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Contributor: LavenderSkies LavenderSkies
Quote:
Originally posted by aliceinthehole
It was an interesting read, the thread on age at which one first started their menstrual cycle, and it got me thinking about my own first (scary!) experiences with puberty.

What age were you when your hymen broke?
How did it come about?


16, during sex.
12/10/2011
Contributor: her angelness her angelness
i have no idea if it has even been broken.
12/10/2011
Contributor: BuckeyeGal04 BuckeyeGal04
Mine didn't break until I lost my virginity. It was so embarrassing, but thankfully he was totally nice about it.
12/11/2011
Contributor: Missmarc Missmarc
Quote:
Originally posted by aliceinthehole
It was an interesting read, the thread on age at which one first started their menstrual cycle, and it got me thinking about my own first (scary!) experiences with puberty.

What age were you when your hymen broke?
How did it come about?


My first intercourse... was a few days after my 17th birthday.
12/11/2011
Contributor: GoneBabyGone GoneBabyGone
I was molested when I was three so I dunno if I lost it then or it broke from athletic activity when I was older. I don't remember ever having had that occur.
12/13/2011
Contributor: SweetSurprise SweetSurprise
I actually didnt break mine for two years after becoming sexually active. I had been with two guys before it broke. The third guy who I was engaged to was who it was with. The doctor said it must have just not have been broke during intercourse with the other guys. And the fact that we had been having rougher sex probably did it. It scared me because I had thought it already broke. It scared me so much I went to the Dr that next morning. I was shocked to find it wasNT already broke
12/14/2011
Contributor: Cherry21 Cherry21
Quote:
Originally posted by aliceinthehole
It was an interesting read, the thread on age at which one first started their menstrual cycle, and it got me thinking about my own first (scary!) experiences with puberty.

What age were you when your hymen broke?
How did it come about?


I have no clue when mine broke. I didn't bleed the first time i had sex, and it wasn't very painful either.
12/14/2011
Contributor: blonde1216 blonde1216
I broke mine when a tampon got stuck in me!!!!
12/18/2011
Contributor: Zombirella Zombirella
Around 8 to 10 trying to ride a mountain bike I wasn't ready for, fell down into the bar and instant pain so bad I had to wear a pad the rest of the day.
02/01/2012
Contributor: Deidrenicole Deidrenicole
Im freakin out reading all these stories some people have crazy ways of breaking it and the skin hanging down? I dont know anything about that Im pretty sure mine broke during my first time having sex but there wasnt alot of blood and the only pain was the size of his penis but i feel horrible for some of you guys!
02/01/2012
Contributor: geliebt geliebt
Not a clue. I don't have any reason to believe it broke- no pain that I can remember, but ever since I've been aware of my body, I've never experienced anything like a hymen. I'm actually still just slightly fuzzy on the specifics of the hymen, really!
02/03/2012
Contributor: calliope calliope
I have no idea. It's kinda bothering me now.
02/03/2012
Contributor: PDXlady PDXlady
Many women don't have a hymen the way we are told about it. The hymen is actually very elastic and it can be many shapes, not necessarily a solid film. Often times it stays entirely intact and is just pushed aside during sex. This is the case for me, I never had my hymen break and bleed.
02/05/2012
Contributor: Ilovelingerie Ilovelingerie
Quote:
Originally posted by indiglo
Ditto. No recollection of it whatsoever.
Me neither
02/05/2012
Contributor: Ahatmadeofshoes12 Ahatmadeofshoes12
I honestly don't have any idea when it broke. It was gone before I even started using tampons at 12. I was an active kid and the hymen tends to be pretty thin so it breaks fairly easily with physical activity. I know its broken because even now the remnants of it are still there but I don't have any memory of breaking it.
02/09/2012
Contributor: Ahatmadeofshoes12 Ahatmadeofshoes12
Quote:
Originally posted by froggiemoma
at 17 during intercourse was PAINFULL
Statistically its really really rare for the hymen to cause a lot of pain during sex. Most pain during first intercourse is due to clenching your muscles because you are nervous and expect it to hurt (because everyone tells you sex hurts the first time and it really shouldn't if you are warmed up and have used lubed and had 2-3 fingers inside the vagina already).
02/09/2012
Contributor: ghalik ghalik
I honestly have no idea. I don't think I ever had one. If I did it was broken before age 13 by some sort of non-sexual non-injurious activity and it didn't bleed.
05/01/2012
Contributor: meezerosity meezerosity
Broke when I experienced intercourse the first time. There was a lot of bleeding which really concerned my partner. It was his first time too.
05/01/2012
Contributor: sexxxkitten sexxxkitten
I broke it with my first time.
05/01/2012
Contributor: Vegan Silk Vegan Silk
hymen is a bit of a myth:

link
05/01/2012
Contributor: Sex Positivity Sex Positivity
Oh, man, this topic makes me so sad. There is so much misinformation about the hymen, cherries popping, breaking, etc.

Please, please watch this video to get it al straightened out.

If you don't want to watch the video, let me briefly explain it:
-the hymen does not cover the entirety of the vaginal opening.
-the hymen does not pop or break, as it is a very thin membrane that does not cover the entirety of the vaginal opening.
-if bleeding occurs during your first time having intercourse, or after a serious fall or something, your hymen has torn a little bit. This is where the blood is from - it is not popped or broken, just stretched without lubrication and warming up.
-a hymen that fully covers the vagina is a very rare medical condition and a doctor will have to cut it to fix it.
05/01/2012
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
Quote:
Originally posted by Sex Positivity
Oh, man, this topic makes me so sad. There is so much misinformation about the hymen, cherries popping, breaking, etc.

Please, please watch this video to get it al straightened out.

If you don't want to watch the video, let me ... more
wow, thank you so much for sharing! i really had no idea about all this. i'd still like to read more because it's really the first time i'm ever hearing contradiction of the existence of the hymen, but that was a lovely video. and that girl cracks my shit up.


again, thank you.
05/01/2012
Contributor: sweetpea12 sweetpea12
Quote:
Originally posted by aliceinthehole
It was an interesting read, the thread on age at which one first started their menstrual cycle, and it got me thinking about my own first (scary!) experiences with puberty.

What age were you when your hymen broke?
How did it come about?


I was 11 and I did it myself while masturbating. And it was kind of a relief because I wasn't so scared for sex later in life
05/04/2012
Contributor: Geogeo Geogeo
Never had one.
05/04/2012
Contributor: kitty1949 kitty1949
i chose "other" - i don't recall a specific incident of pain or blood etc.
06/07/2012
Contributor: Hallmar82 Hallmar82
My wife was the first one she had sex with at my first apartment about 8 years ago.
06/07/2012
Contributor: A.noel A.noel
I was 19 and it was with the second guy i ever slept with, the first was so small he never actually popped my cherry.
06/07/2012
Contributor: jennifur77 jennifur77
Quote:
Originally posted by aliceinthehole
It was an interesting read, the thread on age at which one first started their menstrual cycle, and it got me thinking about my own first (scary!) experiences with puberty.

What age were you when your hymen broke?
How did it come about?


With a marker. I was terrified.
06/07/2012
Contributor: Lacey9 Lacey9
At 15 when I lost my virginity. And it hurt. Oh did it hurt. It felt akin to someone stretching one side of my mouth until it ripped. My boyfriend wanted to stop, but it hurt so badly that I told him that if he didn't go through with it I would probably never let him touch me again.
06/11/2012
Contributor: gloomybear gloomybear
i was 15 it was the first time i had sex i kid u not my first reaction to sex was to say out loud "ouch!"
06/11/2012