Something else? Ask Aunt Vadge – bottom left of your screen!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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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?
Aunt Vadge: sandy vag scratches or something worse?
They were at the beach getting handsy, and now she has cuts and it hurts when she pees. What went on under that blanket, and are they just cuts?
Aunt Vadge: I’m scared I broke my hymen masturbating
She has hurt herself masturbating, and is worried she has inadvertently broken her hymen, because she normally only masturbates clitorally.
Aunt Vadge: how on earth do you have sex?
A young couple have never had sex and have no idea how to do it. How to get started?
Aunt Vadge: I’m new to fingering, and it bled a little bit the last time – why?
A 16-year-old girl has started fingering herself, but the last time, she bled a little bit.
Aunt Vadge: why did it hurt after I fingered myself this time, but not other times?
Sore only after fingering, not during? Usually a tiny graze you didn't feel, because the vagina has few nerve endings inside. When to worry.
How to turn your crappy old Nokia into a vibrator
We go through the ways you can turn an old Nokia phone into a vibrator, starting off with the alarm function, moving right through to having a 'friend' call you and let it ring out.
Getting dirty cleanly
Here we go through some basic sexual hygiene practices that will help keep your vagina safe from pathogens and unwanted infections like UTIs and BV.
Aunt Vadge: his hand was covered in blood but there was no pain
Her boyfriend was fingering her and then they realised his hand was covered in blood - but she had no pain.
Aunt Vadge: we’re newly married and can’t figure out how to make sex feel good
A 27-year-old guy is newly married, both virgins. They are trying to figure out how to have sex so that it feels good.
Can meditation improve your sex life?
We look over the research discussing the effects of meditation on female sexual desire and function, with some interesting results. Can meditation truly improve your sex life?