At Celebrating Women Center in Oxnard, California, Dr. Adrienne Lara, MD, wants her patients to know that she ‘went to medical school for you’. Her model for practice is that of a collaborative relationship with patients where Doctor and Patient work together to optimize a patient’s Health, Beauty, Wellness.  Voted Best Med Spa/Cosmetic Surgeon 2014-2020 by the Ventura County Reporter and Best Med Spa Readers’ Choice County Star 2018-2021, CWC offers a number of health and wellness treatments focused on regenerative medicine, Aesthetic and Cosmetic procedures and surgery and Sexual Medicine.  Believing in the Innate Beauty of a Woman, Dr. Lara strives to enhance that beauty in a way that empowers her inner strength with.  Liposuction, RF facial treatment, Injectables, Vaginal Laser and Rejuventation, O-shot and DUO by ALMA for orgasm, Low Libido treatment and PRP/Fat tranfer. All therapies are designed to allow a patients’ natural beauty to shine through.   

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Women, has there been a time you thought you wet the bed during sex? Or felt like your Bladder might have leaked – a lot? You, my friend, could have experienced the act of squirting, which is the vernacular term for female ejaculation. And whether you knew this or not, you were not the first to experience it nor will you be the last. In fact, squirting has been around since the KamaSutra (200-400 A.D.) era when it was known as “female semen” that “falls continuously.” Sounds splendid, doesn’t it?

To get a better idea as to what squirting really means for us women, Sexual Medicine Expert for Women and Haute Beauty expert Dr. Adrienne Lara dives into the juicy details. What is squirting? Is it urine? Is it our internal fluids? How is the Skene’s Gland involved? It is time to clear up the confusion. 

• Fluid from Skene’s gland = female ejaculation
• Fluid from Skene’s gland + urine = squirting
• Urination during intercourse = coital incontinence

Hopefully that breakdown helped a little, but if it didn’t, don’t worry – the composition of female ejaculation has actually been debated for quite some time. Most people consider squirting to be any fluid but urine, which is true. The female ejaculate has creatine, urea concentration and contains prostate-specific antigen (PSA) that serve to protect the urethra. When ejaculating the fluid comes out on either side of your urethra, the Skene’s gland, which is analogous to the prostate in men. 

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What causes squirting?

What causes squirting is a whole different story. Right now, it is not yet known and under further investigation. These are the facts we do know: 

• Women sometimes don’t squirt till the age of 60
• Squirting can occur before, during, or after orgasm
• Ejaculation does not mean orgasm 
• There is not one method to cause a person to squirt
• Our Skene’s gland can vary in size or be absent 

Not every woman squirts! Based on the facts above, you can see why you may have, will, or will not ever squirt.   And don’t feel discouraged by the possible adult erotica scenes that depict a large volume of fluid – on all sexual occurrences. Just like a movie, female ejaculation is staged and exaggerated. The amount (volume) of fluid released is usually the same as urinating (peeing) and can vary throughout sexual intercourse. The fluid is thin like urine (pee) but does not smell like urine.

Can squirting cause your orgasm to be more dramatic?

I wouldn’t say it makes an orgasm more dramatic. If anything, it makes the experience more unique, exciting, or unusual, especially the first time it happens. Each person’s degree of drama is different. Squirting should not be analogous to sexual accomplishment. In fact, sex should be seen as a fun, exciting physical and emotional pleasure, not a measuring tool for any individual. You should never consider squirting an act of success because based on medical facts you will run the risk of placing an unrealistic stress and anxiety on yourself and your partner. 

Exploration with a partner or flying solo is worth doing to learn what pleasures and what doesn’t.  As for squirting, exploration is educational. I suggest stimulating the clitoris and G-spot simultaneously which could induce the Skene’s gland to ejaculate and squirt.

If you have further questions regarding optimizing your Sexual Health, schedule an appointment at Celebrating Women Center with Dr. Lara to explore your options.