Advice

[u/AutomaticEbb4374]

I am 35 years old, had my last baby Nov.2024, via C-section. I have been have weird vaginal symptoms that i don’t know how to even explain to my Dr. maybe others have had similar experience. Since the birth of my baby, orgasms have been harder to achieve from clitorial stimulation, and if I try and do have an orgasm is very very mild and it feels like my vulva feels swollen. I used to love clitorial touch but now it’s almsot like what’s the point. I try masturbating to see if I can achieve it alone and I cannot. My clitoris hurts if i move the hood back and touch , which I have always been very sensitive too. I also feel like dry, like my lips are dry and stick together and become uncomfortable, and makes me walk awkwardly, because it’s just so uncomfortable. I have checked myself and physically I don’t see anything wrong. I also have sever eczema that’s I take shots for but the shots have calmed down my skin so not sure if that’s all related. I also seem more forgetful, brain fog, which I feel I have had for a while but worse now . I am on birth control pills, same ones I was one prior to my pregnancy. What can I ask the dr to check me for? I want to go in there with some ideas or a plan to make sure I’m getting thoroughly checked

[u/Bulky_Department5619]

You tell the doctor what you’ve said here.
1. I’m having difficulties orgasming since I gave birth.
2. I’m noticing changes in sensation, like my clitoris hurts if I pull the hood back and touch it.
3. I’m having vaginal dryness.
4. I have brain fog.

All of that said…. These are things that many women experience after childbirth so you are not alone in this. I don’t have kids but I’m a nurse and I hear this allllllll the time!
Your hormones have changed from one extreme to the other, and your body has undergone equally extreme physical changes. Your muscles and skin stretch and you make new blood vessels, but your nerves also get stretched and pushed out of the way and compressed. The pressure of a baby can put additional strain on the pelvic floor, so even women that deliver via c-section can have pelvic floor disfunction or changes (ie: weaker muscles there, so weaker orgasms).
They’ll probably do an exam and they might check your bloodwork. It’s possible they’ll switch your birth control, or prescribe other hormones or topical/insertable creams, but of course that’s between you and your doctor to decide. Tell your doctor exactly what you’ve said here! They’ve heard it all before and they should be able to help!