Remember that “birds and bees” conversation you had with your mom? 

Well, there are a few things she may have left out. Which is why women of all ages often find themselves asking, “Why didn’t my mama say there’d be days like this?” 

Thankfully, Dr. Lauren Streicher, clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s medical school and author of Sex RX: Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever, has some answers. 

Here she shares nine not-so-fun sex facts that your mother probably should’ve warned you about… plus a few modern-day fixes.