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Dear Dr. Kate,
My question is this: I have a friend that is a 26-year-old married man. He's been married for about five years and has three kids. We were talking the other day in a circle of friends and the subject (as usual) turned to sex. He said that the smell and taste of his wife's vagina had changed dramatically since she had given birth and the odor was quite pungent no matter what. I have since been horrified--will my vagina have a strong odor and/or bad taste in the future when I decide to have children? I asked my friend about it and he said it happens to all women. Say it isn't so! Odorless in Orlando
Dear Odorless,
I'm so glad you wrote--your email is horrifying. To set the record straight: every woman has a particular scent and taste to her vaginal secretions. Unless she has an infection,
she should consider them normal and a part of her. So many things can
change this scent--your diet, your hormones, your workouts. But
childbirth won't necessarily change it. And in the end, it's not
something you can really change, or should really even want to. How you
smell and taste is as much a part of you as your shoe size (or cup
size, for that matter). Do you think that men worry about if their
spunk tastes funky? Just for good measure, make sure you don't douche,
even if you're worried about your odor. Unless your friend is a
gynecology researcher, I'm amazed he feels confident speaking for "all
women." As someone who IS a gynecology researcher, I can tell you that
you can NEVER lump all women together (beyond "we all have breasts and
a vagina"). Try not to worry too much...and try not to end up with
such a know-it-all jackass.
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I wonder how this guy's wife would feel knowing he's discussing the smell of her vagina with his "cirlce of friends."
Hi, while I understand that childbirth won't change the taste and smell of ones vagina, my husband tells me that mine was different while I was pregnant. Not bad different, just different. In fact, he rather liked it :)
I guess this was due to a change in hormones ?
3 kids in 5 years? Has she been pregnant or breastfeeding continuously for most of that time? I'd guess those things change your hormone balance, which might affect taste. I doubt some irreversible change has taken place, though.