1. How to Use a Vaginal Dilator - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/patient-education/how-use-vaginal-dilator
2. Vaginal dilation: When it’s indicated and tips on teaching it
3. Vaginal dilator therapy: vibrate, dilate or wait?
https://www.evidentlycochrane.net/vaginal-dilator-therapy-vibrate-dilate-or-wait/
4. MRKH: Instructions on the Use of Vaginal Dilators
https://youngwomenshealth.org/2013/10/08/vaginal-dilator-instructions/
5. Women’s experiences of using vaginal trainers (dilators) to treat vaginal penetration difficulties diagnosed as vaginismus: a qualitative interview study
BMC Women's Health volume 15, Article number: 49 (2015)
https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-015-0201-6
6. “I WANT MY VAGINA BACK”: NOTES ON VAGINAL DILATION
https://womanlab.org/i-want-my-vagina-back-notes-on-vaginal-dilation/
7. Vaginal Dilators: What are they and who uses them?
https://kathewallace.com/articles/vaginal-dilators-uses/
8. Home Care Instructions for the Insertion and Care of Your Vaginal Dilator - Hillman Cancer Center
9. Vaginal Dilators for Radiation Therapy
10. North American Menopause Society - Sexual Devices
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Vulvodynia Resources Updated 2020
Websites
- http://bcvulvarhealth.ca/ (Vancouver Health Resource)
- https://painbc.ca/ (Birtish Columbia Pain Support Group)
- https://www.nva.org/ (National Vulvodynia Association)
- http://www.vulvalpainsociety.org/vps/ (Vulval Pain Society)
-
http://vulvodynia.com (Doctor Goldstein’s Website)
- Dyspareunia and Pain Algorithm
- http://vulvodynia.com.au/ (Vulvodynia and Interstitial Cystitis)
- endometriosisassn.org (Endometriosis Association)
- ichelp.org (Interstitial Cystitis Association)
- pudendalassociation.org (Pudendal Neuralgia Association)
- http://www.pudendalhope.info/ (Pudendal Neuralgia Hope)
- https://www.vaginismus.com/ (Vaginismus)
- https://www.endofound.org (Endometrisosis Foundation of America)
- sexmedadvocate.com (Blog)
- https://myvulvodyniacure.blogspot.com/ (Vulvodynia Blog)
- https://girlbits.co.ke/2020/03/18/vulvodynia/ (Blog)
- https://endohope.org/ (Endometriosis Blog)
- http://www.stillsunflowers.com/ (Endometriosis Blog)
- http://www.thisendolife.com/ (Endometriosis Blog)
- https://www.healthline.com/health/endometriosis-best-blogs#6 (Great of ednometriosis blogs)
- https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/search?term=vulvodynia (If you want to participate in research or look at current studies)
- https://www.bloodandmilk.com/
- https://healersmagazine.com/browse-healers-magazine/ (Alternative healing)
- com (Yoga)
- https://www.queensofeve.co.uk/ (Blog)
- https://www.paindownthere.com/ ( Dr. Robert Echenberg, M.D, clinic website)
- https://pelvicpainrehab.com/ (Pelvic health and rehabilitation clinic)
- https://radiantlifedesign.com/ (Blog about body-mind approach to healing vulvodynia)
- https://sandpaperandglass.com/ (Vulvodynia blog)
- https://www.peacewithpain.mx/ (Mexico vulvodynia blog)
- http://www.thevpfoundation.org/ (Vulvodynia + oxalates)
- http://www.vaginismusawareness.com/ (Vaginismus)
- https://myvagina.com/ (General info about vaginas)
Facebook Pages and Groups
- https://www.facebook.com/nationalvulvodyniaassociation (National Vulvodynia Association)
- https://www.facebook.com/tightlippedpod/ (Tight Lipped Podcast)
- https://www.facebook.com/queensofeve/ (Queens of Eve)
- https://www.facebook.com/endofound (Endometriosis Foundation of America)
- https://www.facebook.com/interstitialcystitisnetwork/ (Interstitial Cystitis Network)
- https://www.facebook.com/ShlemaVulvodyniaIsrael/ (Israeli Vulvodynia Support)
- Vulvodynia Support
- The Vulvodynia Support Group
- Living with Vulvodynia
- Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome (VVS) and Vestibulodynia & Vulvodynia Awareness
- Vaginismus, Vulvodynia, and Vulvar Vestibulitis Support Group
- Vaginismus Support
- Interstitial Cystitis Warriors
- IC Support Canada
- Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome Support Group
- Pudendal Neuralgia Support
- Vaginismus Support
- Vaginal Atrophy
- Pelvic Pain Support Network
- Pelvic Pain Sisters and Supporters United
Instagram Accounts
- Thevhive
- Heymeghin
- healing
- Pelvicpainproject
- Jillkrapfmd
- _thevspot_ (Doctor Golstein)
- Courtneyrose_recovers
- Laraeparker
- Pelvicpaindoc (Doctor Bahlani)
- Endofound
- cystitis
- Pelvicguru1
- Endo_and_me_sis
- nazarethgold
- yogawithnazareth
- queensofeve
- integrativewomenshealth
- themindfulkind
- susieg
- vulvodyniaawareness
- pelvicrehabilitation
- vestibulodynia
- pain_down_there
- livingandhealing
- vulvodyniasupport
- pelvicpro
- sexwithemily
- uninvisiblepod
- peacewithpain
Youtube Accounts
- National Vulvodynia Association
- Meghun Uhl YouTube Page
- Yoga with Nazareth
Podcasts
- The V Hive
- The Vulva Diaries
- Tight Lipped
- The Women’s Pelvic Health Podcast
- PT Below the Waist
- In Your Pants with Dr. Susie G
- The Pelvic Messenger: Discussing Pelvic, Bladder, Bowel and Sexual Disorders
