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Sex is hard work do I give up

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ThePeppyLeader · 23/10/2024 09:47

Just hoping I find someone with similar issues to me that can relate !! Tmi incoming.

Fed up just fed up with shitty sex, pelvic floor playing up.. I've just turned 33 been with DP since I was 28. Had great sex no issues whatsoever for a good few months then suddenly noticed I couldn't grip him properly, especially when I was ontop I noticed it more. I had my first DD in 2013 when I was 21 and snapped back into shape pretty quickly no issues with pelvic floor following her birth, at this point she was 7 years old so why then? Ever since this started happening i can't say I've enjoyed sex once and it's caused huge anxiety I try to avoid it and my libido just completely disappeared. I'd find sometimes I'd be too tight on entry where sex felt painful to start with or be completely loose where I can't even feel him. (Dd is a good size) I have told him to get off me many many times and just cried.
I gave birth to our second DD in 2022, everything seemed to go back to normal for a few months following, but again slipped back to the same shit again!

Recently I went on the combined contraceptive pill for a couple of months after having UID out , during that time I seemed to go back to being tight (normal) again and sensitive down there everything was pleasurable DP noticed the difference and we had amazing sex!!! I really felt connected to him again. Unfortunately had to come off the pill due to having anxiety and terrible mood swings. Vagina went back to being wide again and shit sex AGAIN. I have tried kegels was using the squeezy app religiously for a few months didn't really notice alot of difference. I have got the kegel8 ultra and doesn't seem to grab my muscles properly, also with a toddler that is constantly on the go and refuses to go to sleep quite often I am normally too knackered to find the time to use. I've bought kegel weights but worried as I don't know what's causing this to happen I might do more damage?

Last night for the first time in a long long time I initiated sex. I really felt 'in the moment' only when he put it in I couldn't feel him inside. Bless him he was so pleased and excited but it was such a huge disappointment for me I just lay there in sadness and frustration. DP has been really supportive but he doesn't know what to say other than 'it's okay I still enjoy it babe' its not his fault, but I want too as well. It's really wrecking my self esteem and our relationship because I put walls up. I don't know what to say to the doctors I've tried mentioning before in the past but they don't seem to see an issue in anything I say.

Perhaps I am lacking estrogen? Perhaps my pelvic floor is just weak although i never have issues with leaking or holding onto wee? I don't know what to do or where to turn but I am one fkin fed up mum. At 33 is my sex life really over?

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Moier · 23/10/2024 10:22

I'd get referred to a gynaecologist.
The wait is long though.. but at least you will be on the list.
You might get to see a special physiotherapist who helps with this sort of thing..
After my " accident " l was pushed under a bus which crushed my pelvis.. when l was well enough ( 3 years later) l saw one.. l had vaginal cones linked to a machine .. that could measure the intensity of my squeezing..
Obviously my dilemma was different to yours..
Everyone should be entitled to a sex life.. and there is more understanding these days.
Good luck.

floppybit · 23/10/2024 10:57

@Moier what have I just read? You were pushed under a bus! My god, I'm so sorry this happened to you, I hope you're doing okay

Krumblina · 23/10/2024 11:01

Go see a pelvic floor physio. You need to find out what's causing the issue.

In the meantime do non penetrative sexual things if penetration is uncomfortable.
You don't need to not have sex, it can just be different for now.

ThePeppyLeader · 23/10/2024 11:04

@Moier oh my goodness! Hope your doing okay after that what an awful thing to happen. Do you mean a pelvic floor therapist as I have been looking at going directly to one lady nearby I just don't know what to expect.. and assumed it was more for ladies suffering incontinence or pregnancy difficulties as that's more what is advertised on her website.

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Carseatcarq · 28/10/2024 22:44

Dr nighat something on a menopause/women's health podcast with Davina... Something about topical oestrogen...

ThePeppyLeader · 29/10/2024 11:40

Carseatcarq · 28/10/2024 22:44

Dr nighat something on a menopause/women's health podcast with Davina... Something about topical oestrogen...

Thankyou for this. I watched it all this morning and was helpful. Have started following Dr Nighat now too.

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ThePeppyLeader · 29/10/2024 11:43

Want to contact a womans health physiotherapist but something holding me back just fed up with feeling stupid not being heard and suffering in silence I want to save anymore embarrassment

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