WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: Very Worried...Short Vagina maybe?

Re: Very Worried...Short Vagina maybe?

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:00:44 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Cristina wrote: >
>Hi I'm 15 year old girl and was kind of worried..well yah like a lot of
>people I masturbate and have stuck things "up there" before..(don't
>worry I'm careful about what goes up there and it's clean)..I'm a virgin
>and I was having a weird kind of pain "in there" when I put something up
>there..it wasn't a hymen kind of pain..it felt like the thing I had in
>there was shoving up against something in me and it wouldn't go any
>further..like an organ or something..I didn't even stick it in that far!
>someone said it could be my cervix but it wasn't that far in..only like
>2-4 inches in.. and I'm worried that when I do have sex, my guys thingy
>will be ramming into that and hurting me like hell..I've been looking
>around on the web and a some women have a short vagina..I'm thinking
>this might be what I have..I really don't want to go to a gynecologist
>and I'm embarrassed talking about these kinds of things in person so I'd
>never ever tell my mother..if you could tell me what this is or if I
>have a problem or something, and if I do will it last forever, I'd
>REALLY appreciate it..thanks :)

The vagina is almost infinitely expandable, as childbirth amply demonstrates. However, this would be a good time to go see a gynecologist, and have your questions answered. Don't worry, there is nothing that you can ask or do that your doctor will not have seen or heard about before now.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.

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