sexual health services near you.
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Condoms Female condoms Diaphragm or cap. Condoms Female condoms. Female sterilisation Vasectomy male sterilisation. Contraception after having a baby. Using contraception effectively Will antibiotics stop my contraception working? Clue is on a mission to help you understand your body, periods, ovulation, and so much more. Start tracking today. Vaginal lubrication is often closely tied to levels of the hormone estrogen, which changes at various life stages. Medications including hormonal birth control may cause vaginal dryness.
Vaginal dryness is common but treatable, and can happen at any age. Symptoms may include a burning sensation, vaginal discomfort or itching, abnormal vaginal discharge , or pain during sex or masturbation. There can be a number of reasons for vaginal dryness, both psychological and physiological. The hormone estrogen helps to keep the vagina moist and to maintain the thickness of the vaginal lining.
Atrophic vaginitis vulvovaginal atrophy is a common condition that can occur when the ovaries produce a decreased amount of estrogen, which includes the prominent symptom of vaginal dryness 1. At the time of menopause —then it is classified as genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Medications which interfere with reproductive hormone regulation, such as those which treat breast cancer or certain gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonists.
Removal of the ovaries, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy of the pelvis If you feel turned on but are still dry, your body might simply need time to catch up with your brain. Or you just might not be all that into your partner or the acts you are performing together. Your sexual desire is influenced by some of the same hormones that fluctuate with your cycle, like estrogen and progesterone. You may find your desire tends to increase in the days leading up to ovulation and decrease after ovulation is over 6,7.
Sex drive may be lower when more progesterone is produced during the luteal phase the days after ovulation and leading up to menstruation 7.
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