Dilating Diaries

Feb 1, 20214 min read

Dilating Diaries: 31st January 2021

I have had higher pain scores this month than I have had for a while.

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Jan 6, 20212 min read

Dilating Diaries: 6th January 2021

Welcome back to the real world! Christmas is over, the last of the Turkey has gone, we're in the New Year...

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Jan 4, 20218 min read

Happy New Year! A reflection on 2020 & my goals

I am going to take the New Year as an opportunity to reflect on what my 2020 goals were for my vaginismus and set some new ones for 2021

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Dec 30, 20205 min read

Merry Inbetween-mas!

Greetings from the awkward days in-between Christmas and the New Year where nothing really happens except cheese boards and Twiglets. A.K.A

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Dec 23, 20203 min read

Dilating Diaries: 23rd December 2020

Christmas, like all other days of 2020 since March, is going to be different this year. You will probably be bitterly aware of this already

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Dec 17, 20203 min read

Dilating Diaries: 17th December 2020

Almost exactly one month to the day that I stopped dilating, I picked them back up again. Phew. I actually feel like I missed it.

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Dec 9, 20204 min read

Dilating Diaries: 9th December 2020

I attended my first Pelvic Pain Matters online webinar!

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Dec 2, 20205 min read

Dilating Diaries: 2nd December 2020

I've been thinking that perhaps having a dog in your life could be considered beneficial for Vaginismus.

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Nov 25, 20205 min read

Dilating Diaries: 25th November 2020

It's time for the B word again. B-R-E-A-K I feel like all I do these days is take breaks, then announce how I'm back on the horse.

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Nov 18, 20204 min read

Dilating Diaries: 18th November 2020

I was eating lunch and my mum casually asked whether I needed to have Botox in my vagina again any time soon.

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Nov 11, 20205 min read

Dilating Diaries: 11th November 2020

My two month anniversary of dilating and also my first lube-ciddent (an accident involving lube).

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Nov 4, 20205 min read

Dilating Diaries: 4th November 2020

An important lesson in why it's good to take things slow and not put too much pressure on yourself.

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Oct 28, 20205 min read

Dilating Diaries: 28th October 2020

I found myself increasingly distracted by thoughts that I wasn't progressing fast enough.

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Oct 21, 20203 min read

Dilating Diaries: 21st October 2020

It's possible that I skipped a session this week. Please don't tell anyone. Shhh!

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Oct 14, 20205 min read

Dilating Diaries: 14th October 2020

I've been using my dilators steadily for 1 month! (Round of applause please).

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Oct 7, 20204 min read

Dilator Diaries: 7th October 2020

Almost immediately after writing last weeks post about how well dilating was going, I had to go back down to dilator 3.

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Oct 5, 20204 min read

Dilating Diaries: Coping with Setbacks - How to keep going when you have to go down a dilator size?

I know logically its OK to go back a step. But it still feels like a failure. How do you get past this?

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Oct 3, 20205 min read

How to keep motivated with Vaginismus dilator therapy

How do you maintain motivation to continue with Vaginismus dilator therapy?

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Sep 30, 20205 min read

Dilator Diaries: 30th September 2020

I'm just over two weeks into my latest 'round' of dilating and I've had some mixed results..

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Sep 27, 202013 min read

My Vaginismus Dilating Routine: Why I do it and what works for me

What I've learned from months of dilating and what works for me

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