Painful intercourse
Some women continue to feel throbbing or burning pain long after intercourse. You may experience deep pain with each thrust, or your pain may slowly emerge following normal sex. Some women feel pain only during sexual penetration, while others feel discomfort even when using tampons. This pain may affect part of your vagina, or you may feel it in your pelvic region, lower back, uterus, or bladder. The signs and symptoms of dyspareuniaĭyspareunia, or frequent pain during intercourse, involves feeling pain at any point just before, during, or following sex.
Here at Women’s Healthcare of Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey, we’ve helped many women overcome painful intercourse and restore their sexual health, and we’re confident that we can help you, too. This fairly common problem - three in four women experience pain during sex at some point in their lives - can usually be resolved with the right approach. While there’s no doubt that painful intercourse can have a major impact on your life and your relationship with your partner, it’s nothing to agonize over or feel embarrassed about. But when sex becomes painful, you may find yourself doing anything and everything just to avoid it.
Sexual intimacy is meant to be an enjoyable experience that draws you and your partner closer together.