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UTI Prevention vs. UTI Treatment: What's the Difference?
Treatment is what you do during an active UTI. Prevention is what you do between them. Different tools,...
Why UTIs Are More Common in Women
50% of women get a UTI in their lifetime, versus 12% of men. The anatomy, hormones, microbiome, and...
Vaginal Ecology 101: How to Keep Your Microbiome Healthy
Your vagina is an ecosystem with its own microbial community. Most women are never taught how it works....
Your Bladder Health Starts in the Gut
The bladder isn't sterile. The gut-bladder axis explains why recurrent UTIs are downstream of gut, immune, and hormonal...
What Your Period Can Tell You About Your Health
Your menstrual cycle is recognized as a vital sign by ACOG and the AAP. A direct guide to...
Sore, Sad, or Both? What's Happening the Day After Sex
The day-after-sex feeling has real biochemical, hormonal, and physical explanations. What's actually happening in your body, and when...
The Invisible Woman's Handbook: A Field Guide to My Impending Disappearance
A field guide to my impending disappearance at 50. The science of female evaporation, the male gaze that's...
What Your Orgasm Says About Your Pelvic Floor and UTIs
A 2022 study identified three distinct orgasm patterns based on pelvic floor contraction. The same pelvic floor affects...
Bacterial Vaginosis vs Yeast Infection vs Cytolytic Vaginosis
Three vaginal conditions, three different causes, three completely different treatments. How to tell BV, yeast infections, and cytolytic...
12 Types of Female Orgasm: A Quick Guide
Twelve types of orgasm, from clitoral to core-gasm, with brief explanations of each. Short, no fluff, just the...
Postpartum UTIs and the Pelvic Floor Story Nobody Told Me
When I was 31, I had a newborn, a recurrent UTI history, and antibiotics in my milk supply....
Can Lube Cause Bladder and Yeast Infections?
Lube doesn't cause infections on its own, but the wrong formulation can disrupt the microbiome enough to invite...
The Dual Strategy Doctors Recommend for UTIs in Menopause
UTIs after menopause aren't your fault. They're driven by the drop in estrogen that affects vaginal and urinary...
The Divine Feminine Scam: How Wellness Culture Sells Subordination
A TikTok told me my divine feminine was waking up. That I was "becoming water again." I run...
Masturbation, Pelvic Health, and UTIs: The Case for Self-Pleasure
I keep my tools on the nightstand. Sometimes I leave one in bed by accident, on my husband's...
Period Sex: The Grownup Guide (Including the UTI Risk)
My husband and I call it murder sex. It's not pretty, you have to be willing to ruin...