Aunt Vadge: am I wiping too much?
Wiping causing tears, and what's the deal with wiping from front to back?
Aunt Vadge: mid-cycle bleeding – am I pregnant?
Mid-cycle bleeding on the pill - what's wrong?
Aunt Vadge: clitoral hood tears returning
A 17-year-old girl is tearing her clitoral hood during masturbating. Why now?
Aunt Vadge: what’s wrong with my labia?
A 15-year-old feels weird about the changes in her labia - is she normal? We discuss.
Aunt Vadge: is my butthole weird?
Are discolouration, flappy bits and hair normal for a butthole?
Aunt Vadge: I was finger-raped
A girl was finger-raped by a guy who wouldn't stop fingering her after she asked him to stop - it was her first time.
Should I get an abortion?
Ideas for helping you decide if you want to have an abortion or not.
Abortion (pregnancy termination)
Learn what an abortion is, the different types of pregnancy terminations available, and what the abortion procedure is like.
Aunt Vadge: Pain after fingering
A girl was fingered, and now her vagina feels funny. Was it her hymen, or something else?
Aunt Vadge: fingering has left me in severe pain with ulcers
Severe pain and ulcers on the vulva after fingering - what's going on?
Aunt Vadge: large, bluish lump on my anus and perineum
A young lady has ended up with a hemorrhoid and UTI after having sex for the first time.
Aunt Vadge: Did my boyfriend break my hymen?
Was it a rough fingering, or her hymen? Mystery blood appears.
Aunt Vadge: I lack sexual confidence – help!
She can't have sex properly because she's so ashamed. What can she do?
Aunt Vadge: my hymen split horse riding – will my future husband know?
Sticky questions about the hymen and virginity.
What ‘being a virgin’ actually means (and doesn’t mean)
Being a virgin is a complicated business these days.
Aunt Vadge: I took a dry tampon out and now I’m bleeding
A dry tampon pulled out has resulted in bleeding. Where is the blood coming from?
Aunt Vadge: chronic vaginal pain and redness
A vulvodynia sufferer needs help with vulvar and vaginal pain that just won't go away.
Endometrial adenomyosis
Adenomyosis is where your period-producing cells (endometrial cells) end up trapped in the wall of your uterus. This can occur due to surgery that inadvertently pushes an endometrial cell into the wall of the uterus, leaving it to develop there.
Endometrial hyperplasia
Endometrial hyperplasia is the overgrowth of the 'period-producing' cells in your uterus, causing heavy periods, mid-cycle spotting and bleeding, and an excessive risk of cancers of the cervix and uterus.
Causes of heavy periods
Heavy periods can be caused by (paradoxically) being low in iron, having hormonal imbalances, or even having liver issues.