When Lawrence and I started having tentative sex about 12 weeks after our baby was born, penetration caused me terrible pain. My midwife implied I was being hysterical... Lawrence started to worry I was making the pain up... doctors were so insistent that I had healed perfectly... Lawrence started to suspect I didn't desire him any more.
About seven years after our daughter was born, he tracked down a specialist. She took one look at my scar and said I needed an operation called the Fenton's procedure because the cut had not properly healed. It was the most incredible relief.
Since menopause, my libido has dropped even lower. Part of our issue is that when Lawrence feels rejected he spends less time wooing me, so it's a vicious cycle: I want sex less and less.
#misunderstood-pain #relationship-strain #communication-challenges #decreased-libido #medical-condition-impact-on-sex-life
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