Kirsty's Close Encounters: tight vaginas and fishnet baby-grows – podcast

In this edition we hear from Kirsty who has a set of Russian-doll-style dildos, which start off tiny and grow in size. But why?

  • WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT

Close Encounters is a series of podcasts in which journalist Alix Fox has honest conversations about sex and relationships.

Here we hear from Kirsty, who has a special set of dildos designed to help her insert increasingly bigger things into her vagina, which tends to clamp up tightly and painfully due to a condition called vaginismus. The condition makes it almost impossible for Kirsty to have penetrative sex – even if she dearly wants to. She and Alix have a heart-to-heart about her parts, and a love life full of stops and starts.

Share your story: if you have a question about what you’ve heard, or want to share your own encounter, email us in confidence at closeencounters@theguardian.com.

  • A Rethink Audio / Guardian production. Close Encounters’ end theme, Bells, by Secret Circuit, is available now on Emotional Response