5 Side Effects of Sex That Seem Weird
1. You Release Air From Your Lady Parts We’ve all been there: You’re in the middle of sex, totally savoring the moment, and all of a sudden your vagina lets out a noise that sounds shockingly like a fart. Queefing—also called varting—is the result of a trapped pocket of air getting pushed out of your vagina, and the sound that follows often resembles having gas, says Debby Herbenick, Ph.D., associate professor at Indiana University and author of The Coregasm Workout. The good news: It’s completely normal and something that happens to many women (even if it’s not talked about openly). What can you do to silence the sound? “Some women find that it only happens to them with lots of in-and-out thrusting,” says Herbenick. So switching to gentler sex or a position where the penis doesn't come entirely out of the vagina with each thrust can help, she notes. 2. You Produce a Lot of Fluids Whether you’re squirting or experiencing female ejaculation, both are natural side effects of having s...