When the words vaginismus and pregnancy come together, they may be perceived a little differently.
One of the issues that vaginismus women are most ignorant about is the idea that I am not having sexual intercourse anyway, so I will not get pregnant. This misinformation causes many women with vaginismus to become pregnant at a time when they do not want to and are not ready. Pregnancy can occur due to sperm falling into the mouth of the vagina or the limited entry of the penis. Sometimes the process does not develop like this. They do not tell their families about the truth of vaginismus. The pressure from the environment begins. Grandchild is desired. The vaginismus woman will face the disease that she postponed and avoided that day. The desire to become pregnant can encourage women to overcome their fears that cause vaginismus. The success rate is very high for women who desire children. This motivation turns into an advantage in treatment. If the result is negative in the treatment, the feared and unwanted cycle is entered. The result is going to the in vitro fertilization center and getting pregnant with an unnatural method. In recent years, there has been an incredible increase in the number of virgin clients receiving in vitro fertilization treatment. Families who come to these centers and decide to have in vitro fertilization may have visited obstetricians, psychiatrists and psychologists until they reached this level, and perhaps they may have lost hope. They now accept that this problem is a part of their lives.
Another fact that should be known is that if a vaginismus patient gets pregnant without solving this problem, it will bring other problems. During pregnancy, a woman becomes increasingly anxious about birth as her baby grows inside her. The fear of how the baby's huge head can come out of a vagina where the penis cannot enter keeps tiring her mind. While the method of birth is a huge question mark in the pregnant woman's mind, doctors may also have trouble getting through this process. Because in these people, the fear of birth, postpartum fears, and general life concerns other than pregnancy and birth are at a high level. It is very important for pregnant women to establish a trusting relationship with their doctors, which they have not been able to establish in their life cycle.
How the birth will be done depends on the joint decision of the woman and the doctor.
A woman with vaginismus and a woman without vaginismus are at equal risk in terms of normal birth. is. A woman with vaginismus can have a normal birth if she wishes, but normal birth has no feature of curing vaginismus. It is not right to force a vaginismus patient to have a normal birth, thinking that vaginismus will be cured after giving birth normally. However, in vaginismus, it is not the vagina that contracts. These are fears in the brain. The vagina can never relax unless the mind is relaxed. Therefore, there is no way that birth will cure vaginismus.
However, most vaginismus patients who heal before birth learn to relax and use their breath very well after vaginismus treatment. They benefit from these experiences during the birth process and have a very comfortable birth. However, in pregnant women with vaginismus who do not have therapy, even if the birth is epidural, the birth may turn into a trauma because the mental therapy process is not completed. Considering that the rate of women giving birth normally is not very high and the high cesarean section rates, it can be seen that a patient with vaginismus does not actually have a problem with birth. They may even think that it is their right to give birth via cesarean section.
These couples prefer cesarean section as the birth method. The easiest solution at that moment is to end the pregnancy, which occurs at an undesirable time, with an unnatural birth method, cesarean section.
Despite the vaginismus problem, couples having a child by chance or through in vitro fertilization causes the real solution to this problem to be avoided and postponed. Couples who have vaginismus problems should get rid of the problem with sexual therapy without resorting to such solutions. Vaginismus treatment is a short-term process that can be successful. As long as they believe in themselves, know that they can achieve this, and cooperate with a sexual therapist whose experience they trust, sexual treatments are given to vaginismus patients who are pregnant in our clinic. Overcoming vaginismus during pregnancy will provide relief during birth. It will also open the door to normal birth instead of cesarean section surgery. Moreover, due to the rush experienced after birth, the chances of couples finding time for treatment decrease.
Read: 0
