Something else? Ask Aunt Vadge – bottom left of your screen!Aunt Vadge: I tore my clitoral hood by mistake
Caught the delicate skin of your clitoral hood with a fingernail and it's bleeding a little? It's a small graze that heals fast. How to help it, and when to get help.
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.
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.
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.
Aunt Vadge: I don’t feel sexual pleasure – is something wrong with me?
She's worried that she'll never feel sexual pleasure, as it just doesn't seem to work for her. We delve into how she might go about finding out about her sexuality - or lack thereof.
Aunt Vadge: my boyfriend can’t finger me without pain
A little bleeding and soreness after being fingered is usually your hymen stretching plus going in before you were aroused. When to see a doctor.
Aunt Vadge: my boyfriend split me fingering and now it always hurts to have sex
She is suffering from serious vulvar pain during sex, making it impossible to even start sex. What's going on, and why did this happen after her boyfriend split her vagina?
Aunt Vadge: I have a sex tear that doesn’t bleed but won’t heal
A deep tear from rough sex hasn't gone away, but doesn't bleed. She's wondering if it's there for good. What should she do?
Aunt Vadge: I’m scared that I’ll scare him away if I bleed
An 18-year-old is scared to have full sex because fingering causes her to bleed. Is it her boyfriend's technique, or is something wrong?