What Doctors Don't Tell YouQ Having congratulated myself on sailing through the menopause with no hot flushes, I now find myself struck down with vaginal atrophy.
Since the middle of the 18th century, when episiotomy was first introduced, the practice of artificially widening the vaginal opening by cutting into the perineum (the skin and tissue lying between the vulva and the anus) has become more and more...
* Prenatal perineal massage. There is significant evidence to show that you can increase the flexibility of your perineum by regularly massaging the tissue before giving birth. In a randomised controlled trial carried out across five hospitals in...
Q I am debating whether to have a vaginal hysterectomy for prolapse, which is affecting my bladder and leading to frequent urination. There are no other medical problems.
