#hymen

[eirene]

Hymen, 1884 -1886 (Alternate Title: Wood Nymph) Thomas Wilmer Dewing & Marie Oakey Dewing

[best-apollo-kid-mythology-poll]

Let's have the Apollo kids duke it out!

Myth Apollo kids only

It's up to you to decide whether or not someone is an Apollo kid or his lover, because sometimes that got mixed up

Sorry Riordanverse fans, but no Will, Kayla, Michael, Austin, Lee, ect. That can be another's poll :)

Submission Open until I notify everyone! :D

[thescrumblingmidwife]

So I actually have a separate hymen and want to talk a little about it and ask a question.

I first started my period at 12, and that was no big deal. It was always spaced out by about 6 months. But when I started synchronized swimming and water polo, it became a problem. I had tried to use tampons, but my body just wouldn't let me. My mom kept telling me I must've been too tensed up. Finally, when I was 15, I was able to use one so I could go to a pool party.

Party ended, I got home, tried to change the tampon...

And I couldn't.

I kept trying to remove it, but it felt like it was caught on something. So my mom and I went to the ER and the lady who helped me was very kind and suggested I use sports tampons due to how they absorb and open up.

A few other instances of things feeling like they got "hooked" on something and finally feeling around, I realized there was that extra tissue there.

Even with tampons that don't unfurl like a massive block of cotton, it still hurts and takes me a few tries to remove tampons, but the problem is that I'm terrified of surgery. I know it would improve my quality of life in regards to menstruation, but I don't know how to broach the topic with family (fyi I am an adult, but still live with my parents and I am unable to drive) or my doctor.

Do you have any advice on how to bring it up and what to expect/how to not be so nervous?

Also, apologies for the long ask!

Hi Anon!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us!

I will share one with you: I also had a septate hymen, and I know exactly what you're talking about with the pain of tampon use. I lived with it for years - even managing to have sex around it, until one day it finally snapped, causing a lot of bleeding and pain. The result was a lot of scar tissue, that caused painful intercourse for years. All of which I thought was completely normal, because no one ever told me otherwise. When I finally had the procedure (called a "hymenotomy") to remove the extra tissue, it changed my life.

Because I had that experience, I can also tell you what will happen with a hymenotomy. I hope reading this will help ease your anxiety:

You'll go to the facility where your doctor performs procedures (may be a hospital, outpatient clinic, or surgical center). You'll be asked to put on a gown and sit on a gurney. They'll probably cover you in warm blankets. A nurse will give you an IV. Then, they will either wheel or walk you down to the procedure room. You'll be asked to sit on a high table, and probably to scoot your bottom close to the edge. Your doctor will be there, as well as an anesthetist and a nurse. They will put a mask over your face, and have you count back from 10. You'll get to about 8 or 7 before you get SO TIRED you fall quickly into the best sleep you've ever had. When you wake up, it will be like no time passed, and it will be done. The postprocedure discomfort is pretty mild and can be handled with Tylenol. You may have a couple of stitches, which will either dissolve on their own, or may be the kind the doctor will remove at a follow-up to check your healing. And then you'll never have to worry about snagging tampons ever again!

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Now, Anon, how to bring it up?

Do you currently see a gynecologic healthcare provider? If not, that's where you need to start. As an adult with a vagina, you should regularly see one for well-woman care and screenings. If you need your parents' help finding one, you don't need to share any information beyond "current best practice guidelines state that I should be receiving gynecologic care and I would like to do so." You're entitled to medical confidentiality, even from parents, even from parents you live with and whose insurance you are on, and who drive you places.

Once you've gotten an appointment with a gynecologic provider, I think you'll find the topic can come up quite naturally. The provider will ask if you have any concerns you want to discuss. You will want to tell a provider about your issues with an obstruction before they perform any kind of exam - and it should be visually obvious to a provider as well. (The provider will always look before touching, and warn you every step of the way). The provider will then have a conversation with you about your options, and give you the information you need to make a decision. She should also be able to help you decide how much you need or want to explain to your parents.

