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GTKY Poll: Sex during AF?

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edited October 2015 in Trying to Get Pregnant
Do you have sex during your period?
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GTKY Poll: Sex during AF? 145 votes

Yes! Every month
13% 20 votes
I've tried it, but don't do it regularly
31% 45 votes
No.
49% 72 votes
Special Snowflake
5% 8 votes
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Re: GTKY Poll: Sex during AF?

  • Special snowflake - yes, but we avoid days when it's really heavy because it's too messy
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  • We avoid heavier days but really unless DH is really horny, we usually wait till I'm on CD 6-7 & she's almost gone.
  • I can't bring myself to doing it. I have heard of people trying it though. I just.. can't..
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  • chanfa said:
    I can't bring myself to doing it. I have heard of people trying it though. I just.. can't..
    See, for me, it's more that DH is scared to try it. I am curious to see how many people do...maybe I can convince him it's not so scary... "All my Bump friends are doing it!"  :D
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  • It's not horrible & can help with cramps. Sometimes I just want to use my vibrator & be done tho.


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  • There have been times I've been super horny too while on CD 2-3, but it can be messy. You can put a towel down on the bed or shower sex.....it's not terrible but it's not the cleanest usually. I'd allow time for a shower afterwards for sure.
  • MaydarMaydar member
    edited October 2015
    I use a menstrual cup, and since we normally have sex after we've gone to bed at night, I have to be REALLY motivated to want to get up and go to the bathroom to take the cup out and wash it. =P I know that makes me sound super lazy. DH isn't grossed out or anything, but he gets paranoid about getting anything on the sheets (I get it, king sized sheets are expensive), so he's not really eager to make it happen, either. I'd say once every 3 or 4 months.
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  • The only times I've gotten DH to have sex when AF is here is when he's drunk and I BEG him. It hasn't happened in quite awhile though. DH is freaked out by blood - amusingly so.

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  • My SO is completely not interested, which is fine by me. I had tried with my ex who was totally comfortable with it - it was ok on non-heavy days with a towel, but still I wasn't really into it and just felt a little gross. Though generally during AF I don't want anyone or anything touching me anyway.
      

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  • chanfa said:


    KyCat said:


    chanfa said:

    I can't bring myself to doing it. I have heard of people trying it though. I just.. can't..

    See, for me, it's more that DH is scared to try it. I am curious to see how many people do...maybe I can convince him it's not so scary... "All my Bump friends are doing it!"  :D

    @kycat DH said he'd try it but during AF I feel so off that I am never in the mood. We had once tried right when AF had stopped but in the middle of it I looked and it was as if we had sacrificed a goat. I was mortified... sorry if its TMI lol. 

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  • @maydar hm I have been seeing more people use the menstrual cups. Are they easy to use?
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  • It's interesting to see all the differing opinions of the DHs. My husband does not mind; he's usually the one trying to convince me..
  • @orangeev My DH doesn't mind talking about AF too, he finds it interesting. There is probably a correlation between men and how open they are to AF and if they care thought
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  • Totally helps with cramps! And if you are worried about a mess do it in the shower :P
  • Haha!!! Totally sending this to DH!! Thanks for the giggle!!
  • H isn't bothered by it, but I generally try not to the first few days. He couldn't care less either way.

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  • My husband would love but I just can't. I do not think its a turn on to put a towel down and think of my blood as being like lube. But I have on days where I am spotting but I do not count that.
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  • Um, only on the light or "residue" day. And with a condom.

    Rarely though.
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  • I honestly love period sex. We only do it in the shower though. Easy clean up


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  • Generally, no. But sometimes if I'm spotting/it's iffy, we lay down a towel, or take it to the shower if we must. 

    When I had the nexplanon implant I bled for the better part of a year before giving up on it, so he had to nut up or shut up...

    Have also found some positions are better than others for minimal mess. Gravity is not your friend. 
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  • We do but I won't on the first day. It's usually just too messy. I have a really light period after the first day though.
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  • Blah. I just feel like a bloated crampy mess. Not sexy. Maybe the day before or the last day when it's almost nonexistent. Otherwise I'm closed for business.
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  • I find it reliefs the cramps. It's only awkward to remove the tampon when the mood strikes.
  • edited October 2015
    KDHB13 said:

    chanfa said:


    KyCat said:


    chanfa said:

    I can't bring myself to doing it. I have heard of people trying it though. I just.. can't..

    See, for me, it's more that DH is scared to try it. I am curious to see how many people do...maybe I can convince him it's not so scary... "All my Bump friends are doing it!"  :D

    @kycat DH said he'd try it but during AF I feel so off that I am never in the mood. We had once tried right when AF had stopped but in the middle of it I looked and it was as if we had sacrificed a goat. I was mortified... sorry if its TMI lol. 

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  • We don't & I learned something recently. H says if we have sex too soon after, I actually feel different. He says the consistency feels different, almost a little rough but squishy & not as "welcoming". I thought that was interesting.
  • DH doesn't care (horn dog literally all the time). But I don't like to. If we ever do it, it's in the shower.


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  • We do when I'm just spotting because I can't wait any longer. We tried it in the shower once, but I was worrying too much about us slipping and falling and injuring ourselves so I didn't actually enjoy it.
  • SS here
    I have with exes and have no problem with it. I don't think DH has issues because we have in the past. He's more of a 1 time of a week guy though so it's pretty easy to avoid. :-??
  • Nope sauce. DH wouldn't care but I'm not interested in the mess and the work arounds. I also have heavy, super crampy periods, so the last thing I want is a peen all up in my business. No sir. Pack it away and get at me next week.

     
     



  • Lulucooks said:
    I clicked no, but meant to click SS. I'm not braining well atm. 1) Because I always pick SS 2) Because I'm all for it, and we have before, but Fiance would prefer not to, so I don't push it anymore. 3) When it's super light and almost done I'll fib and say I'm pretty sure I'm over it just so we can have sex. After, I'll tell him I must not have been done. He doesn't seem to mind so much since it happens almost monthly, if he did he would say something.

    I do the same exact thing! I'll be on my last two days and be like "I think I'm done, we can screw now", and he always wants to wait "just one more day". So we end up humping on the last day and I'm like... "oops, must not have been completely done! My bad!".
    Sometimes he gets aggravated. Most of the time he just doesn't want to go downstairs and get cleaned up, since we ran out of baby wipes.

    I just keep telling him to love shower sex more. I get what I want, he gets what he wants, and he'll end up clean without any extra work.
    He complains the shower gets too hot. As if we can't turn the water temperature down... Although I'm not sure I'd want him to control it next time; last time we had shower sex, he turned it all the way to cold "on accident".

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  • We don't. I don't think DH would really care, but I usually just don't feel like it. We can never get the logistics of the shower worked out. Lol.

    But I had no idea it would help with cramps. You learn something new everyday. :)
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  • I always hear that period sex is supposed to help cramps, but I actually avoid it because it causes horrible cramps for me. We try it again every so often and it's always like my cervix is getting punched no matter what position we're in. #notfun

    My period is usually only about three days long, with maybe a super light fourth day, so luckily I don't have to skip a whole week.
  • We often do, but not on the heavy days (usually only the first 1-2 days of my period are heavy so it's not a big deal).  We put a towel down and shower after.  The first time we did it DH was kind of freaked out but after we did it once he's totally over it.
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