Posted by Dinah on February 6, 2005, at 18:32:11
In reply to question to girls,re: sex (***TRIGGER***), posted by B2Chica on February 5, 2005, at 19:27:55
Ok, I'm going to be graphic here.
I've got the same problem, but it's been a problem from day one and has never not been a problem. I was looking forward to childbirth just because I figured after a head went through, anything else wouldn't hurt at all. So naturally I had a C-Section.
I lost my virginity late in life, and my hymen was probably tough as old shoe leather. At any rate, my latest gyn says that I have a small remnant of hymen left, and she thinks that's the cause of the pain. She wants to do outpatient surgery on it. I have the sneaking suspicion that while she's there, she'll probably do some stretching or snipping or something to ensure that the problem will be solved. Because no other gyn has ever mentioned it, and I know I clench, I'm not convinced that her theory of the remnant is correct. No amount of lubricant (and we really should buy stock in the stuff) eases the problem sufficiently to make it unpainful.
I'm sure that it's a combination of physical and psychological problems in my case. Not least of which because I really don't want the procedure done. I'm lucky, because my husband is opposed to general anaesthesia for elective surgery, so he's not pushing me to get it done.
poster:Dinah
thread:453758
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