Ladies...Douching? Yes or NO? If yes, at what age?

The ladies I have had in my life have had a range of experience regarding douching. My first wife said she started at about age thirteen having been instructed by her mother to use them to cleanout after menstruation. My second wife had never douched until after we got married. She bought a few Summer's Eves, but found the whole procedure to be unnecessary. I did have a short term relationship with a kinkster who enjoyed them and found them rather erotic.

If you care to share your experiences I would find it very interesting, Thanks

I had a course in college called Marriage and the Family. We called it Sex 101. You could submit questions on 3 by 5 index cards and the teacher would answer them. I remember one girl submitted a question regarding douching. "Since the vagina cleanses itself is douching really necessary?" The instructor, who was really cool, replied. "Now this is my opinion and it's based on my own experience not a scientific study. Its true that the vagina does cleans itself but not at the rate newly weds have sex."

I know my sister started to use a douche in early teens when had started menstruating.

My wife similarly started around early teens with a bulb type set up. She continued to do so monthly or more if had morning quickie and never suffered any issues with it.

As has already been written, the vagina is self-cleaning. In the past, vaginal douching was used after sexual intercourse as a form of contraception. Douching disrupts the vaginal environment, which should have a pH value between 3.8 and 4.5. The acidic environment prevents germs from entering the uterus. Therefore, vaginal douching should not be performed.

It may be self-cleaning but a nice warm vinegar and water douche sure does freshen things up. I have a small bag I use. It is pink.

From the amount of equipment around for the practice, it looks like it is common. Age? I find that a bit too personal.

Ddell2 said:

The instructor, who was really cool, replied. "Now this is my opinion and it's based on my own experience not a scientific study. Its true that the vagina does cleans itself but not at the rate newly weds have sex.

I never thought about it that way, but what a terrific answer. The first few years after we got married my wife would douche weekly. One of those times was right after her period, but the other times were to keep things clean. Also if we went on vacation her folding syringe was always packed and it sure got its use, too.

From my limited experience; some gals are more acidic than others. More acidic has meant less itchiness and infections from frequent sex and even masturbation.

I am not a doctor nor did I sleep in a Holiday Express last night but I can't see how douching can be harmful unless done in excess. I would think that if you have sex in the morning, it would be much healthier to rinse out the aftermath than to have it ooze out of you the rest of the morning. Of course, I used to go to a dermatologist that was always telling me that I showered too much. Yeah right, Doc. I am not going to take a shower every time I play 18 holes of golf in the Texas heat.

Im well aware the medical community are very anti douching and lots of evidence to back that opinion up however I was introduced to douching by my mother not long after started menstruating.

I personally can't blame douching for any issues down there.

Never used the disposable chemical ones maybe that makes a difference

During my single years, I dated several women and each of them seemed to have different douching habits.

One lady always brought two bottles of vinegar and water douches when she came to spend a week with me in a Coastal town.

She stripped off her clothes the minute she came in the house and didn’t put on a stitch back on until she was walking out the door.

We used bath time as sex play time and she always had me give her a douche with one of the bottles while she held herself in the most erotic accessible position in the tub as possible.

I always followed up the douche solution with several bottles of warm water as a rinse. I remember having oral sex after and I could always detect the slight flavor of vinegar as I was going down on her. That was very erotic to me.

Then I started noticing salt and vinegar flavored potato chips on store shelves. They immediately became my favorite flavor of chips and have been for many years.

I realize this might sound weird to a lot of people but the whole experience was highly erotic me, and the experience has lived vividly in my memory for many years.

That was more than 30 years ago and I’m still in contact with this lady! She also said the things I did with her made her very horny and wet. I like to think douching her and then eating her out was one of those things!

I always followed up the douche solution with several bottles of warm water as a rinse. I remember having oral sex after and I could always detect the slight flavor of vinegar as I was going down on her. That was very erotic to me.

Then I started noticing salt and vinegar flavored potato chips on store shelves. They immediately became my favorite flavor of chips and have been for many years.

I like salt and vinegar chips as well. I’ll think of your sexploits with the vinegar douche every time I eat them from now on!

Like ddell, I had a class in college called Matrology/Patrology. It was coupled with a health class including first aid using a text by Louise Henderson.

The instructor was a nurse who also taught in the Nursing School. She had a great personality and included using props during her instruction.

The greatest information included her classes on sex and contraception. I loved the class where she displayed a douche bag as well as various devices for contraception. She talked about douching and commented how ineffective it was, save for waiting an appropriate amount of time before removal of a diaphragm and then douching as desired.

An observant jokester offered that he got enemas from his mom using a douche bag. That got some laughs and eewws from some. The instructor acknowledged that the equipment was the same or similar, but shouldn't see double duty due to likely yeast infections etc.

As the class eventually turned to first aid emergencies, the subject of enemas came up. Again, the enema/douche bag was displayed along with a visual aid of a boy getting an enema as illustrated in the text. There was a couple of test questions on the final exam that were covered in class.

BTW...douching had become a well known topic as I was growing up. My mom and older sister had the various rubber items that often saw double duty until warnings about such things were more available.

Only in play exams if the doctor order.