Vaginal hole permanently stuck open

It can happen around ovulation, or it might be some breakthrough bleeding if you're taking birth control, especially if you're on a low-dose version or one that only gives you a few periods a year. Ultimately, it probably comes down to the functions each bacterial species performs in the vagina with its mix of neighbors, he says. That something was wrong. Researchers can now catalogue entire bacterial communities, or microbiota, and begin to sort out what happens inside healthy vaginas and what goes awry in BV. Body System Close filter. My vagina has changed a lot in my 46 years. These are the medical terms for what I knew through anecdotal evidence was common practice: one friend must insert a finger into her vagina to release the stool from her rectum every time she defecates.