I am soooo happy I found this site I lost mines about a week ago and I've been going crazy researching cause I'm a couple days late and I've been feeling bloated for a couple days now I'm freaking out , I'm only 16 I'm still scared I may be pregnant God forbid but I will take a test if I continue being late
I had my first time two days ago and my breast started to swell. I looked in the mirror and my breast looks bigger. I'm worried about pregnancy.
Honestly, my first thought after reading this isn't that your body has really physically changed after losing your virginity, but that you're either in love with the person you had sex with or are just more self conscious about your body, knowing that someone will be seeing it naked! Some people also feel like sex is a rite of passage in a way, and they might feel more mature and womanly or manly after losing their virginity.
Honestly, if you'd said that physical changes after sex included bumps on the genitals and stuff like that, I'd say, obviously you have an STD. But your body can't grow bigger breasts just because of having sex.
Sex should be a pleasurable experience, and when you do it, your body is awoken in a new way, awoken to new physical experiences. Oxytocin, the boding hormone, is also released. So it is not sure weird that this would result in physical changes, I think!
And emotionally, you might feel like being close to your new partner again, and develop more of a feeling of connectedness, whether you want to or not!
The body is an amazing thing! This is so cool when you think about it. Your body is doing all kinds of evolutionarily sane things.
Hey,
All I can say is that from personal experience, no matter how long ago it is now (and it is very long ago indeed), I do not recall noticing any physical changes after losing my virginity, at 16 with the person who later became my husband. What I did notice were emotional changes. I remember walking around the school thinking that everyone would be able to tell that I was no longer a virgin! I also felt more grown up, same as when I first got my period. And though my body didn't change that I was aware of, the way I looked at it did. From then on, it wasn't just my body. It was my body that I chose to share with another person.
So I did wonder - what does he think of this? I still do. I take care to shave my legs and armpits, I take care to shower regularly, I take care to look good, and yes, I even take more care of my weight than I probably would, were I single. It is not for him, as such, but for me because I know I am not the only one who sees my whole body.
Rosie