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Best silicone lube brands
Here we run you through the best silicone lube brands on the market, and give you a quick tour of why silicone is great. We also explain how to use silicone lube with silicone or part silicone sex toys.
Understanding your UTIs with Anastasia Visotsky
If you are confused about your recurrent UTIs, take a 5-minute breather and learn more about the mechanisms behind urinary tract infections.
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.
About My Vagina’s practitioner section
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.