Please refresh the page and retry. It is worse in the morning. What should I do? I want this to stop. What is wrong with me? Vaginal wind, queefing, vaginal flatus, fanny farts.
THEY can cause serious embarrassment, but fanny farts shouldn't always be laughed off. Granted most episodes won't mean anything serious there are some instances when you might be wise to see your doctor. The embarrassing noise is simply the air being released from your vaginal canal, also known as "queefing". But since the farting sound isn't being caused by waste gases and doesn't smell, it is not actually a fart. That's because the vagina expands and contracts when you're aroused, allowing more air to enter. So when the fun is over and done with, it will eventually comes out accompanied by a farting sound.
Once air is trapped, it will eventually be released from the vagina and can cause a sound similar to common flatulence from the rectum. It is typically a normal occurrence, and it is rarely a sign of a serious health concern. However, it can either be a passing occurrence, or it may be a symptom of a medical condition that will need to be treated. There are a number of different things that can cause vaginal gas.
Illustration by Brandon Bird. The human body is a beautifully disgusting and disgustingly beautiful Rube Goldberg machine, with many parts and processes interacting to make magic happen. But sometimes those processes interact to make something horrifying. Screengrab via Reddit. There are a few different names for the aforementioned phenomena: "vart," "exiting through the gift shop," "cooter pooter," "sisterhood of the traveling farts," and best of all, "retweeting.