Comments on: V is for Vagina: An Owner’s Manual

By: Jenjen Tidwell

Jenjen Tidwell — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:04:14 +0000

I just started a blog myself and was scanning through reading some and happened upon yours.
Girl you deserve a hero cookie for that one!!!
My luck puts me in the type of situations with my hubby. I laughed so hard I actually cried when I read this!!

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Albabe10’s Blog — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:40 +0000

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By: Sarina

Sarina — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:27:57 +0000

LMAO! Girl, I AM going through the exact situation and have the same reactions as you.

It’s as if you were writing about my experience verbatim. I’m still laughing!

Thanks for sharing this blog. It’s good to know I’m not freaking out.

By: jester

jester — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:57:13 +0000

@Robin H., Actually, I was a paramedic that worked in the ER. I know what you’re talking about.

That doesn’t change the fact that I now know more about your menstrual cycle than I should.

You lost me at “rotten smell.”

By: Robin H.

Robin H. — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:52:57 +0000

@jester, obviously you have no idea what I’m even talking about

By: jester

jester — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:49:38 +0000

uh. err. ok. After all this time, I’m thinking I might want to just unsubscribe from this particular comment thread.

By: Robin H.

Robin H. — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:44:44 +0000

I know this is an old post, but unfortunately it happened to me last month! Even RN’s can do a dumb thing like leaving a tampon in for a week! I’ve had periods from Hell since the birth of my 8 year old son. I go a full 8 days, 3-4 of those days, I’ll soak a Super Duper Tampon, plus a foot long pad every 30-45 minutes. In the middle of one of these “soak everything in sight” nights, I did somehow leave that thing in! A week later, it was “the smell” that clued me in. 20 years ago, after the birth of my daughter, the doctor left fragments of placenta in my uterus. I kept thinking I had a UA (urinary tract infection), so I kept calling for antibiotics. At my 6 week check-up, I still was so swollen, I looked 9 months pregnant. Also, there was this “rotten smell” coming from my vagina. This was the same smell I smelled last month. I squatted as far down to the floor as possible, felt all the way up to my cervix, and sure enough, there it was, curved up like a U, covering my cervix completely. I had left it in, forgotten about it, and must have crammed another in on top of it! I very quickly saw my OB-Gyn. He said this is more common than people think. He told me that if I hadn’t retrieved it when I did, that I would in fact be septic like I was after having my first child, which required a D&C, plus a 5 day hospital stay with a 105 temp. I can’t complain about the 10 days of Flagyl I had to take this time. But almost having TSS is better than having it “full blown”! So ladies, if you suspect you may have left something “up there” immediately squat to the floor and stick those fingers (yours or your spouses) all the way up to that little round object, with an indention in the middle of it (cervix) and pull that sucker out! It will be worth all the digging!

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:48:07 +0000

I am incredibly impressed with your husband. And I just laughed so hard I cried and am still wiping tears away. What we women go through!

By: Al_Pal

Al_Pal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:51:27 +0000

Oh. Em. Gee!

Gnarly. You poor dear. I want to say more, but. Internets. ;s

A great husband, indeed. ;D

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:10:29 +0000

This is one of the greatest blog posts ever. Vaginas are hilarious. ;P