Aarika

BIG QUESTION!! (tmi)

Talking to a friend of mine, I found out when she was 18 years old, she got a cyst, while she was having sex, it popped!! She said she started bleeding and it was the ABSOLUTE WORST PAIN she has ever felt in her life.

Now I was dx w. PCOS in November, I dont really know anything about pcos except it messes w. my hormones and insulin levels and also means "many cysts in the ovaries" I have not had sex since my diagnosis, I take metformin and birth control pills, however, I am worried about the so-called cysts... If I do have sex w. my boyfriend are they going to pop???

Im sorry this is so gross, but I really feel like I need to know, I cannot ask my dr because then I would have to go through my mother first and I and DEFINITELY not telling my mother why I want to know if my cysts can pop!! haha

I am also sorry if this is a little confusing, it sort of confuses me too! So in basic terms, If I have sex, will anything (the cysts, metformin, or anything that I have) cause me pain or discomfort, or have a risk of popping??

Thanks!

konzter

You cysts can pop but I've never heard of sex causing them to. I have been having sex for a while and I've never had one pop or had it cause me any pain.

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Aarika

yay!!! Thank you so much for replying!! Im sure my bf will be excited!!
thanks!

DrewM

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I've had several cysts pop and one was triggered by sex. (Please note that I am NOT trying to scare you.) My boyfriend and I had sex in the early evening, and it was a little uncomfortable for me, but not exactly painful. Afterwards what was an uncomfortable feeling slowly turned to pain and got worse until I passed out at about 1:00 a.m. and was taken to the emergency room. They diagnosed me with a ruptured cyst. (There was no bleeding, so I'm not sure what your friend experienced.)

Now I believe that this was an extreme case and in all the years I've had cysts rupture and been having sex, this is the ONLY time it happened because of sex, and it was by far the most painful cyst I've ever had, which had nothing to do with the sex. (It was the only time I ever fainted.) I do NOT think that you need to be afraid of having sex, but it IS possible that sex could trigger a rupture. But it's not like throwing darts at a bunch of water balloons when you have sex--my cyst had to have been close to rupturing anyway, and the penetration just helped it along.

Bottom line, if your cysts are going to pop they will do it with or without sex. Sex can sometimes just "help out." It sucks, but nothing you can't live with. If you've never experienced a ruptured cyst, they may sound a lot worse than they actually are. They definitely hurt, but we're women! We're made to withstand pain. And it's only happened to me every other year or so-it's not like I'm continuously in pain, thank god.

So don't sweat it. Chances are if you do have cysts then you've had them for a while, and sex with your boyfriend hasn't affect them so far, right? But if after sex you're feeling some lasting pain in that area, that may be what it is, so don't freak out. But you said that you're on BCPs, which for me is what keeps the cysts at bay. As long as I'm on birth control, I don't get them. That may not be true for all women, but it's worked for me.

Sorry if I scared anybody!

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Aarika

DrewM Thank you too!! You did not scare me at all!! I definitely need all the information I can get!! So thank you so much!

Princessballa

when i was younger, before i knew i had PCOS, i remember having sex with my boyfriend and then having the most intense pain i've ever felt in my entire life, almost like something had popped.... Not trying to scare you but know that it is perhaps possible to pop a cyst from having sex....just be careful and know that whatever happens (no matter how painful), it'll eventually pass...keep yourself in check and talk to your doctor! Much love and good luck!
-Lauren