Lubrication.  What a wonderful thing. It reduces friction when body parts rub together. It makes sex comfortable.  Heck, it makes it more than comfortable, it makes sex pleasurable! Many women* feel very proud of the amount of lubrication they create when aroused.  For some it is a sign of their femininity. For others it expresses […]

Perhaps the most common complaint of women* in my office is of pain with sex.  When I am meeting with a woman around the time of menopause or after, far too often the conversations goes something like this… Me: “Did this pain start in menopause?” Client: “Yes, I was fine before that?” Me: “Did your […]

What is the most common complaint of women* in my office? Sex hurts. What is the most common reason that women have pain with sex? Menopause. What is the most common reason that I get frustrated and enraged on a daily basis? Untreated pain with menopause! Up to 87% of women will experience pain with […]

It turns out that sex hurts way more often than you would think. In fact, pain is probably the single most common concern of women* who come to talk to me about their sex lives. It may surprise you to know that menopause is the culprit for a lot of this pain (though there are […]