Painful Sex and Elusive Orgasms in Perimenopause

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | Realm

Kids & Family, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Parenting

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

If you've given birth, or you’re entering menopause, or you simply have a vagina... chances are, at some point, you’ve had painful or uncomfortable sex. Today, Dr. Lauren Streicher, OBGYN and menopause expert, gives us the inside info on sex and perimenopause. … Disclaimer: Information presented by Dr. Streicher does not constitute medical advice or medical care. All medical concerns should be discussed with your healthcare professional. … Recommendations from the archive • Listen to the first episode in our perimenopause series: WFT Is Perimenopause?• For more about pelvic floor therapy, listen to Healing After Childbirth.… Episode resources • Check out Dr. Streicher’s books Sex Rx and The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy.• You can also listen to her podcasts, Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: The Menopause Podcast and Come Again. There’s a whole episode about Why Vibrators Work So Well on Come Again. Use code LONGSHORT for 30% off your subscription!• Watch Dr. Streicher’s videos about how to get a hands-free view of your vulva and how to apply lube properly. … • Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! • Follow us on Instagram • Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media • Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!) • Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, longest, shortest time listener. Be honest. Do you like listening to stories about
0:08.7	parenthood and reproductive health? Do you like when they're bold and complicated and funny and
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0:34.3	You get to suggest story ideas for future episodes. You get access to a whole other show
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1:17.3	A door, a locked door that I can't open.
1:18.9	That's the first thing I always see.
1:20.8	I call it baby jail.
1:21.8	I'm like, this is baby joke.
1:24.9	You could come to jail because it's easy, right?
1:26.8	But to get out, it's hard.
1:28.3	It's real hard to get out.
1:31.5	You know, we're on a constant loop.
1:33.0	This loop never ends.
1:34.2	I don't think it's going to end.
1:38.6	The Loop, a new series from Ear Hustle.
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