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Sandra L. Caron has answered 55 questions.

My question is actually for my partner. When have been discussing a problem he has been having. Lately he just hasn't had a sex drive. Well it kind of comes and goes but most of the time he has no des

Question: I am 22 years old and I have always been thin. I have been having sex with my boyfriend and I have noticed some changes with my appearance. I don't know if I am naturally gaining weight or i

i have periods regularly, and this period had not come yet, I had sex for the first time last month. can my period be late, as it is the first time I experienced sex? or it means pregnancy?

This is a long one. My current partner and I broke up in September. More specifically that was when I moved out of the home we rented together. We had been together for appx. 2 years prior to our brea

I had an intimate nite (penis and outside vagina contact) with my girlfriend ..but no intercourse and and i can be sure of that as there is no penetration and she still a virgin.. the problem is s

Ever since i ended my last relationship, it seems the size of my penis has reduced. Reading some of the questions on this site i surmise that perhaps it is more psychological that biological, but are

Hi, I am a 20 year old college student and my problem is that it seems that I cannot stop masturbating whenever I don't have a sexual partner. I masturbate everyday because I feel I have to out of bo

Two questions for you: 1) Last night, I was using my fingers to massage my girlfriend's vagina and clitoris and various speeds. At one point, I was moving quickly along her clitoris and she became ve

Will there be a possibility of pregnancy if I have unprotected intercourse while I'm menstruating?

I have begun to date my girlfriend for about 5 months now and we are both virgins (we are the first boyfriend/girlfriend to each other). Two weeks ago I have started to play with her breasts (massagin

I just started having sex with my girlfriend at university and i had some concerns. After sex i found that i would often get red dots around the base of my penis-where there where hairs. These dots

my boyfriend and i have had sex 8 or 9 times in the 2 months that we have been together. we have used protection (condoms) each time and just to be safe he has pulled out every time. but there have be

I'm 25 years old female physically but internally i'm a guy whom love a gal. Yes I'm lesbian and in love with my girlfriend for past 7 years! We are truly in love and never change partner. We are re

The first time my boyfriend and i had intercourse it was painful. I have had sex before, but this was the first time with a condom. It seemed to hurt in the area of my cervix. Could this be because of

i would like to know if there is a strong possibility that my female partner can get pregnant if we had sex without a condom but i did not ejaculate into her vagina. i removed my penis before it did.

Me and my fiance have been together for 9mths and will be married this april. At the beginning of our relationship we decided to wait until we are married to have sex and it has been a problem for use

though my boyfriend and I have both been w/ other people and have been intimate for nearly a year, we recently had an experience that felt like the first time all over again. I even experienced bleed

I have only had one sexual partner my whole life. When we first met he wanted to perform oral sex on me, eventually I agreed and it was amazing. Since then, he dislikes to do it because he says I ta

Hi there and thank you for taking the time for this. My question is how safe is oral sex in terms of health problems if both partners are healthy and clean? (by healthy I mean both have no colds or ot

When I get intimate with my girlfriend, and we both start getting turned on, she has pains afterwards. Cramps in a way, or stomach aches. It happens especially if I stimulated her vagina. I was won

After being in a fairly long-term relationship, I split up with my girlfriend for being unfaithful. We had a very active and incredible sexlife which has continued periodically after we broke up.

Every time I have sex, my body produces excessive vaginal lubrication within the first 30 seconds of penetration. My lubrication is so excessive that neither my partner nor I can feel any sensation.

I am in a monogamous relationship with my girlfriend of tem months. Eventually we are going to have sex (with a condom everytime)and I would like to know when the safest time to have sex is in relatio

Whenever me and my boyfriend of 6 months foolaround, it's great but the last couple of months when he has finger me he sometimes pushes hard and it very rarely hurt except for a second then i'll te

I have and have always gotten cold sores on my lips. I give my boyfriend oral sex and was wondering if he will get the "genital herpies" from my cold sores. Is it bad to give him oral sex while i have

dear madam. i nedd to know, if my wife wife , suck my orgasm , can affect to our health. please reply to this matter urgently . b.rgds

