Thank you so much for the reply! I had my fiance poke around down there this morning, and he couldn't find anything. However, after I had cleaned it up and applied a little peroxide and Neosporin, the pain and swelling has almost completely gone away. Now it's a tad itchy, but I think that he may have dislodged whatever was down there when he was poking around. I will follow your advice and keep it super clean- thanks. Oh, and if I end up at the gyno with this, I suppose I'll tell her the truth- she's quite open-minded, and I'm quite un-embarrassed. Besides, it's not like I was eating babies or anything.