The Myth That C-Section Could Save Your Sex Life

Did you know that Brazil has one of the highest C-section rates in the world with at lest 52% of women going through the invasive procedure for childbirth? The figures are 32% more than that in the US and about 15% more than the WHO recommended levels. Interestingly, the C-sections in Brazil are mostly elective, and women do so because they are concerned that a vaginal birth could affect their sex lives after having a baby!

Now that is something. It just goes to show how women are conditioned towards saving their sex lives to having babies through surgical intervention.

Having a baby indeed brings many changes in lives. It sees the changes right at the level of your relationship. The question, however, is whether a C-section would come to the rescue of your sex life then?

Women might have some issues, including a demanding partner, that determine whether she is to have a C-section delivery. Sadly there is much illusion around sex not feeling the same again after having a vaginal birth. There are several men who are not educated on the benefits of vaginal birth. At the same time there are women who yield to the demands of their partner or are cajoled into the invasive measure which is recommended only under certain medical conditions or when labor doesn’t progress as it should.

Having a child is the responsibility of men alike. If a man thinks that his child should be brought into the world simply because his partner’s vagina shouldn’t feel loose after having to push his child out, it could be one of the meanest conditional relationships that can garner much public protest like the kind of response this woman received on an online community after she mentioned that her partner made a demand that her child be born through C-section.

The instance would have us thinking what we would do if we were in her place. For any sane person, she would lose her tranquility. She would be aghast. It can go to show that childbirth not only brings about possible physical changes but also that it might curtail major part of your peaceful relationship – and raise the debate that childbirth can determine about what goes on in your bedroom.

Moreover the debate doesn’t stop here. It leads you to different perspectives coming from the doctors as well. It turns out that some doctors do admit the fact that Brazilian women fear vaginal birth will change their perineum. The doctors call it utter myth. However, there are profesionals who think that a C-section could have a great effect on intercourse than a vaginal delivery could.

Again, there is a school of thought among doctors that C-sections could actually make intercourse more painful. If enough care isn’t taken after the procedure, the scarring around the uterus might make the vaginal intercourse more painful and make it susceptible to infections.

The fact that most of us who are not medically trained might tread at what the majority says could alter our point of view. But to the women out there, it’s important that you maintain your sanity. Elective C-sections on account of unfounded myths around your sex lives need to be addressed. Don’t go by word of mouth. Think through your heads and discuss with your doctors.

But above all, discuss with your partner your choice and as to why vaginal deliveries are not to be feared. Your baby is here to strengthen the bond between you two, so his route of birth, makes little sense. Don’t forget the array of responsibilities that are anyway going to damper your sex lives at some point in time. But it all evens out after that passing phase.

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