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Perifit: The Video Game That Helps Your Pelvic Floor!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 29, 2020 | Healthy Living, Making Sex Feel Good

Thanks to Perifit for sponsoring today’s post! We talk a lot on the blog about pelvic floor health, vaginismus, and postpartum sexual pain. Rebecca and Joanna (with whom I just finished writing The Great Sex Rescue, due out from Baker books next year!) both have...

PODCAST: Recovering Your Sex Life After a Baby

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Feb 20, 2020 | Making Sex Feel Good, Parenting Small Children, Podcasts

It’s time for a new episode of the To Love, Honor and Vacuum podcast! I hope you all will listen, but if you don’t have time, I’ll have some links and rabbit trails below so you can read all you want as well! And consider this podcast...

10 Things to Know About Postpartum Sex

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Feb 17, 2020 | Making Sex Feel Good

Postpartum sex can be a potential minefield of fears, insecurities, and frustrations. But does it have to be? Rebecca here on the blog today! My baby boy came into this world with a bang–and by “with a bang” I mean I pushed him out in 5 contractions...

Could A Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist Help You?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 18, 2019 | Healthy Living, Sex

Sometimes women have health conditions–like vaginismus, incontinence, or other pain–that a pelvic floor physiotherapist is uniquely qualified to help with. This month I want to cover more about how the female body actually works when it comes to sex, and...

5 Reasons Women May Need a Little Help–in the Bedroom!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 25, 2017 | Making Sex Feel Good

There’s nothing wrong with wanting a little help sometimes! Living as a Northern Gal, never-ending winter isn’t just a source of annoyance. It’s a source of extreme itchiness. I get such dry skin! Every morning, after my shower, I take a few minutes...

Reader Question: Will Sex Hurt? Vaginismus vs. Simple Pain

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 27, 2016 | Sex

Will sex hurt on my wedding night? That’s one of the most common questions I get from women about to get married as virgins. Every Monday I like to take a reader question and try to answer it, and today I’d like to tackle the subject of pain during...