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Could my girlfriend's hymen NOT have broken during our first 20 acts of vaginal intercourse? #568/7

Would you like to... Print this page Email this page Post a comment Subscribe me Add to favorites Remove Highlighting Edit this Question Hello, I would just want to ask if what would be the color of the blood which is caused by the breaking of the hymen? Is it possible for the hymen not to break on my girlfriend's first sex and break during our last sex? This was more than 20 sex already after our first sex. Please, I really need ur help. Thanks. Have a good day! You are asking what would be the color of the blood caused by the breaking of the hymen.  And, you ask whether it is possible for the hymen NOT to break at the time of your girlfriend's first act of intercourse.  Generally, there is a small amount of bright red blood when the hymeneal ring is broken.  It could also have been broken before you had penis-in-vagina intercourse by tampons, strenuous exercise or other factors.   It is quite possible that your girlfriend's hymeneal ring was broken long before her first act of intercourse.   Certainly the hymen has broken if you have had penis-in-vagina intercourse 20 times.  It broke long before the 20th time she had penis-in-vagina intercourse.   I will ask Dr. Erika Pluhar for her comments.               Good luck. Your girlfriend is lucky to have a boyfriend with as much interest in her as you have expressed.             Key Words:  break, hymen, sex, intercourse, bright red blood, hymeneal ring,    Posted 6-17-2007, Updated 6-25-2007, Updated 7-14-2007

Robert A. Hatcher MD, MPH Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA ---2007-07-14

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