Your vagina

Aba actually found a poll on www.tressugar.com that asks you to vote on your favorite slang term for vagina. The top two choices were “kitty” and “vajayjay”. Based on my previous post about Oprah, it makes sense her term ends up at the top of the list. But, when it comes time to sit down with a medical professional women need to set the right tone and show they value their bodies. How do you think your urogynecologist will respond when you say your “honey pot” is drooping?

Call a spade, a spade. And call your vagina, your vagina. If you are wondering where exactly your vagina is…it rests inside of your pelvis between the rectum and the bladder. Despite what you may think, the normal vaginal shape is not that of a simple tube or cylinder. The natural shape is actually more conical with a gradual increase in diameter. In its normal stage, prior to the stretching associated with vaginal child birth or changes that occur with aging, hysterectomy or other surgery, the vagina has a small tapered entrance. The uterus normally sits at the top of the vagina.

“What about my labia?”

Our last post prompted a fair number of you to ask why Aba left out labia (lips at the opening of your vagina) in the discussion of medical conditions treated by vaginal rejuvenation. First, it’s important to know that many physicians incorrectly refer to labial procedures as vaginal rejuvenation. This can be very confusing. The labia are part of the external genital properly called the vulva.

Women experience enlargement, irregular shape, and/or discoloration of the labia following vaginal childbirth. However, aging and loss of youthful hormone levels may also contribute to these conditions. Some women will not have these risk factors but rather have a genetic tendency toward enlarged, malshaped, or discolored labia.

Aba is not in the habit of referring readers to other web sites, but we found an ABAGyn member surgeon with outstanding labia deformity diagrams. If you are interested in seeing some abnormalities in greater detail, click this link.