21 Mar Below the Belt with Sexologist and Zenzsual Co founder Dr. Sofia Herrera
On right now’s episode we’re talkin’ ALL issues personal and going beneath the belt with Dr. Sofia who has a wealth of information and is really so enjoyable to observe. I’m obsessed with her and her entire product line, and what they’re doing for our girls’s well being, particularly in midlife. Sexual well being and dialog usually occasions feels “taboo”, however it’s a extremely essential matter for us to debate brazenly. On this episode, I requested her ALL of the issues that many people can be too scared (or shy) to ask!
Girls’s well being is basically misunderstood. In contrast to males, girls undergo a variety of adjustments in life and we’re consistently having to adapt. The lack of know-how about these adjustments can lead girls to make selections that might have some dangerous penalties. Dr. Sofia got down to educate girls, like us in midlife, extra intimate sexual well being.
Ache Throughout Intercourse After You Have a Child That Appears to Get WORSE in Menopause and Midlife
Ache throughout intercourse is the primary killer of somebody’s sexual drive. While you’re consistently experiencing ache, you’re probably not going to need or like to get intimate. The ache after delivering a child is of course induced by the hormonal adjustments a girl goes via (no matter supply technique). Throughout this time, a girl’s physique is ready to feed and care for the child, so all of the hormones produced in our brains and ovaries are literally blocking need and vaginal lubrication — which is the predominant perpetrator to the ache you would possibly expertise throughout this time (along with the potential vaginal tear from supply). Since girls are SO inventive, if we expertise ache and will not be conscious of our physique’s adjustments, we would soar to conclusions that one thing is mistaken with us, and tuck away in our brains the “wanting” of intercourse. That is the best ache to alleviate with correct lubrication or altering our methods of entry.
What Ought to You Look For in a Lubricant?
There are a TON of lubricants on the market. Sadly, a variety of them trigger some not so pleasant negative effects. The right lubricant is water primarily based. If it’s not water primarily based, they are typically oily, and will get caught in the tissues of the vagina and could cause a number of infections. You additionally wish to ensure you use one with out glycerine, with out silicone, with out perfume/taste, with out phenoxyethanol, and with out parabens. All of those could cause actually dangerous negative effects. Along with being water primarily based, you wish to search for one that’s really good for you even AFTER intercourse. One with hyaluronic acid is definitely actually moisturizing on your physique (who knew that you need to be moisturizing your vagina?!)
What Occurs to Vaginas as We Age?
Our our bodies and vulva rely loads on estrogen. As we age, our hormones change and diminish. When the estrogen begins to dip, we will get actually dry. Once we age, our vagina loses the functionality of retaining as a lot water because it did beforehand. When this occurs, we will expertise dryness. Think about a sponge. When it’s moist, it’s plump and full and spongy. When it’s dry, its shriveled, jagged, and simply not as plump and full. That is precisely what occurs as we age, which is why moisturizing your vagina with high quality gels is SO essential. Appearing like water to a sponge, the gels being added each day to your vagina (each externally and internally), you’ll basically “maintain your sponge moist”, wholesome, and plump.
What’s Occurring With the Odor Down There in Midlife?
After a girl will get her first interval, and all the approach even previous menopause, a girl will get a odor that could be very explicit to that space of her physique. It’s NOT a odor of flowers, or strawberry! Sorry girls. Nope, it might probably’t odor like fragrance. It smells like a vagina and is barely acidic. And sure, after we exercise, it would odor like B.O. as a result of it’s really the solely different place on our physique (the folds between our legs and vulva) that has the similar kind of glands as our armpits do! It’s regular (even when we don’t prefer it!) Even when we don’t like the odor, it’s NOT wholesome to wash inside your vagina (like with a douche). While you do that, you have an effect on your microbiota in the vaginal microbiome that protects us from infections. The ONLY protected spot to wash is the exterior vulva — NOT the inside. The within is like an oven, and cleans the inside itself. To scrub your vulva, ensure you are utilizing one thing clean that has NO detergent (search for SYNDET), consists of hyaluronic acid, and different good ingredients for your lady parts like Zenzsual cleanser has. Be sure to will not be over-cleaning and solely wash like 1-2 occasions per day.
Hear, this and SO MUCH MORE (together with toys and methods) is on the episode! You’ve gotta tune in and be taught what Dr. Sophia has to share with us.
About Dr. Sofia
Sofía Herrera Mendoza is a famend Venezuelan physician; specialist in gynecology, obstetrics, hysteroscopy, laser, and Private Coach. Along with medication, her ardour is training, which is why she has devoted to informing via conventional and different media. In 2017, she got here to the United States as a “Superstar Physician” in the info space via social networks. With personalities similar to Ingrid Matcher and María Marín, she maintains weekly info applications via totally different platforms.
With greater than 20 years of expertise, Dr. Herrera has been a pioneer in social networks, establishing open communication on points regarding girls’s complete well being. She is the writer of two Books: “Tu Cuerpo” and “Basta de Hacerte Pipí en Los Pantalones”, each Finest Sellers in classes of recent releases on Amazon. She wrote them with a purpose to alert and inform that they need to bear in mind that data is the only software to stop or deal with ailments early with better success and a constructive affect on well being.
Her recommendation will also be obtained at “Your Intimate Well being”, the place collectively with Dr. Klara Senior, she is co-founder and predominant speaker for the Zenzsual model.
Sofia Herrera wan to unfold her well being message for girls and adolescents with a purpose to actually generate empowerment via the acutely aware transformation of wholesome habits.
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On this episode, you’ll be taught:
- Why we would expertise ache throughout intercourse in midlife
- Why correct lubrication and moisturizing is critical beneath the belt
- What you must do to care for your self down there in midlife
