You know how some stories start with, “It was a dark and stormy night”?

This story starts with:

“I was peeing 14 times a day and it hurt every time I had sex.”

So… basically just as dark.
Just no rain.

Hi, I’m Dr. Jaya — and welcome to Track 3 of Life of a Oui Girl, where we talk about all the wildly inconvenient things no one tells women… until it’s already been wreaking havoc for a decade.

Today’s topic?

✨ Vaginal Estrogen ✨
Or, as I like to call it:

The Greatest Love Story Never Told.

Because this tiny tube of magic has saved more marriages, sex lives, and self-esteem spirals than any couples’ therapist ever could.

🎤 THE TRUTH THEY DON’T TELL YOU:

Here’s the deal.

Once estrogen starts to decline — whether from birth control, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause, or even certain medications — one of the first things to suffer is the vaginal wall.

But unlike hot flashes or mood swings, this one shows up sneakier:

• You start peeing more often.
• You feel like you have a UTI all the time, but your urine tests come back normal.
• Sex starts to hurt — and not in a fun, Fifty Shades way.
• You might even bleed afterward.
• And maybe, just maybe… you quietly start avoiding intimacy because it just doesn’t feel good anymore.

And then your partner thinks you’re not attracted to them.
And then you start Googling “low libido.”
And then it spirals.

BUT IT’S NOT LOW LIBIDO. IT’S LOW ESTROGEN.

📚 THE SCIENCE-Y PART (but make it Oui):

Your vagina is an ecosystem — and it thrives on estrogen.

When estrogen levels drop, the tissue gets thinner, drier, and more fragile.

It’s literally called GSM: Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause.

But I call it:

“The Bullsht We’re Told to Just Deal With.”*

💥 ENTER: VAGINAL ESTROGEN

• Tiny dose.
• Local application.
• Virtually no systemic absorption — meaning it’s safe for most women, even breast cancer survivors. (Yes, really — though you should always consult your oncologist if needed.)

There are creams, suppositories, tablets, even a little ring.

None of them affect your whole body like oral hormones do — this is targeted relief. For your bits.

And the impact?

• Less urinary urgency and frequency
• Better vaginal pH and microbiome
• No more pain with sex
• No more chronic irritation or infections
• No more crying when you sneeze

Honestly, if Big Pharma marketed this to men, they’d call it a Performance Enhancer and charge $900 a tube.

🧠 BUT HERE’S WHAT GETS ME:

1. MANY. WOMEN. go without vaginal estrogen. And do you know what happens?

No vaginal estrogen → more UTIs
More UTIs → more antibiotics
More antibiotics → drug-resistant UTI
Drug-resistant UTI → hospital admission for IV antibiotics

Stay with me now.

Then Grandma gets weak from being in the hospital.
Goes home.
Breaks a hip.
Goes to rehab.
Gets confused because she’s not living at home anymore.
Gets put on psych meds.
Then admitted to long-term care.

And Grandma never walks again — and in a lot of cases?
She never comes home again.

WHY??
Because no one told her:

“Make friends with your vagina and tell her she’s pretty”
…back when she was 50.

💗 AT THE OUI DOCTOR…

OUI LOVE TREATING DRY VAGINAS.

We love talking about it.

Because it’s not just about better sex — though yes, sis, you deserve pleasure too!

It’s about how the rest of your life plays out.
Your health. Your freedom. Your comfort.
Your ability to move through the world without pain or shame.

✨ THE TAKEAWAY:

Vaginal estrogen is one of the safest, most effective tools we have in women’s health — and yet it’s still not talked about enough.

Let’s change that.

You deserve to pee without pain.
You deserve pleasure.
You deserve options.
You deserve to feel good in your body — not just survive in it.

So girl.
Come see us at The Oui Doctor.

Your vagina will thank us.