Top 10 Vaginal Dilator Informational Links to Learn about Vaginal Dilation

vaginal dilator information and facts

 

 

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

OBG Manag. 2012 December;24(12):12-18
By Kristene E. Whitmore, MD  Susan Kellogg Spadt, PhD, CRNP

https://www.mdedge.com/obgyn/article/64957/menopause/vaginal-dilation-when-its-indicated-and-tips-teaching-it

 

3. Vaginal dilator therapy: vibrate, dilate or wait? 

BY 

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?

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https://kathewallace.com/articles/vaginal-dilators-uses/

 

8. Home Care Instructions for the Insertion and Care of Your Vaginal Dilator - Hillman Cancer Center

https://hillman.upmc.com/patients/community-support/education/radiation-therapy/instructions-vaginal-dilator

 

9. Vaginal Dilators for Radiation Therapy

Author: OncoLink Team

https://www.oncolink.org/support/sexuality-fertility/sexuality/vaginal-dilators-for-radiation-therapy

 

10. North American Menopause Society - Sexual Devices

https://www.menopause.org/for-women/sexual-health-menopause-online/effective-treatments-for-sexual-problems/sexual-devices

 

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Vulvodynia Resources Updated 2020 

 

Websites

 

Facebook Pages and Groups

 

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

 

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

 

Products

Always contact your GP or Gynecologist before using any of the above items or treatment options. 

A big thank you to Leilani F. for putting this together for us to share. 
This is a note from her: 
"I started suffering from vulvodynia in 2018 at the age of 27. For a whole year I suffered in silence bouncing from doctor to doctor waiting for a diagnosis, I was misdiagnosed many times but and finally received a diagnosis in 2020. I decided to create a resource list to help others who wanted to find more information about pelvic floor dysfunction as well as ways to connect with other women who struggle from similar issues. I hope these resources help you to feel that you are not alone." -Leilani F. 
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