Cherry Popping?!

[bizzybee14]

"cherry popping" is that when you bleed lol!! does it only happen once

[sera300]

It's a slang term for breaking they hymen.

[SugarAddict]

I hate the term "Cherry Popping" There is no "popping" involved, there's no "cherry" and no you don't necessarily bleed.

Some people refer to your cherry popping as breaking your hymen. However, by the time you have sex, you may have already worn it away during other activities like horse back riding, gymnastics, sports in general, tampons, masturbation etc. The hymen isn't fully intact (well in most cases, if it is you usually need to go do a doctor to have it penetrated so that you are able to have a period) but its just skin around the opening of the vagina to protect it in a sense. Actually some girls are born without that extra skin there. And actually it make take a few attempts at sex before your hymen is fully "broken" it doesn't just happen one day. Its a process and continually gets worn away due to penetration or strenuous activities.

I never bled the first time I had sex...was it painful? Yes, but there was no popping or bleeding or anything. Some people might bleed the first few times they have sex, some not at all...it just depends on each individual and their own circumstances.

[sera300]

Originally Posted by SugarAddict

The hymen isn't fully intact (well in most cases, if it is you usually need to go do a doctor to have it penetrated so that you are able to have a period)

Okay, you have no medical background please refer to the picture...you are quite incorrect about requiring a doc to have a period...
http://www.the-clitoris.com/f_html/hymen.htm

[Ducy]

perhaps he means that it isnt one solid "layer" of skin that there is a small hole. Ive never heard someone who needs it to have a period...but i have heard of people who need it cut to have sex since its so tough. (sometimes its tough)

[eminatic]

Originally Posted by sera300

Okay, you have no medical background please refer to the picture...you are quite incorrect about requiring a doc to have a period...
http://www.the-clitoris.com/f_html/hymen.htm

not necessarily. when the fetus is still developing, the hymen is solid. by the time she is born, a small opening should have formed. in rare cases, that does not happen, and so there is no way for menstrual fluid to leave the body, because there is no vaginal opening. this DOES need to be surgically removed, it will not correct itself on its own....i had to have it done

[sera300]

Originally Posted by eminatic

not necessarily. when the fetus is still developing, the hymen is solid. by the time she is born, a small opening should have formed. in rare cases, that does not happen, and so there is no way for menstrual fluid to leave the body, because there is no vaginal opening. this DOES need to be surgically removed, it will not correct itself on its own....i had to have it done

That is a very rare situation which you have experienced. Making a blanket statement that the hymen must be removed to have a period is incorrect as the other poster stated in "Most Cases". Think of it this way baby girls [at birth and for the first few weeks secondary to withdrawal from their mother's hormones] and little girls have vaginal discharge, how does it exit? Having to have a hymen removed to have a period is not correct, many have an intact hymen without any issue regarding menstruation. If there is an abnormality [where the tissue is fully occluding the vaginal opening] generally a good pediatrician will have picked it up and corrected it.

What you have gone through from your posts....is basically "Hell"!

[SugarAddict]

Originally Posted by eminatic

not necessarily. when the fetus is still developing, the hymen is solid. by the time she is born, a small opening should have formed. in rare cases, that does not happen, and so there is no way for menstrual fluid to leave the body, because there is no vaginal opening. this DOES need to be surgically removed, it will not correct itself on its own....i had to have it done

Thank you...yes that is what I meant.

I didn't mean in most cases you have to have your hymen surgically altered in order to have a period. I meant if you are one of the unfortunate ones who has a fully intact hymen, in most cases you will probably need some medical assistance so that the menstruation can pass through.
Is that not correct? I know I don't have a medical degree, but that is what I've always read about hymen information. So unless I've read incorrect information, I assume it's correct. But sorry if that was 1 misinformed statement in my entire response, I apologize if it was untrue.

[sera300]

No need to apologize. Upon birth and follow up exams Pediatricians evaluate the entire female genitalia as well as normal growth. If the barrier was that dense and fully covering the entire opening they would act upon it since as I said even the youngest of girls beginning at birth have discharge (note this is not the same as you have quantity wise as you mature into puberty). Withdrawal from moms hormones can cause a spotting/bleeding in newborns, this must pass through the small opening--their hymen is intact.

The only thought I can conclude regarding some of the issues raised here are the hymen was tough in some women when they began their periods, making the use of tampons difficult; therefore, the gyn nicked the remainder of the tissue for comfort purposes.

A tough hymen is an issue for sexual intercourse; thus, requiring intervention to alleviate discomfort or pain upon penetration. Similar examples could be applied to those who wish to use tampons yet cannot insert them. I will admit I have never seen in all the years a vaginal opening fully covered with tissue. Hence, my absolute confusion on the topic.

I am not a gyn doc, I do FNP and Emergency care [and I work as a sexual assault nurse examiner] so documenting the "status" of the hymen is imperative in cases which a gyn exam is involved for those who are younger...

But throughout our female lives our body cleanses the vaginal canal and lubricates it during arousal [even if it is indirect stimulation] and the fluid has managed to escape through an opening. Menstrual fluid is really just a few tablespoons in measurement over days; thus it must escape as well. Perhaps the hymen was tough or it was "larger" then another and doing such was a measure to create comfort? Remember prior to the period we did have discharge which passes and cannot just build up since it would lead to horrific infections. My best thought on the subsequent posts.

Perhaps in a few days Brandye will have something more specific to add.

[sera300]

Here are some case studies of imperforated hymens...
http://pediatrics.aappublications.or...full/108/3/e53

Pictures:
http://healthystrokes.com/hymengallery.html Yes, these are not "pretty pics" but rather ones which illustrate what any woman may look like--describing the abnormal v. normal.

There is a question if it is congenital or if it is secondary to sexual abuse and possible adhesion's. Learn new "stuff" each day!

Additionally, I despise the slang of "Popping the cherry"!