Something else? Ask Aunt Vadge – bottom left of your screen!Aunt Vadge: I have a cut in my vagina that won’t heal after vaginal delivery
A birth tear that never healed? Often it's breastfeeding-related low oestrogen slowing it, granulation tissue, or a repair that didn't hold - all fixable. What to ask for.
Aunt Vadge: my vagina is sore and itchy after a rough fingering
A day of soreness and itch after rough fingering is usually friction, like a shaving rash. How to soothe it, and when the itch means thrush.
Aunt Vadge: we had sex with a condom but my period is late – am I pregnant?
Used a condom, he didn't ejaculate, but your period's a week late and you're panicking? You're very unlikely pregnant - usually it's late ovulation. Take a test for certainty.
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Why does My Vagina do this and how do we do it? A quick overview of My Vagina and what we're about, why we're doing this, and what you get out of it.
Aunt Vadge: my LEEP procedure sample was too burnt to test – what now?
Your LEEP sample was too burnt to test? It's a common technical hiccup, not a bad result - it just means the margins can't be confirmed. The reassuring next steps.
Understanding the LEEP procedure
LEEP is a surgical procedure to remove the top layer of cells from the cervix, which can be affected by precancerous changes caused by HPV. The sample is then tested for cellular changes associated with cervical cancer.
Aunt Vadge: sex and fingering has made my vagina sting and burn like a UTI
Stinging and a constant urge to pee after fingering, even though you were wet? Fingers can bruise the urethra directly (UTI-like, no infection) - but a real UTI can follow.
Aunt Vadge: I was fingered now my period is late – am I pregnant?
Fingered, then bled for a few days, and now your period seems late? Fingering can't cause pregnancy - and that bleed may have been your period. The reassuring facts.
Aunt Vadge: I gained weight recently – is that why my period is late?
Gained weight and your period's late? They often share one hormonal cause rather than one causing the other - usually PCOS or thyroid. What to check, kindly.
Aunt Vadge: last week fingering made me wet, but not now – why?
Wet last week but dry now even though you're turned on? It's mostly your cycle - lubrication peaks at ovulation and dips before your period. Plus other causes, and lube.
Aunt Vadge: I was masturbating in the shower and now my mons pubis is peeling
After using the showerhead to masturbate, she's ended up with a peeling, sore pubic area. What's gone wrong with getting wet in the shower?
Aunt Vadge: I’m dry after foreplay now. Why?
She used to be so wet during sex, but now she feels quite dry and isn't sure why. We discuss the reasons her vagina might be drier than usual after the same type of foreplay that she enjoys.
Aunt Vadge: why do I get a yeast infection every time I’m stressed?
Every time she gets stressed, a yeast infection flares up, but she doesn't understand why. We explain how our immune system defends us and how ongoing stress can leave us with microbe problems.
Aunt Vadge: I just got married, had sex 5 times in 24 hours, now I have a blister – why?
A newly-married couple has been at it for days, but now she has a blister and scrapes. What should she do?
Aunt Vadge: post-fingering burning, and could I be pregnant?
A 16-year-old is worried that she might be pregnant after her first sexual experience with her boyfriend: fingering, tongues, and pre-cummy shorts.
Aunt Vadge: naked grinding with precum – can I be pregnant?
They were naked grinding and she isn't sure if she can get pregnant this way or not.
Parvimonas micra in bacterial vaginosis
Parvimonas micra is usually found in the mouth and intestines, but can cause vaginal infections and be found in vaginal flora. P. micra is associated with BV and other vaginal infections.
My Vagina’s repository
Articles about bacterial vaginosis, aerobic vaginitis (AV), yeast infections and more
Salmonella in vaginal and pelvic infections
We take a quick look at the evidence and symptoms of Salmonella infections in the reproductive tract of women, as a cause of pelvic inflammatory disease.
Understanding and treating cryptococcal vaginitis
Cryptococcal yeast infections of the vagina most often occur in immunocompromised people, with C. neoformans the most common human pathogen that contributes to pelvic infections in women.