" When your fart house of cards goes up to your vulva … I had no idea how much of a worldwide experience that was . "
Irecently askedwomen in theBuzzFeed Communityto tell me about things their bodies did that they thought were super weird but turned out to be totally normal. After reading all their responses, I think it’s safe to say that the United States 100% needs better sex education. Here are some of the stories that stood out to me:
1.“Colostrum. I assumed breast milk started after a baby’s birth and that it was white like cow milk. Wrong! A couple weeks before the delivery, clear yellow stuff started leaking out. Why TF does no one tell you this?”
2.“When your fart bubble goes up to your vulva…I had no idea how much of a universal experience that was.”
— artisticorca74
3.“I think this applies to men too, but every time I sat down to pee, I did that little ‘pee shiver.’ I used to think it was just me, and then I saw that scene inKnocked Upwhen she did that on the toilet. I thought I was the only one!! Why do we do that?? That’s so weird!”
4.“Decidual cast— If you’re not squeamish, it’s worth looking at Google images to get a better idea of what it’s like. I was maybe 14 or 15 and in the bath when it happened to me. I felt it ‘pass’ and saw the cast floating in the bath water. It was terrifying because I didn’t know what it was, how it happened, or whether I needed to worry.”
" I did n’t tell anyone , even though I was distressed I was pall . Years later , I came across the terminus decidual cast and realized what had happened . It was n’t irritating , just a strange hotshot ( and fucking scarey due to my lack of knowledge ) . If anything , it was kind of easier to shed the entire womb in one go than know a five - twenty-four hour period period ! Still , I do n’t think I want to deal with it again . "
— emmaskrey
5.“When I got married, I didn’t want to use birth control, so I read a book about tracking your cycle and using protection when you’re fertile. There was a lot I didn’t know, but a big one was how it finally explained why I sometimes had mucus in my underwear during different parts of the month.”
" No one ever talked to us about cervical mucus , and it was alarming until I understood what was going on . "
— kathrynjoycrawford
6.“You can get pregnant before you start menstruating.”
" That was a ' gotcha ' interrogative sentence my professor asked us in my juvenile psych course of instruction in grad school . Most of us said ' no , ' but did n’t take into account that ovulation encounter before menstruation , which was a ' duh ' minute for most of us . "
— lobster_lemon_lime
7.“Queefing!”
— homeychicken56
8.“Bleaching my underwear with my vaginal mucus. I thought something was wrong, but I found out it happens with a lot of women.”
— clevernugget46
9.“I got a ton ofcherry angiomasafter pregnancy, which was really alarming. I legit thought they might be skin cancer, but they’re totally normal apparently!”
10.“Skin tags during pregnancy…so many skin tags. They all disappeared somehow after I had the baby.”
— Anonymous , 37 fromLas Vegas
11.“I got my period in fourth grade. It wasn’t until sixth grade that a friend started talking about a book about periods her mom got her. The weight lifted off my shoulders was immense. For two years, I thought something was terribly wrong with me. And in those two years, I went through a lot of toilet paper.”
12.“Cramps during ovulation…sometimes I can literally feel the egg being released.”
13.“Having outie labias (where the inner lips stick out of the outer lips). I am 41 years old and just learned that outie labias are actually pretty common.”
" I recall when I was a child , my mom aver something like , ' It ’s not suppose to look like that , ' and I was humiliated . In all fairness , she in all probability never learned that labias can be innie or outie , either . Spent 95 % of my living thinking my body was so uncanny and gross . Turns out I ’m totally normal , and have just been ache under the illusion that I do not meet the standard for perfect labia . "
— Anonymous , 41 from Atlanta , tabun
14.“Farting through my vagina, also known as queefing, started in my 50s. I’ve done some internet sleuthing, but I haven’t spoken to anyone about it. Supposedly it’s a thing. It’s just weird!”
— Anonymous , 57 from San Diego
Note : reception have been edited for length / limpidity .
