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How to Use Vaginal Dilators

Whatever the reason you have been recommended to use vaginal dilators, it’s useful to start by learning how to use them. If you are not sure what your condition is, check out the applications of vaginal dilators and see which product is best suited for your needs. Please note: These guidelines should be considered as general information about the use of vaginal dilators. Please consult your physician about your condition and follow his/her recommendations thoroughly. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS   Check your health Make sure you have no active pelvic infection or that enough time has passed after you’ve had pelvic surgery....

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Gynecologists prescribe vaginal dilators for better sex

When it comes to talking about sex problems, most women can’t even bring the matter up with their gynecologist. And that’s too bad, because who else can help you better than your own doctor? Such a talk would reveal that the “sex accessories” you might call kinky, your doctor may prescribe as treatment for better sex – lubricants, vibrators, dildos, dilators, vaginal moisturisers – they’re all meant to help you get the pleasure you’re entitled to. So there’s no shame in talking about them. Or at least, in knowing about them. Yahoo! posted a great article from Lara Tedesco about...

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Use It or Lose It

“Use it or lose it” – it’s true.  And in this case, we’re talking about….sex. If you’re watching television these days, you might get the feeling that everyone is having a lot of great sex, and this includes us baby boomers. The TV writers may think so, but that’s not what the research shows.  North American Menopause Society (NAMS) research shows that between 17 and 45 percent of post-menopausal women find sex painful. These women can be suffering from vaginal atrophy, which is the thinning and inflammation of the vaginal walls due to a drop in estrogen, which occurs naturally...

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Stress, Orgasm, and Sleep

Stress, Orgasm and Sleep Send out an SOS By Mache Seibel, MD founder of My Menopause Magazine and Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School. For women entering menopause, sleep can be a constant challenge and sex is the perfect solution. Sex increases estrogen release in women, which has a positive impact on REM sleep. Sex is a natural way to decrease stress and can help with the onset and quality of sleep. If you’re up at night tossing and turning, mind racing and you’re just about to panic wondering how you will ever get to sleep in time to wake...

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Mama Never Said There’d be Days like This Dr. Lauren Streicher exposes Eye-Opening Facts in New Book Sex Rx: Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever

Remember that ‘birds and bees’ conversation you had with your mom? Well, there are a few things she may have left out. Which is why women of all ages often find themselves asking, “Why didn’t my mama say there’d be days like this?” Thankfully, they can turn to Dr. Lauren Streicher, clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s medical school and author of Sex Rx: Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever.   Here she shares 9 not-so-fun sex facts that your mother probably should’ve warned you about—plus a few modern-day fixes. Monogamy can get monotonous. After all,...

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