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Endo gals and sex ( possible tmi post!)

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If you have endo, is sex painful? My periods are uncomfortable but my biggest complaint which led to the endo diagnosis is painful sex (besides the IF). What do you do to help with the pain? It's difficult to try to make a baby when it's extremely painful. :(
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  • LnR70707LnR70707 member
    sometimes it is...we usually just try different positions until we find one that works the best.


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  • Sunshine05Sunshine05 member
    I had very painful sex in the beginning, but chalked it up to inexperience at first (DH & I waited until marriage).  When it kept going and going, I mentioned it to my RE who mentioned a condition called vaginismus.  You might try looking it up, vaginismus.com was a very helpful site.  I ended up ordering the dilators and using them to help.  Now everything is peachy-keen in that department!  ;-)
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  • legaleagleslegaleagles member

    I got dx'd w/ endo due to painful intercourse - and honestly we have 1 or 2 positions that are less painful, and we keep our sex life a little less adventurous b/c of it, but it's not worth the pain, having to plan to take vicodin before or after ('cause that ruins the mood). So we found what words best and do that.

    We are doing IUIs right now b/c of PCOS as well so sex is just sex for us. 

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  • may2806may2806 member

    Yes, especially before my lap sex was way painful for me. DH would always want to try new stuff and I think he still has a hard time understanding that it's just easier if we stick to the positions that are more comfortable for me, otherwise we risk ruining the whole thing! Since my surgery it's been much better, but lately I've felt some pain creeping back and I'm a little concerned that the endo is growing back.

    That's what so hard about endo - besides the IF, it can really affect your quality of life. It's not fun to be in pain all the time :(

     

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  • babyjane23babyjane23

    I wish there was an endo board.
    I was just diagnosed with stage 3 endo.  I was having irregular bleeding and no BFP after 8 months, my dr. found I had a cyst, after monitoring it for several months it didn't go away, so I just recently had laproscopic sugery to remove the cyst and remove any endo he could.
    I haven't been able to have sex yet and AF hasn't arrived yet (it's only been a few days after surgery!)  but i'm really curious to see how my body feels.  I didn't think I was in any pain but looking back there were times when having sex was painful and AF was always heavy with bad cramps.  But that's is all i've ever known so I didn't really know any better.
    Hopefully this is not TMI but for me it helps to start out slower, and if you're not in the mood, it just makes it worse.  Try not to get frustrated (even though I know it can be awful!) and just be patient.
    It's hard to understand if you're not going through it.  I hope things workout for you!!!
    I don't think I was much help, but just wanted you to know there are many of us here that know what you're going through. 

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