Sponsored Content I collaborated with AMAG Pharmaceuticals to develop this post to educate women about painful sex due to menopause through the PAINFULLY AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS campaign. All opinions are my own. Sex can sizzle after menopause – it doesn’t have to fizzle! It should and can remain pleasurable at any age! Sex plays an important… Continue reading More Than Birds and Bees: Recharging Your Sexual Batteries
Category: sex
Painful Sex After 50
Contributed by Barbara Dehn NP, FAANP, NCMP- Red Hot Mamas Expert There’s lots of reasons why sex might be painful after you turn 50. For many women as estrogen levels decline during midlife, their vaginas become much more dry and don’t have the same elasticity or ability to stretch. What you might notice * The skin around… Continue reading Painful Sex After 50
These Can Be the Golden Years
Contributed by Dr. Barb DePree- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert Sex after menopause can be challenging. My work life–both in my practice and through MiddlesexMD, the company I founded–is dedicated to addressing those challenges. I spend a lot of every day talking about topics like dry vaginal tissue, pain with intercourse, and loss of libido. But… Continue reading These Can Be the Golden Years
A Brief Tour of the Causes of Vaginal and Vulvar pain
Contributed by Dr. Michael Goodman- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert NB: This will by no means be exhaustive, and is meant for introduction and entry-level information only. It is “…a place to start” for women experiencing pain & distress involving their genitals. For more information, use the search terms “dyspareunia” (painful intercourse), vulvodynia, “vulvar pain syndromes,”… Continue reading A Brief Tour of the Causes of Vaginal and Vulvar pain
It’s Time For A Romantic Getaway
Contributed by Dr. Barb DePree- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert We’ve made it through the holidays. We’re either well on our way with New Year’s resolutions or we’ve gotten realistic. And Valentine’s Day is right around the corner; if you’re like me, it sneaks up on you without quite enough planning! For the sake of your… Continue reading It’s Time For A Romantic Getaway
Despite Major Consumer Marketing and Educational Efforts, New Survey Shows Women Still Don’t Understand Why Sex Hurts After Menopause
Despite Major Consumer Marketing and Educational Efforts, New Survey Shows Women Still Don’t Understand Why Sex Hurts After Menopause Women’s EMPOWER survey confirms reluctance to discuss sex problems and seek treatment CLEVELAND, Ohio (September 5, 2016)—Unfortunately for many postmenopausal women, painful intercourse is a reality. In recent years, the medical industry has undertaken significant direct-to-consumer… Continue reading Despite Major Consumer Marketing and Educational Efforts, New Survey Shows Women Still Don’t Understand Why Sex Hurts After Menopause
Who’s Using Vibrators: Survey Results
Contributed by Dr. Barb Depree- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert The times they are a-changin’. At least that’s what I think we’re seeing with the results of a survey we at MiddlesexMD conducted. We asked readers of our website and newsletter to respond to several questions about whether and how they use vibrators. Granted, our sample size is small… Continue reading Who’s Using Vibrators: Survey Results
So Mr., How Can You Help Her Have Better Sex During And After Menopause?
Contributed by James Smith- Guest Contributor For menopausal women, not only is getting aroused for some steamy penetrative action a challenge, but having penetrative action is a challenge itself. It bloody hurts – pun intended. Nonetheless, a number of them still want it. Well, who doesn’t?! And being the man in the relationship – who’s not… Continue reading So Mr., How Can You Help Her Have Better Sex During And After Menopause?
With Menopause, Your Sex Life is Over, or is it?
Contributed by James Smith- Guest Contributor Experts often hold on to the claim that a woman’s sex life is doomed post menopause. Well, the reality is that this claim is horribly wrong, and the sooner you as a woman are in, or approaching menopause stop believing in this nonsense, the sooner you will realize that… Continue reading With Menopause, Your Sex Life is Over, or is it?
Surprised by Dryness
Contributed by Dr. Barb DePree- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert Recently, MiddlesexMD conducted a short survey in partnership with Prevaleaf, a maker of natural intimate care products for women, to find out a few things about vaginal dryness, how women feel about it, and who you talk to about it. It was a small-ish sample… Continue reading Surprised by Dryness