Sex Question / Birth Control

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Hi Christine! I just have a question, I was diagnosed with urethrocele six months ago after the birth of my second baby. I have not even tried to have sex yet. With having the urethrocele, do you think it will be painful? Also, what do you recommend for birth control, as I am still breastfeeding.

Also, my condition has improved immensley in the past 6 months. I can say that I do use the posture as much as I possibly can remember to. With two busy babies, I do work on the exercises too but, it is crazy around here!

Dear Candice,

It's good to hear from you and especially that you are seeing improvement!

I think you should definitely run the experiment (sex!) and find out for yourself!! But before you do...get out as many sizes of paper you have and as many crayons, markers, paints etc. and spend half a day with your favorite music playing in the background and write, draw, and paint the letters NO FEAR.

I can't say this with any authority, and it will take some time (which I don't have just now) to look up, but I did read some months ago somewhere in the gyno journals that the diagnosis "urethrocele" was being discarded. These are all cystoceles higher or lower on the bladder neck/bladder.

Good for you for breastfeeding for the long run! Candice, I can't answer you about birth control! I want to say take your temperature, watch your mucus, watch the moon...but I know you need more precision than that and I simply have not given it much thought as my focus is prolapse.

My hope is that other women will give you information, and/or you will become our resident expert on birth control!

:-)Christine

My baby is 4 months. I had sex at 6 weeks and it was wonderful! :) I am still breastfeeding and though I hate them, we are using condoms as I still have no period and do not know when my fertility will return. Once my periods begin again, I will be monitoring cervical changes, mucus changes, and my temperature (great book: Taking charge of your fertility-- by an author with first name Toni--think I posted it before on this site--when I have more time I'll verify her name). But until then the only thing I feel safe using is condoms and we have used NO birth control during our six years of marriage, but we do have 3 kids-- only one unexpected... :)