What should your vagina look like?

[Lalaminilala]

I don’t know who on earth I can ask
this to but I’m worried my vagina isn’t normal.

So if I look with a mirror , I have the labia bit and then inside is pink fleshy bit with ridges in it. It’s not a black hole. It’s like a pink squishy thing covering the whole area with ridges in. It’s not popping out or outside the labia lip bit. It’s inside- is this what it’s meant to look like? I never looked before and have since had 2 children.

Please help I feel weird . I will attach a picture I found on the internet. So sorry for this weird question.

A mixture of poor eye sight and lack of flexibility means never seen it.

And I get irritated with the misuse of the word vagina.

Omg! That was very detailed.

I think this is common after babies, probably a slight prolapse but don’t be shy to get it checked out if you feel it’s significant.

She means the vagina though. The opening of the canal.

She's not wrong.

Sounds normal to me, have you had a recent smear? You could mention your concerns at your next one.

@soupfiend she is talking about the vagina though.

Why? I am referring to my vagina - I am correct

Thanks - I think it might be a slight prolapse after I’ve googled it. It’s just very ‘there’ 😂 it’s hard to describe. As long as it doesn’t fall out any more I’m good but I think having 2 long labours and heavy babies may be why . It just seems low down and not happy 😅 I appreciate this is a very odd conversation on a Thursday night .

You probably don’t OP. I’m sure it’s normal. And if not, you’d soon be told when giving birth or having a smear!

"pink fleshy bit with ridges in it." The ridges would be the vaginal rugae.

You learn something new every day, thank you!

Yes! Thank you - this is what it is. And it’s say low - as soon as I open my lip area it’s right there ! I can now google using this word and it’s helping me get what I’m after - thank you ☺️

If your fanny looks this pinky perfect .... you've got to be under 30 and likely childless

I know exactly what you mean.

If you bare down it’s more visible. Mine’s always been like this, even pre-kids. Completely normal. If it wasn’t it would be picked up on a smear.

Get doing your kegel exercises and see if it has improved in a couple of months or you could visit the nurse at your surgery just for a check up if you are concerned.

Go for a smear test! Then you can ask the person carrying out the test if there’s anything that looks unusual. It’s hard to say from your description/pic - they all look like that inside, but that’s generally not visible unless you’re opened up with a speculum.

I bet you haven't. I think mine looks gross these days, but my DH can't get enough of it - so can't be that bad.

(The limited amount of) porn I've seen has definitely affected my confidence with the whole area. Bleached bumholes included....or not!

I try not to think about it since the episiotomy I had with DC1, especially since my GP kindly described it as barbaric at my 6 week post birth check-up.

Sounds like nothing to worry about but I would go to a GP or maybe a nurse ;one that does smears) just to check it out and for reassurance.

Look at the vulva gallery on Instagram

Sounds very much like the rugae of the vaginal wall you are seeing, I'd assume you have a slight prolapse.
Btw, vagina is the internal genitalia so you don't have vaginal lips... I hope 😅

Hmm, it is possible to be pinky perfect and be over 30.It does depend on how many children you’ve had though.

They can be referred to as that - ‘The vaginal lips, also known as the labia, are the external female genitalia and are made up of the labia minora and labia majora’

Hey 😊it’s likely this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal_rugae#:~:text=Vaginal%20rugae%20are%20structures%20of,and%20prolapse%20of%20pelvic%20structures.
I was same as you…had a look one day for some reason and saw the fleshy bit etc…could not find anything on google etc and was so upset by it I paid to see a private gynae and within 2 min he said it’s this! All normal 😊

I'm sure it's normal!

My vulva is very "neat" but I'm aware that a lot of other women's are very different and it's all lovely. I am bisexual and have seen lots of vulvas and mine is I think unusually contained.