Anyway, my labia is the size of I dont know what this morning and it wont go down and is VERY sore. I washed it carefully in the shower with no scented products in the hope of getting away any traces of semen, lube etc. It is still sore now though. What could have caused this and is there any way of bringing down the swelling and pain?
Im glad to read this has now gone down. I had something very similar in the new year , the swollen lips can be just a bit of bruising ( as im sure it was in your case as its gone by itself without treatment) , but theres something else you can get called a Bartholins-cyst
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Bartholins-cyst/Pages/Symptoms.aspx
Basically its a blockage in the gland where our natural "lube2 comes from , and ist quite common and normal.....knowing that its "normal" didnt stop me going into a complete panic mode though as i heard all sorts of horror stories about women having to have it surgically popped ect ( ouch !!) .
My left lip was poking out of my bits and VERY sore , hurt to walk , sit down , sex work was deffo OUT of the question. I treat it at home in the end after reading some online advice , so do try this if you suspect one ......its good to attack it fast before it gets massivly swollen and puts you out of action for sex-work for days/weeks .....
buy as many huge bags of salt as you can and bath in warm-hot salt baths as many times a day as you can manage , it helps to draw the infection out.
get some "brudiolleine" antiseptic cream and TCP from chemist. MIx a few drops TCP in with a good blob of the cream , apply to a round flat cotton pad and place it over the affected area ( the gland is actually on the outside of your lip and not the inside wall of your vagina - you will prob be bale to "feel" where the blockage is due to the pain there!!) , leave overnight.
Id had the blasted thing for over a week , misdiagnosed by a doctor who said "bruising" ( wrong!!) , the first night i did the cream + TCP method , when i woke up in the morn it had popped ( gross i know) , with a huge relief of pain /pressure . one more nigth of salt bath + treatment it was gone and everything was "back to normal"
I know this is gross story but just getting it out there as my doc got it wrong and id never heard of a Bartholins-cyst in my 35 years either !!