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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-09-21 03:32 pm

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(Anonymous) 2013-09-22 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
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Yes, multiple times. My gyno basically shrugged and said that it just sometimes hurts for some women until they have a lot of sex and so I should just keep going. Only my sex drive is VERY low just in general and since it hurts, I've got an aversion, so it just doesn't really happen all that often. So it never stops hurting. So I never stop wanting to avoid it. Vicious cycle.

(Anonymous) 2013-09-22 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
With all respect, ma'am, you might want to get a second opinion or two. (Straight guy here, so my vaginal information tends to be... second-hand, as it were.) I've known multiple women who suffered from one form or another of vaginismus or painful penetration. There really are treatments for it, and many women with your same problem have been able to get all the vaginal comfort they want. Sometimes it's as simple as patience, practice, and the right partner, other times there's other treatments.

Again, this is a second-hand perspective, but if it's something that's important to you, you don't have to take "Welp, nothing we can do" for an answer. If you haven't already, maybe start by finding some online blogs and support networks, talk to other women who've been where you are.

(Anonymous) 2013-09-22 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
Seriously, seconding the other anon. If it's vaginismus, then the answer is not 'just keep going at it until it stops hurting'. Repeated pain in association with a particular activity is just going to condition you to dislike it.

I feel like there's a decent chance that your issue is vaginismus, in which case this might be useful for you: http://www.vaginismus.com/vaginismus-treatment

Seriously, you start with like, a q-tip or a finger, and then graduated vaginal dilators. Going straight to something penis-sized can be uncomfortable even for women with[i]out[/i] vaginismus, plus the emotional stuff all tied up with sex, and just... [i]augh![/i] Suggesting that a woman experiencing painful sex just keep at it is so freaking STUPID and potentially emotionally (or even physically) harmful! Why would anyone even want to do a lot of something painful!

(Anonymous) 2013-09-22 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Suggesting that a woman experiencing painful sex just keep at it is so freaking STUPID and potentially emotionally (or even physically) harmful! Why would anyone even want to do a lot of something painful!

Oh yes, plus a friggin' billion to this.

(Anonymous) 2013-09-22 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Thirding the other anon. Your gyno does not sound like s/he is taking your issue seriously nor does s/he seem to be particularly proactive in solving the issue (and I hate to say it, but this is not uncommon; the medical profession does not have a particularly good historic track record in taking women's concerns seriously, in particular women's sexual health concerns.) I'd say it's time to fire him/her and get someone who *will* take you seriously, perhaps a specialist in pelvic pain. It could make a world of difference.

(Anonymous) 2013-09-23 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, multiple times. My gyno basically shrugged and said that it just sometimes hurts for some women until they have a lot of sex and so I should just keep going.
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Your gyno sounds like he's talking out of his arse, that advice is ridiculous