I was wondering if because I am uncircumsized I will perform different when I'm having sex than circumsized males. Also we were having sex ed class at school when the teacher showed an uncircumzied pe

what does it mean when you bleed during sex

dear sir i want to know when a boy's sperm(i don't know what is called which a men's penis always gives out which color is white)when get's simply into girl's vagina without the man's penis touching

Hi, I'm a 19-year-old male who's never had a serious girlfriend until a week ago. We're both devoted virgins. But here's the problem. After spending long periods of time together (whether kissing o

I have seperated with my last girl (with whom i was for 3 years) 8 months ago. Now i am not interested in having a relationship. I am 23 i want to have some fun before getting into an other relations

My health care providers are usually female, which is just fine, because if I have to be naked, I'd rather it be in front of a woman. I have an average sized erect penis - no issue there. My issue i

I'm a virgin, and have been masturbating externally (clitorally) for years now, with perfectly satisfying orgasms. Recently, though (since just about over a month), I have been having problems reach

for awhile now, there always to be something coming out and onto my underwear. it seems like it might be like urine but im not positive. and whenever my boyfriend has his hand down there it gets reall

I used condom when i had sex, but at the beginning when he didn't push it deeply, we didn't use any condom. I haven't had period for 2 or 3 months. I was not sexually active before. Because I had heli

I hadnt had sexual intercourse in two weeks (my boyfriend elsewhere) but soon after I did, i started experiencin sharp pains in the lower part of my stomach. this is the second day i'm still having pr

My boyfriend has a problem keeping an erection during sex. We have had the best luck with ultra thin condoms, but last time it broke. Granted I am on ortho cyclen and we both like to continue using co

Just wanted to know my partner and I had sex, however, I wanted to try it without a condom by inserting just once then pull out. She said that she wasn't ovulating, and I told her there was no pre-ej

There was a little area around my vulva that really hurt after sex. I believe my labia is longer than most women because i often have to help him "part" them for easy penetration - they kinda like get

Hi, I am have been dating this guy for about 3 months now. I am 21 years old. I have had quite a few relationships in the past where I like a guy at first, and as soon as things start getting somewha

My partner is still a virgin. We have tried to have sex a few times and were unable to. My penis is of average size but still won't fit. What can we do to have sex? Thank you.

I have been married for 9 months, and my wife and I have been together for almost 5 years in total (I am 24 and she is 23). When my wife and I met, we were always "fooling around" and this lasted for

i was wondering, whenever having oral sex, or just being fingered by a guy, should you become extremely lubricated? it gets very wet in that area and i was wondering if that is normal or not?

Whenever I am with my girlfriend and she goes down to give me oral sex, I often have a hard time recieving an erection. I can never seem to ejaculate with her even though when I am at home can recieve

I have recently been seeing a woman in her early 40's she is overweight and has several esteem issues regarding her sexuality. Unfortunately, I did not make them better by breaking up with her. When

Although I have seen several discussions of whether masterbation affects penis size, I have never seen this fully addressed. My question is whether masterbation for a pre-pubescent boy might stunt pu

I am 22 and have been married for 2.5 years to a man that I love SOOO much. Everything is perfect except for our sex life. Basically, I just don't want to have sex anymore. I still have sex with hi

How good is a blood test for genital herpes?

Is there a possibility that i might get pregnant if I had sex during my menstral period?

My girlfriend is experiencing various amounts of pain when we have intercourse. She is often very sore, especially with her clitoris. She said it has always been real irritated, that it hurts to touch

This isn't an important question, so take your time. I am 15 years old, how much sould i be masterbating in a day/week?

i have been masterbating for almost 12 years now and it seems that now when i do it i get a headache in the lower back of my head. does masterbation have anything to do with it? It only seems to happe

Hi, i'm 14 and masturbate daily - usually once, but up to 3x on the weekends. I was wondering if it can have any negative effect on my athletic performance? Fo example, if i have a sports event or tra

I have been masturbating for a little while now.My penis(when flaccile) tends to bend to the right.Also there is a brown ring around about the mid way point of my penis.Also the edges of my testes are

A few days ago my boyfriend and I engaged in dry sex. He was wearing boxers and shorts, and he had just fingered me so my pants were pulled down. He was on top of me and he did ejaculate but im not su