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  • | Tara Langdale

    Getting Your Vagina Back: Sex After a Hysterectomy with Vaginal Dilation

    Sex and Vaginal Dilators After a Hysterectomy   Sexual problems for women occur for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it’s the onset of menopause causing vaginal dryness, leading to painful penetration. For some, it's from the uterus, cervix, and part of the vagina being removed due to a rad... View Post
  • | Caroline Knight

    Dilator Sizes: Looking for the Smallest Vaginal Dilator?

    If you are looking for the smallest vaginal dilator, perhaps you have some apprehension about using dilators. It might be that you are new to dilator therapy and want to start out with the smallest dilator available; alternatively, you may be dealing with a difficult condition that require... View Post
  • | Caroline Knight

    Dilators for Dyspareunia: Home Treatment for Painful Sex

    Dyspareunia is the name for painful sex, whether the pain occurs before, during or after intercourse. As you might imagine, dyspareunia can have a wide range of causes, some of which are physiological and some psychological. It is important to try and discover the reason for painful sex, because ... View Post
  • | Tara Langdale

    Does Vulvodynia Cause Discharge? Symptoms & Treatments

    Women with vulvodynia often wonder if vaginal discharge is caused by vulvodynia. Vulvodynia, known as the burning vulva syndrome, causes pelvic pain, burning, and inflammation for millions of women worldwide. In most cases, there's no identifiable cause.   Vaginal discharge is normal for women wi... View Post
  • | Tara Langdale

    Dysorgasmia: Are Painful Orgasms Normal?

    No one likes to experience pain at any time, let alone after an orgasm. Sex isn't supposed to be painful. Yet, for some men and women, painful orgasms or cramps after sex is common and known as dysorgasmia. If you're one of the 20% living with painful orgasms, then you're wondering if it's... View Post
  • | Tara Langdale

    Endometriosis Treatment Options That Work Natural Endometriosis Treatments That You’ll Love Endometriosis Treatment the Natural Way

      Endometriosis is a painful affliction that affects 11% of American women. It's prevalent for women between 15 and 44 years of age. For some, the endometriosis pain is mild and manageable, and for others, the severe pain causes crippling lifestyle changes and affects fertility. If you're sufferi... View Post
  • | Caroline Knight

    Foods That Help Vulvodynia: The Low-Oxalate Diet

    The word ‘vulvodynia’ translates literally to ‘painful vulva’, and the condition leaves sufferers dealing with a range of unpleasant symptoms such as burning, stinging and irritation in the area of the vaginal opening. Successful treatment varies from woman to woman, and finding the right ... View Post
  • | Tara Langdale

    How Do You Get Vulvodynia?

    Are you struggling with vulvodynia? You’re not alone. This painful condition affects 16% of all women in the United States. (1) This is about 26.5 million women who experience burning, stinging vulvar pain each day. According to the National Vulvodynia Association, 60% of women with vulvodynia co... View Post

VuVa Podcast

Tara Langdale-Schmidt is no stranger to pain. After all, she endured 11 surgeries for endometriosis starting at a young age. But when sex became impossible for her and her then-fiancé, and doctors were flummoxed, Langdale-Schmidt knew she had to take matters into her own hands. Her mother’s treatment for fibromyalgia sparked an idea when Langdale-Schmidt was finally diagnosed with vulvodynia, a painful condition involving the vulva, and magnetic dilators shaped like a vibrator were the answer to her prayers. Find out how she tested her product and took it to market on this episode of SheVentures.