- Brotto’s Podcast https://brottolab.med.ubc.ca/tag/podcast/ (Vancouver resource)
- IC Wellness
- The Firefairy Crotch https://anchor.fm/the-firecrotch-fairy
- The Mindful Kind
- Real Talk with Pelvic Docs
- Sex with Emily
- The Heavy Flow Podcast
- This is Not What I Ordered
- Uninvisible Pod with Lauren Freedman
- Intimate Judaism with Talli Y Rosenbaum (Sex therapist) https://www.intimatejudaism.com/
Books
- The V Book by Elizabeth Gunther Stewart, MD and Paula Spence
- The Camera My Mother Gave Me by Susanna Kaysen
- Let me Count the Ways by Marty Klein and Riki Robbins
- Thorns and Roses: A Self-Help Memoir for Women with Sexual Pain by J Cole
- The Vulvodynia Survival Guide H. Glazer
- Me and My Menopausal Vagina by Jane Lewish
- When Sex Hurts by Andrew Goldstein, Caroline Pukall, and Irwin Goldstein
- Healing Painful Sex by Deborah Coady, MD & Nancy Fish
- Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski
- Vagina: A Re-education by Lynn Enright
- Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics by Lara Parker
- Female Sexual Pain Disorders: Evaluation and Management by Andrew T. Goldstein, Caroline Pukall, and Irwin Goldstein
- The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders by John E. Sarno
- Interstitial Cystitis Solution: A Holistic Plan for Healing Painful Symptoms, Resolving Bladder and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, and Taking Back Your Life by Nicole Cozean
- Beating Endo: How to Reclaim Your Life from Endometriosis by Iris Kerin Orbuch, Amy Stein
- Secret Suffering: How Women's Sexual and Pelvic Pain Affects Their Relationships Susan Bilheimer and Robert Echenberg
- Pelvic Pain Explained: What You Need to Know by Stephanie A. Prendergast, Elizabeth H. Akincilar
- Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide to the Sex Life You Deserve by Heather Jeffcoat
- Heal Pelvic Pain: A Proven Stretching, Strengthening, and Nutrition Program for Relieving Pain, Incontinence, I.B.S, and Other Symptoms Without Surgery by Amy Stein
- Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery
- Ending Female Pain, A Woman’s Manual, Expanded 2nd Edition: The Ultimate Self-Help Guide for Women Suffering from Chronic Pelvic and Sexual Pain by Isa Herrera
- Healing Painful Sex: A Woman's Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing, and Treating Sexual Pain by Deborah Coady and Nancy Fish
- Pelvic Pain Explained by Stephanie A. Prendergast
- Wired for Healing: Remapping the Brain to Recover from Chronic and Mysterious Illnesses by Annie Hopper
- What's Up Down There? By Lissa Rankin
- Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself by Lisa Rankin
- The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain by John E. Sarno M.D
- For Yourself : The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality by Lonnie Barbach
- WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source by Alisa Vitti
- Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (Revised Edition): Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing by Christiane Northrup
- You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay
- Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (Poetry)
- Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire by Doctor Lori Brotto
- Breaking Through Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Holistic Approach for Relief by Dr. Jerome Weiss
- Pain and Prejudice: A call to arms for women and their bodies by Gabrielle Jackson
- All in My Head by Paula Kamen
Film
- Tightly Wound
- Diary of my Broken Vagina
- Sex Education on Netflix
- Unorthodox on Netflix
Products
- Ohunut
- Magnetic dilators
- 100% cotton pads and tampons
- Lola
- Rael Organic Cotton Unscented Tampons
- Cora
- https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a13144732/best-organic-tampons/
- https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a20733864/organic-pads/
- Pop the Bubbly pH-Balanced Bubble Bath
- Sensitive Foaming Wash from The Honey Pot (Plant-Based Feminine Care) https://thehoneypot.co/products/honey-pot-sensitive-6-oz?variant=1507107907
- Dove Sensitive Soap
- Aveeno Oatmeal Bath Treatment
- Orthopedic Memory Foam Seat Cushion (Any brand would work this is the product I chose)
- Pure Epson Salt Soak by DrTeals
- https://www.drteals.com/
- Standing Desk
- Sensitive laundry soap by Seventh Generation Free and Clear (or any made for sensitive skin)
- Comfy cotton undies
- Cottonique
- Jockey Women's Underwear - 100% cotton
- Lube
- Yes Water-based lube
- Slippery Stuff Personal Lubricant
-
Vaginal ice pack
- Frida Mom
- Gentle baby wipes
- WaterWipes Sensitive Baby Wipes (Amazon)
- Essential oils (Diffuser for stress relief)
- Hot and cold packs
-
Vaginal ice pack
- Frida Mom https://frida.com/products/instant-ice-maxi-pads
- Coconut oil (As wash, lotion or lube)
- Vitamin D SupplementBoric Acid (For yeast infections/bacterial vaginosis à use caution ask doctor first!)
- Calcium citrate (Use caution ask doctor first!)
-
Vaginal ice pack
Always contact your GP or Gynecologist before using any of the above items or treatment options.