Miriam the Midwife discusses how ovulation works, and how ovulation and other factors can affect your fertility. She answers listener questions about getting pregnant (and avoiding pregnancy), how to tell if you're ovulating, ways to tell if you're fertile, how you can maxi...

What’s Up With Your Down There?

Dropping the Egg: Ovulation and Fertility

Do you ever have that...unfresh feeling? Maybe it's BV! Bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is the bane of vagina-owners and the healthcare providers who care for them. This garden-variety vaginal infection is the most common vaginal infection in the U.S., and yet is often misunder...

Bacterial Vaginosis: The Most Common Vaginal Infection You've Never Heard Of

When it comes to talking with kids about sex, gender identity, and genital health, parents often find themselves struggling to say the right thing. On this episode, Miriam the Midwife talks with Dr. Kerry Schaefer, MD from Healthy Living Family Medicine (now Healthy Living ...

Beyond the birds and the bees: Talking to kids about sex

Miriam the Midwife and Dr. Karen Adams, director of Oregon Health & Science University's Menopause and Sexual Medicine program, answer your questions about menopause.

Menopause Part 2: Your Questions Answered

Menopause, aka the change of life: inevitable, often dreaded, and commonly misunderstood. On this episode, Miriam the Midwife talks about how people experience menopause in American culture, and sits down with Dr. Karen Adams, director of Oregon Health & Science University'...

Menopause Part 1: The Talk for Middle Age

For some, their monthly period is a time of empowerment and celebration. For others, its a minor annoyance. But for some folks, it is a major pain in the...uterus. Heavy bleeding and/or bad cramps can really mess with your life. On this episode, Miriam the Midwife discusses...

Periods Part 2: Monster Periods!

Before we tackle "monster periods", is seems appropriate to discuss the thing that comes before your period: premenstrual syndrome, or PMS. In this episode, Miriam the Midwife discusses the medical approach to PMS, and also explains why we might need to reexamine PMS using ...

PMS: Hormone Roller Coaster or Cultural Phenomenon?

Periods: that special time of the month when you bleed from your vagina--fun! In this episode, Miriam the Midwife covers what a normal period entails, and talks with menstrual cup experts Kim and Amanda from the website Put A Cup In It about why and how folks can use menstr...

Periods Part 1: Get To Know Your Flow

Living with herpes? Not living with herpes and having sex with someone with herpes and hoping to avoid getting it? Just want to understand what the heck herpes is? In this episode, Miriam the Midwife talks with Terri Warren, nurse practitioner, herpes researcher, and author...

Herpes!

Why do we need annual exams? What does a Pap smear test for? Can you catch HPV from a toilet seat? Miriam the Midwife drops some knowledge about why annual exams are valuable, what to expect, how to understand Paps and HPV screening, and whether or not you need to trim your...

Annual Exams and Pap Smears

How do I clean my sex toys?  I think my lube is giving me vaginal infections--what gives? What's the deal with weed lube? Sex educator Amory Jane, who is also the host of the "Sex on The Brain With Amory Jane" podcast, helps Miriam the Midwife answer these questions (and so...

Sex Toys and Lubes!

A very special episode: Miriam the Midwife talks penis with urologist Adrienne Heckler from the Vancouver Clinic, and together they tackle questions about penis size, circumcision, testicular pain, vasectomy, and more! A good listen for people with penises, and those who ju...

The Penis Episode

What's the difference between a vagina and a vulva? How many holes do I have down there? Are my labia normal? In this episode, Miriam will take you on a guided tour of your anatomy, and answer questions about genital anatomy for women and other people with vulvas, vaginas, ...

A Tour of Your Lady Bits

In this episode, we're going to explore your pelvic floor! Guest Angela Garbes, author of "Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy" delves into why your pelvic floor deserves respect, and provides a feminist perspective on how society ...

Your Pelvic Floor: Kegels, Squats, and How to Use The Pot

In this episode, we'll go over why maintaining your vagina's acid/base balance is so important to keep your vagina healthy, happy, and clean. We'll review how to "keep the slime healthy", and what things to avoid so you don't cause things to get out of whack. We'll also cov...

How (Not) To Clean Your Vagina

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