Thread: Vaginal dryness and pain during sex?

Hi there,

This is my first post so any comment or advice is appreciated.

I am 19 years old and have been in a relationship for about a year and a half now. I have been used two different birth control pills Seasonique 9 months, and Sprintec, which I am currently using. I’ve tried other BC options (depo and ortho tricyclin lo) in the past. But the last 6 months or so I have had some major discomfort when my boyfriend and I have sex. We have sex anywhere to 1-4 times a week. My vagina always seems to be dry, which I read can be caused by BCP. We use lubrication about fifty percent of the time That isn’t my main problem… When he enters my vagina there is an area on the right side of my vagina that feels raw or torn, every time we have sex. We hardly ever have "rough" sex because I can never seem to stay well lubricated and the friction leaves me feeling really raw down there. We always try to go slow at first because usually the pain in that area becomes more and more tolerable as we get going. I have had him help me look down there for any abnormal coloring, bumps, swelling, etc. But there isn’t anything there. We have both been tested and have no STD’s, we are faithful so neither of us have contracted anything since being together. Sometimes it hurts too bad to continue to have sex and I feel really self-conscious and insecure when that happens. I’m wondering if it is my BCP that could be causing this or something else. I had an abortion about a year ago. It was the kind where they insert a tube and suction the lining out of the uterus. I would really like to know if anyone else has these types of problems. Or any advice on what to do differently. Please help?!?

I am glad your using some type of lubrication...maybe you could experiment with the different types. Perhaps ones that you insert and they last a few days? Try that. But I'd go get checked out by a gynocologist to be sure if it isn't something else.