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bluedot

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Pain During Intercourse--please Help!
Posted: 01-20-04 19:44pm

I began having pain during intercourse about 2 years ago--6 years after I became sexually active. The pain occured at the entrance of the vagina--right at the beginning of penetration. Sometimes with lubricants, the pain would be less, but it never disappeared (and vaginal lubrication did not seem to be the problem at all).

A year later I was with a new partner and intercourse was painful the first few times, but one night I felt completely relaxed and was not worried about the pain at all (i had had a few glasses of wine) and I experienced no pain. This was the first time that had happened to me in over a year. From then on, we were able to have sex and I did not feel any pain, but about 7 months later, I began feeling pain again--in the exact same place it had been before, and it has not subsided (this was 3 months ago). I have been tested, over the last 2 years, for every sexually transmitted disease and for yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis. The only thing that has ever come back positive were one or two yeast infection tests, and I treated those immediately. Every time I go to the doctor (i have been to about 5 different gynocologists at this point), they have no idea what to tell me. I am so unbelievably frustrated. It has gotten to the point where I feel unattractive to my partner and at times, avoid sexual contact becasue I feel inadequate.
Any advice would be very very appreciated! I'm getting really desperate!
Thank you
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misa

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Pain During Intercourse
Posted: 01-21-04 17:43pm

Well, I would say. Maybe it could be because you stress alot. When you have a few glasses of wine you become relaxed and don't even remember about the pain. My advice would be to tell your boyfriend/husband to sympathize with you and to take it slow, sometimes during sex having him kiss you on the neck or massaging your breast may relax you and you might begin to enjoy it.

Remember having sex is supposed to be a good thing Exclamation
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autumn24

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Posted: 01-21-04 19:50pm

This question may be way off base, but were you ever sexually abused or raped? If you were -- even though the pain is real it can stem from the past. Our bodies remember things even when we overcome obstacles. This is just one possible explanation.
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violet123

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Posted: 02-01-04 16:22pm

Bluedot, I can feel your pain!
When I read your post, it's like I was listening to myself.

I've just gone to the gyno about this... He said that earlier that day, he had 3 women, all with this problem. I wanted him to make sure, first of all, that there was nothing medically wrong with me. (here's what he explained to me... Perhaps it's the reason for your pain too.) if there's no reason medically, it could be said that all the pain was my own doing - that is... When I anticipate sex, and anticipate the pain, I tense up, I brace myself. Even unvoluntarity, unconciously, but it tenses the muscle right at the entrance to the vagina.

He said that the best way for me to have sex and get used to the feeling of sex is to spread my legs very wide apart. Normally when I go to the gyno, the pelvic exam really hurts with that thing they put in there. But he showed me that if my legs are spread as wide as I can, there's no pain. It doesn't allow that thing to come in contact with the muscle in the vagina, it doesn't tense it up, doesn't freak me out... Doesn't start the idea rolling to expect pain.

Since then, i've had sex two wonderful times with my boyfriend - and for the first time ever in my life it felt good. There was still a little bit of pain, but this is really the first time that I could fully have sex, and of course, it's going to hurt a woman's first time anyway.

The best position was for me to kneel on the floor, bent over forwards onto a couch. Or stand next to a bed with my legs spread really wide (bf conveniently tied them apart). My arms were either tied or held out in front of me so I couldn't reach down and stop his penis from going into me, which is my first instinct at the first tinge of pain. I find if I just go with it, relax, savor the things that feel good, it begins to feel wonderful... Wink
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StarLynn

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I'm Not Alone..
Posted: 02-10-04 16:40pm

My sex drive is nothing, after I had my child everything changed. My child is now 2 and there's no change for me. My boyfriend is so tired of my excuss of not wanting to have sex.
First he thought there was someone else, or it was him, he wasent good enough. It just hurts badly. My doctor said, it my hurt because my cervix is different now and the shape of it has changed since the birth of my child.
Really i'm almost 21 and i'm suppose to be lovin sex and wanting it. Sex never crosses my mind. My boyfriend and I fight , hes pretty understanding, but there comes a point when hes like why wouldnt I want it? Its been 3 months.
The pain and no drive, I need help.
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