Why the estrogen patch is safer than the estrogen pill?
When you swallow an estrogen pill, it goes through your stomach and hits your liver hard before it reaches the rest of your body. Your liver reacts by making more clotting proteins in your blood. More clotting proteins means a higher chance of dangerous blood clots, the kind that can form in your legs or […]
Why Do I Have Trouble Inserting a Tampon?
Inserting a tampon for the first time can be a traumatic experience. It helps to be “vagina friendly” and have one leg on the toilet seat for best results. Mirrors are useful too. For you first timers, it can also be creative to put a little Vaseline on the tip of the tampon making it […]
Who’s a Bloody Diva?
Diva cup sounds a whole lot sexier than a menstrual cup. But truth be told, the Diva cup is a brand of menstrual cups. If you haven’t heard of a menstrual cup, you are not alone. The menstrual cup was originally designed to be placed inside the vagina to collect blood from period or menstrual […]
What is estrogen therapy actually used for?
The main reasons women use it: Hot flashes and night sweats— estrogen is still the most effective treatment for these, period. Nothing else comes close Vaginal dryness, irritation, and painful sex— these happen because low estrogen thins and dries out vaginal tissue. A small amount of vaginal estrogen (cream, ring, or tablet inserted locally) fixes […]
What is Adrenal Fatigue?
Adrenal fatigue is not officially recognized as a legitimate medical diagnosis but is often used to describe the feeling of being excessively tired or fatigued along with other symptoms attributed to the adrenal gland. Stress is thought to cause all of the adrenal fatigue symptoms. Continuing stress exacerbates all the symptoms and causes the body […]
Why Do I Have Trouble Having An Orgasm?
Would you be surprised to hear that 10-20% of women have never experienced an orgasm? Plus, there are many other women that have a very tough time having one. You are absolutely not alone, and more importantly, this is something that can change. Why Is This So Common? Attitudes towards sex, sexuality and gender vary […]
What are 5 surprising health mistakes women make after intimacy?
Most of us know the pre-sex rituals before having sex like maintaining our personal hygiene but the after-sex rituals are less well known. Proper post sex rituals are equally important to prevent vaginal and urinary tract infections. Keeping the vagina clean is important to do after having sex. Cleaning the vagina after sex helps avoid […]
The Aging Vagina
Just like any other part of your body with skin, glands and hair follicles, the appearance of the vagina is affected by the aging process and how well you care of it. There are known offenders, such as childbirth and menopause, which leave battle scars that can be permanent, but there are things you can […]
Talking To Your Daughter About Her First Period
In life, there are a handful of sensitive subjects that feel completely awkward between a mother and a daughter, and talking about her first period can be one of them. For many mothers, this particular conversation can be reminiscent of the one you had, or more likely didn’t have, with your mother when you got […]
What Causes Spotting after Sex?
You are in the throes of amazing, passionate and exciting sex all leading up to a simultaneous orgasm! Well that is how the story is meant to go down and then it happens…your partner pulls out of your vagina and you both look at each other in complete horror when you see blood all over […]