What’s new in abortion rights around the world for 2018
News update on abortion law and social changes ahead for 2018.
How babies are made
We explain in plain English how an egg and sperm turns into a baby, and how that all goes down inside our bodies. Important to know if you are wondering how you can get pregnant!
The vagina as a drug delivery system
Using the vagina as a drug delivery system has got legs - should we be using this more often?
Get to know her with your tongue
Learning to love a woman's vulva and vagina using your tongue as your guide.
Feeling your cervix for signs of ovulation
You can feel where you're at in your cycle by feeling your cervix - is it high, soft and wet? Maybe you're ovulating. If it's low and hard, you may be about to get your period.
How to feel your own cervix
Learn how to touch your own cervix, and use it to figure out what's happening in your menstrual cycle - you can tell when you are ovulating, when you are close to your period, and solve other mysteries!
Understanding precocious puberty
Precocious puberty is the early onset of pubic hair, breasts, vulvar changes, and height in a girl. Early puberty can occur for several reasons, which may affect a girl throughout life.
Breakthrough bleeding
Breakthrough bleeding occurs due to the build-up of the endometrial lining that 'leaks' out when it's not supposed to under the influence of hormones.
Withdrawal bleeding
We explain why you are told to take a 7-day break from the contraceptive pill, ring or patch, and what bleeding in the middle of your cycle means when using hormone therapy.
The HPO and HPA axes
The HPO and HPA axes are two critical feedback loops that govern our stress response and the intricate hormonal interplays of the menstrual cycle.
Aunt Vadge: can fingering affect your body?
Her period is a little late, she has cravings, and her vagina hurts - all after fingering.
Aunt Vadge: itchy spot on clitoris only relieved by moisturising cream
A tiny itchy spot on her clitoris is driving her crazy. What is causing it?
Oral sex and BV transmission
We discuss the idea of BV-bacteria being transmissible by mouth, how that occurs, and review the research into BV-related bacteria colonising the mouth.
Aunt Vadge: my boyfriend fingered me with four fingers and the bleeding was immense
She was fingered with four fingers by her boyfriend, and the bleeding seems like her period. What's happened?
Aunt Vadge: why is my vagina sore after dry humping?
They have been dry humping up a storm, but her vag is sore - why?
Aunt Vadge: are these cuts from my lichen planus?
Are her symptoms due to herpes or her previously diagnosed lichen planus?
Aunt Vadge: had a rectocele but now have a protruding bump around vagina
A little bauble has appeared just above her vaginal opening after a rectocele earlier in the month. What is it?
Aunt Vadge: posterior fourchette constantly tears
The first few times she had sex, she had no tearing, but now she is getting posterior fourchette tears all the time. What's going on?
Aunt Vadge: constant split in vulva during sex
A 73-year-old is struggling with a constantly splitting vulva when she tries to have sex. What can she do?
Aunt Vadge: three small flesh-coloured growths under urethra – it’s been months!
Rice-grain-sized lumps have appeared on her vulva. What are they?