Dr. Sherry Ross knows vaginas! OB-GYN to the stars Dr. Sherry Ross talks with Liz and Sarah about women’s health– including fertility, vaginal steaming, the Mona Lisa (all the rage in Hollywood right now) and vejazzling. And Self Improvement September continues! Liz and Sarah tackle the complicated issue of asking for what you want at work, then share a Hollywood Hack inspired by their Meditation Declaration — use the Insight Timer app.
Links & resources we mentioned:
- “She-ology: The Definitive Guide to Women’s Intimate Health. Period.” by Sherry A. Ross, MD
- Dr. Sherry
- Chapter 8: Glamorous V (Heads up! You’re about to see a bunch of vaginas.)
- Insight Timer
- Dr. Sherry on Twitter
- Dr. Sherry on Instagram
- Dr. Sherry on Facebook
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Dr. Sherry Ross: “Everyone in the medical community knows ANYONE over 44 is using donor eggs.”
Argh! As a doctor how can she make a blanket statement like this that simply isn’t true? My great grandmother had her last baby at 49. She definitely wasn’t using donor eggs. I have a friend with a horrible pregnancy history (including some heartbreaking 2nd term losses) that just had her second baby at 45 using her own eggs and no fertility treatment. Is this fairly unlikely? Yes…but please use facts rather than blanket statements that are simply untrue. As a woman who struggled with infertility in her late 30s/early 40s (and as a former fact-checker) there is a lot of misinformation out there and it drives me crazy.
I loved this episode. Female health is very important and it’s a shame that women are afraid of saying the word vagina and getting checked out. I am a cervical cancer survivor, and early detection is key! I went on to have 2 healthy children and have been cancer free 17 years now. Ladies, go get your vaginas and your cervices looked at.
I think it’s time we stopped congratulating ourselves for using the word vagina. This word hasn’t been taboo forever. But do we ever wonder why we can say vagina, but not clitoris or labia or vulva? Ever think that the vagina gets all the press because that’s what the men are interested in since that’s where they stick their dicks? When are we going to acknowledge that women don’t just have an inside-out penis? We got a lot more going on than “men have a penis, women have a vagina.” All this talk about women masturbating or encouraging their daughters to, has little or nothing to do with the vagina. “Men have a penis (and testicles) and women have a clitoris, and labia, and a vagina, and fallopian tubes, and a uterus, and ovaries.” Vagina is a false equivalent. Vulva is the new vagina. Let’s really get brave.
Speaking of using the proper words can people please stop calling the vulva, labia majora or pubic mound the vagina? The vagina is the canal through which the penis enters and the baby exits (other than during C-sections) it’s also called the birth canal. I was very frustrated to hear the doctor referring to other parts of the genitals as the vagina when she should be helping explain where exactly the vagina is, a part of the internal female genitalia. You cannot see your vagina when you stand naked in front of a mirror. If you are insistent that we use the proper names then please do use the proper names.
Super disappointed at all of the STRAIGHT ONLY Talk I this episode. Love you guys but I was so BUMMED out by the repetitive crowd conversation about women’s vaginas as they relate to straight sex. There was not ONE SINGLE MENTION of lesbian fluid relationship sex and the health of the vagina. It was truly disheartening.. I’ve been an out lesbian for 20 yrs and have many of the same vaginal insecurities as straight women and felt left out of this pod cast. And I love you guys. Really disappointed.