Intercourse soreness question for the girls...

[urso8up]

Re: Re: Re: Intercourse soreness question for the girls...

Originally posted by dreamgirl
My Dr. just said to try using lube, or if I wanted he would do blood tests to see if I was low estrogen, then if I was he said he could give me estrogen pills or patch which i said don't even do because I don't want them... so lube it is... :)

I guess we will lube up then

[Aserdaten]

Estrogen levels are a factor in muscle gain because of fat retention caused by estrogen. "Male" hormones are altered in fatty tissues - so having more fat reduces the amount of active testosterone in the bloodstream.

Maybe someone with a medical background could explain it better.

[redsquirrel]

Yes- I'd like some clarification on this as well.

Estrogen is what gives women a higher BF. Fat retention is related to this. However, just because you may have a lot of BF does not necessarily you'd have a harder time building muscle.

We're getting off topic here, though

[Pheonix782]

Ok y'all are both on the right track of sorts. As far as fat retention, estrogen really has little play with that, it's the other hormones in the cycle that retain the fat. Estrogen is more of the where the Fat will go, not how much fat stays there. You're body will burn it regardless, it's just that estrogen says "we might have a kid ANY time now so we're putting the thighs and butt towards the bottom of the list of places to take from". Estrogen is a chemical notifier. A good example of this idea is Oxytocin women do not produce oxytocin until the moment of child birth. Oxytocin is released into the body and more is produced, this chemical messenger of sorts is the chemical that initializes child birth and is among the chemicals that softens the childs bones in order to go through live birth. It then notifies the mammary glands to begin milk production.

So, Estrogen's play in all of the Muscle building area is basically that it doesn't help maintain or build muscle HOWEVER, ladies build lean muscle better than men, because their muscle is always in a state of being broken down depending on hormone levels because of the lack of testosterone for maintenance. Example girl works out for a year and then goes down to basic cardio or less. Her muscle gains and more will be gone inside of 6-8 months. A guy does the same and bc his Test levels are what is maintaining the muscle, he might only lose 10-15% in the time period that the girl loses hers. If you have low level of Estrogen, the muscle isn't broken down as fast but it will happen unless it is maintained.

As far as guys, the reason why estrogen is produced in AAS users (we should all know) is bc of the influx of TEST Basically high amts of one hormone cause the system to back up and adapt or change and stop. Basically if you are tipping the scales one way your body says not today effer I like where I was. It's in your genes, you really can't change it much outside of diet and exercise, but even then blood tests compensate for these buffer zones.

As far as the "V region" try the lube, if it doesn't help and it is hormones (since you don't want to take any it really doesn't matter) you might want to look into it. I will say this though, how did your Mom deal with Menopause? Is your cycle like your Mom's? If so, the way her body deals with things will 9 times out of 10 be the way yours does. If not, play it by ear, I just know women with low levels get hit hard by Menopause bc levels are low to begin with that it kinda kicks 'em when hot flashes happen. I know a friend's Mom who would have them at work when she was a grocery store manager and she'd walk into the back into the deep freezer for meat in her work clothes and stay there until it passed. She said it was the only thing she could do without "popping doc candy" (yes her words) that helped her get through it. We always knew when she was going through it bc she'd turn the AC in the car to freezing and still be sweating bullets. Anyway kinda got off track on some areas but I hope it all helps!

-Pheonix782