I hope this was helpful to you, and maybe ameliorated a tiny bit of your anxiety. The unknown is so much scarier than the real thing!

[disease]

SVRECA : SKIRT // HYMEN [UNTITLED. SEMANTICA 50, OCT 2012]

[a-disappearing-girl]

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[memoriae-lectoris]

It turns out that even if hymens do tear, they can heal. And many women do not even have hymens—so if you don’t have an intact hymen to start with, intercourse isn’t going to tear it. It’s also pretty darn easy to tear a hymen through nonsexual activity. Some women who are virgins will have already torn their hymens through some type of physical activity, or even tampon use. And, on top of all that, an intact hymen really isn’t proof that you’re a virgin. The hymen becomes very elastic at puberty, so much so that it can remain intact in many women even after intercourse. A study from the Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine in 2004 found that half of the young women who admitted to having sexual intercourse actually still had intact hymens; in some cases, as hymens elasticize at puberty, they can stretch during intercourse without tearing. Some women have even become pregnant with intact hymens. The bottom line is simple—a hymen might tear the first time, it might tear long before that, and, barring delivering a baby vaginally, it might not tear at all.

[robbialy]

1897 illustration of various types of hymen. The hymen is a thin piece of tissue which surrounds and sometimes partially covers the opening of the vagina. Hymens come in many different shapes and sizes, and can change throughout the course of your life. Hymens can be stretchy, thin, thick or rigid. Hymens can tear and heal in a way that they look a bit different after some injuries or giving birth (sex often does not change the hymen in any way!). Hymens can also stretch or tear from activities like horseback riding or using tampons. This doesn't change whether you're a virgin or not! Some people are born without hymens or have very small hymens. This illustration shows some of the various forms of hymen, although it has a major mistake in it! The first hymen is a "virgin hymen". It's a myth that your external anatomy changes from having had sex, and you CANNOT tell by looking at someone's hymen if they've had sex or not. This harmful myth has led to invasive practices called "virginity testing" or "hymen repair" which force women and girls to undergo medically unnecessary examinations or surgery to "prove" virginity. Most variations of hymens are perfectly normal and natural and harmless. However, some might require medical intervention. Imperforate hymens, where the hymen completely covers the vaginal entrance, are dangerous and surgery is necessary so that period blood can leave the body. Microperforate or septate hymens (numbers 6 and 7 in the illustration) may also require surgery so you're able to use tampons. Image from "An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students" by Norris and Dickinson, 1897. Courtesy of Internet Archive Book Images #hymen #anatomy #virginity https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDf3BSjss1rJffbEoDojc1FGy74MJIu_fRAGg0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sheloveshersunglassesafterdark]

Well I *really* don't like that the "hymen" is named after the Greek god of the WEDDING FEAST. 🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮

[markinuka]

Y'all should go check this vid that Archanean Funny man, Oh Block made

He put a lot of effort into this and I love it

[shakespearenews]

As You Like It (1998). Photographer: Donald Cooper

[roseunspindle]

Hymen (greek god of the marriage ceremony)

I guess his kids would be shoe-ins for being wedding planners or some such. XD. Not sure if they are so fond of their dad’s name though.

Also, wedding ceremonies in ancieny greece were often done in winter, nearish january a month they called “gamelion” literally “wedding-month” sacred to Hera. 

https://www.pinterest.com/roseunspindle/camp-half-blood/cabin-42-not-canon-hymen/

[nerbulent]

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see the jeok is taht i speeled "hIM" ad "hynm" because you sig sons in curck

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🦋Halk arasında ‘kızlık zarı(bekaret zarı)’ olarak adlandırılan ‘hymen’ hakkında bilgiler❗️

✏️Fetüsde (bebek anne kanında iken) 7-12.haftalarda oluşur.

✏️Vajinanın içinde 1-1.5 cm gerisinde esnek,çeşitli şekillerde ve 1-2 mm kalınlığı olan kapillerden(kılcal damar)zengin bir dokudur.

