Posted by Angielala on January 15, 2004, at 10:51:45
In reply to Embarrassed... Vaginismus (one for the girls!), posted by NikkiT2 on January 15, 2004, at 9:45:13
First- never feel embarassed here! I'm glad you posted.
My mom and my cousin both went through this. Their reason was because of sexual abuse when they were children.
My cousin went in for treatment, as you have scheduled. She is much much better- in fact she hasn't had a problem for a long time.
My mom, however, took a different approach. She didn't want to go to the docs because she was so embarassed. She thought that "Everyone would know what happened to her" if she went. So she started doing Keegal (sp?) excersizes and worked with my dad to make sure she was eased everytime they attempted sex (geez- I'm talking about my parents sex life... I think I'm going to be sick ;))
My mom hasn't had a problem since. She also started running and taking bathes instead of showers. She swears the bathes helped, though my cousin, when she went for treatment was never told that a bath would help... but apparently it can. My mother tells me it had a lot to do with relaxing her lower half of her body. She even got into pilates to keep limber. My mom is no doc, but she seemed to be able to ease a lot with everyday stuff.
You are going to be fine... and you'll be able to do the horizontal limbo soon! ;)
Let me know how it goes!
> Damn I wish I could post anon here!!
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> But, I'm suffering from vaginismus.. Its been a problem for the last 10 months, but finally got a diagnoses today.
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> I'm booked in for in patient treatment for 2 days.. (in 3 weeks time).. the nurse specialist who'll be doing said it will be 3 sessions each day of vaginal dilation and relaxation techniques.
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> I've read up on internet about it, but wondered if anyone here had any personal experiences of it (though I will totally understand if no one posts, as its not a nice subject).. Mine has no cause (very annoying) that they can work out by the way.
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> Thanks everyone..
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> Nikki
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