I’m a gynaecologist – what we really think of those embarrassing noises in your checkup & why your privates make them
IT’S something that the majority of women would be mortified about happening during a gynaecological checkup.
But one doctor has explained just why your privates might wait until then to make an embarrassing noise, and why you should never be embarrassed about it.
Gynaecologist Dr Caminero took to TikTok to share a video in which she opened up about why vaginal ‘queefs’ occur, and why it’s not actually a fart.
“It’s just air that’s trapped in the vagina,” she said.
“The air can come into the vagina just from exercise, or intercourse, or position, and it can be stuck in the back of the vagina.
“And then it gets displaced or maybe forced out… with moving, with yoga, with exercise, with penetration during sex, with sex toys, with anything that can enter the vagina and displace that air that is often trapped on the inside of the vagina.”
As such, the insertion of a speculum – which commonly occurs during gynae appointments – could lead to a noise squeaking out.
Using a model of a pelvis, Dr Caminero explained that when air enters the vagina, it can get trapped at the back – before it get to the uterus.
“Some women can force it out and for others it’s during intercourse that it can be pushed out or displaced,” she added.
Concluding her video, Dr Caminero said that it’s completely natural, and not something you should worry about happening during a checkup.
“So don’t be embarrassed if it happens – it happens to all of us,” she said.
“I was so embarrassed the first time this happened to me,” one person commented on the video.
“Just about two years ago and I felt like I was going to die of embarrassment.”
To which Dr Caminero replied: “Most of us think it’s just us and we get embarrassed. This is why I’m posting.
“To let all women know it happens to all of us and we are normal.”
“I always get that after a pelvic exam or pap smear,” another remarked.