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Q: Painful sex after stopping birth control
asked by: mhenn212 on June 19th, 2009
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About two years ago, I went off my birth control to save money and because my boyfriend and I were living in two different countries, so I didn't really think I needed it. I was on one called Estrostep. Anyway about a month after I went off my birth control my boyfriend came to visit for a week. During that week, sex was painful to me (it had never ever been before) but I kind of endured it for the week knowing I wouldn't see him again for another 5-6 months. A couple of days after he left I got a call from my gynecologist saying that I had some evidence of a yeast infection. I never had one of those before in my life ever before either. So I took some medication to clear it up. Fast foward to 6 months when I moved over to Australia to be with my boyfriend and attempted sex once again and it was painful. I was extremely tight and dry down below and if attempted sex continuously then I would end up with bloody sex and a rawness feeling. Moreover, over that next year I suffered from weight gain and painful constipation. Some doctors i've seen have mentioned it can be vaginismus. Now there is about a 30% chance of my body lubricating itself before sex and can only have sex for about 5 minutes before it starts hurting. I've grown extremely depressed and my confidence in myself has dropped tremendously. What is happening and how can I fix it?
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replied on June 19th, 2009
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if you have sex once every six months you should be tight. when your having sex with your boyfriend, do he give you foreplay? i tell a lot of women not to let a guy enter them if they are dry because it will hurt. if you are dry you can use ky-jelly.
having a yeast infection has nothing to do with it.
i m going to private message you some important information.
good luck,
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