✏️Ergenlik dönemine kadar çocuğu enfeksiyondan koruduğu söylense de bilimsel olarak kanıtlanamamıştır.

✏️Yani tibbi olarak hiç bir fonksiyonu yoktur;yalnızca sosyo-kültürel açıdan önemi vardır veya yoktur!

✏️1000 kadında 1’nde doğuştan olmayabilir.

✏️2000 kadında 1’inde ise tamamen kapalı şekilde olabilir(normalde mens kanamasının dışarı akması için delikli yapıdadır).

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🦋Information about the 'hymen', popularly known as the hymen❗️

✏️It occurs in the fetus (while the baby is in the mother's blood) between the 7th and 12th weeks.

✏️ It is a flexible tissue rich in capillaries (capillaries) with various shapes and 1-2 mm thickness, located 1-1.5 cm behind the vagina.

✏️Although it is said to protect the child from infection until adolescence, it has not been scientifically proven.

✏️So it has no medical function; it only has socio-cultural importance or no!

✏️ It may not be present in 1 in 1000 women.

✏️ In 1 in 2000 women, it may be completely closed (normally it has a perforated structure to allow menstrual bleeding to flow out).

✅ Important notice‼️

✏️The shared photos/videos have been camouflaged in an unrecognizable manner, with patient approval, and have been placed solely for scientific information sharing.

✏️No financial gain is intended by sharing photos/videos before and after surgery.

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🦋Informazioni sull'imene, popolarmente noto come la "membrana della fanciulla".❗️

✏️Si verifica nel feto (mentre il bambino è nel sangue della madre) tra la 7a e la 12a settimana.

✏️Si tratta di un tessuto flessibile ricco di capillari (capillari) dalle varie forme e dallo spessore di 1-2 mm, situato 1-1,5 cm dietro la vagina.

✏️Anche se si dice che protegga il bambino dalle infezioni fino all'adolescenza, non è stato scientificamente provato.

✏️Quindi non ha alcuna funzione medica; ha solo importanza socio-culturale oppure no!

✏️ Potrebbe non essere presente in 1 donna su 1000.

✏️ In 1 donna su 2000, può essere completamente chiuso (normalmente ha una struttura perforata per consentire il deflusso del sanguinamento mestruale).

✅Avviso importante‼️

✏️Le foto/video condivisi sono stati camuffati in modo irriconoscibile, con l'approvazione del paziente, e sono stati inseriti esclusivamente per la condivisione di informazioni scientifiche.

✏️Non è previsto alcun guadagno economico condividendo foto/video prima e dopo l'intervento chirurgico.

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‎🦋معلومات عن غشاء البكارة المعروف شعبياً باسم غشاء البكارة.❗️

‎✏️يحدث في الجنين (أثناء وجود الطفل في دم الأم) بين الأسبوع السابع والثاني عشر.

‎✏️ هو نسيج مرن غني بالشعيرات الدموية (الشعيرات الدموية) ذات الأشكال المختلفة وسمكها 1-2 ملم، يقع خلف المهبل بمقدار 1-1.5 سم.

‎✏️رغم أنه يقال أنه يحمي الطفل من العدوى حتى سن المراهقة إلا أنه لم يثبت علميا.

‎✏️ليس لها وظيفة طبية، بل لها أهمية اجتماعية وثقافية فقط أو لا!

‎✏️ وقد لا يكون موجوداً لدى 1 من كل 1000 امرأة.

‎✏️ في امرأة واحدة من كل 2000 امرأة، قد يكون مغلقًا تمامًا (عادةً ما يكون له هيكل مثقوب للسماح بتدفق نزيف الحيض).

‎✅تنبيه هام‼️

‎✏️تم تمويه الصور/مقاطع الفيديو المشتركة بطريقة لا يمكن التعرف عليها، بموافقة المريض، وتم وضعها فقط لمشاركة المعلومات العلمية.

‎✏️ليس المقصود تحقيق مكاسب مالية من خلال مشاركة الصور/مقاطع الفيديو قبل وبعد الجراحة.