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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymen

Beware, there is a graphic picture on that page.
Reply 2
How weird, it looks like a perfect hexagon :confused: I don't think I have one like that if at all, arrgh, now I'm confused as well.
Reply 3
Well even if you're a virgin you can still break the hymen easily

by things like bike riding/horse riding etc
Reply 4
Yes, many girls break the hymen exercising.
How do you know if you've broken it? Or how do you break it so that it doesn't hurt for your first 'time'?
Reply 6
Its pretty much a myth that it hurts the first "time"
if your comfortable, not over doing it etc
then it shouldnt be painful at all
when the hymen breaks, there is usually a spot of blood i think
but its that small it can go un noticed
you may not even noticed you've broken it bacuase its that fragile
Reply 7
Lucy May
Its pretty much a myth that it hurts the first "time"


I wouldn't *quite* agree wth you there.... I took it slow, bf was great and I was comfortable but it did still hurt. It's nothing to worry about though and it is worth it!
:smile:
Reply 8
randomer
I wouldn't *quite* agree wth you there.... I took it slow, bf was great and I was comfortable but it did still hurt. It's nothing to worry about though and it is worth it!
:smile:


Yeah sorry should have worded it differently :smile:
Ive just not met people who've had pian during it :rolleyes:
Reply 9
lol in that picture it looks a bit like a sting ray :biggrin:

Anyway, I have been horse riding at least weekly since I was four, but my hymen was a fighter and stayed in tact until I lost my virginity, and it hurt like hell and I was bleeding for a day or so afterwards. So, it might not break with exercise, it depends on the person really.
Reply 10
helenkr
lol in that picture it looks a bit like a sting ray :biggrin:

Anyway, I have been horse riding at least weekly since I was four, but my hymen was a fighter and stayed in tact until I lost my virginity, and it hurt like hell and I was bleeding for a day or so afterwards. So, it might not break with exercise, it depends on the person really.


I think mine was a figther as well. Mine survived gymnastics and dance and then hurt like mad when I lost my virginity.
Reply 11
Lucy May
Its pretty much a myth that it hurts the first "time"
if your comfortable, not over doing it etc
then it shouldnt be painful at all
when the hymen breaks, there is usually a spot of blood i think
but its that small it can go un noticed
you may not even noticed you've broken it bacuase its that fragile


Speak for yourself. Mine wasn't fragile at all, it took a lot of force to break it and it was the most painful thing I've ever experienced.

But I was at the unlucky end of the spectrum, hymen-wise. It's a wide spectrum. You may feel nothing, it may already be gone, etc.

Not really any way to break it yourself, unless you use a dildo of some kind on yourself first (or a carrot, as my GP suggested, to my slight alarm). Mine was mainly broken during my first time but it took a couple more times for it to be totally gone.
erm..the hymen in the picture is not in tact anymore as it does not cover the vagina completely, correct? :redface:
Reply 13
Correct, but the hymen isn't (or shouldn't) be completely intact for most girls once they hit puberty. The description on the site does explain it quite well.

But, basically, there is a gap there to obviously let your period out :wink: When you are born, it's covered completely yeah, but as you get older, the gap forms. Or it should; sometimes it doesn't for people and they need it corrected.

When it comes to it 'breaking' properly, it's just sort of.. increasing the gap, lol!
Sooooo, when you, shall we say, show a virgin some loving with your fingers, you can't come out looking like you've been dipping your fingers in red paint!?
Reply 15
jack_sparrow
Sooooo, when you, shall we say, show a virgin some loving with your fingers, you can't come out looking like you've been dipping your fingers in red paint!?


a) Hymen breakage doesn't produce very MUCH blood.

b) Unless you're being a bit too adventurous with how many fingers you're using the hole in the hymen should stretch enough without the whole thing breaking as it would with a penis trying to get in.
Zoecb

b) Unless you're being a bit too adventurous with how many fingers you're using the hole in the hymen should stretch enough without the whole thing breaking as it would with a penis trying to get in.


NOW I understand where lessthanthree got her name from!
Zoecb
a) Hymen breakage doesn't produce very MUCH blood.

b) Unless you're being a bit too adventurous with how many fingers you're using the hole in the hymen should stretch enough without the whole thing breaking as it would with a penis trying to get in.


Speak for yourself :p:
Reply 18
After reading all the posts here I will never, ever , ever do it!
Good Girl, Sex Is A Sin.