Painful periods, vaginal dryness, incontinence, prolapse. Just reading the words is enough to make many of us recoil in embarrassment or descend into polite awkwardness.
But these are serious ailments many women suffer from – and often in silence. Almost 40% of women are incontinent, 19% struggle with vaginal dryness and over 85% have suffered from painful periods.
Yet, if spoken about at all, these conditions are often discussed in hushed tones between mothers and daughters or friend to friend. And sadly, very few women seek medical help.
Only in recent years have high-profile women started to share their experiences, from Kate Thornton and Davina McCall openly discussing the menopause, to Kate
