Talking to Your New Partner About Vaginal Dryness
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Talking to Your New Partner About Vaginal Dryness

Talking to Your New Partner About Vaginal Dryness

Talking to Your New Partner About Vaginal DrynessIt can be an intimidating and uncomfortable experience talking to a new partner about the discomfort and pain of vaginal dryness, which by itself is never an easy situation to be experiencing. But it doesn´t have to be an uncomfortable discussion if you allow your partner to understand what you´re going through.

Read on to find out various approaches and methods to talking to your new partner about vaginal dryness.

Why Should I Talk To My Partner About Vaginal Dryness?

You shouldn´t have to suffer in silence! Communication is key in any relationship, but especially in one that is just beginning to blossom. Avoiding communication with a partner about vaginal dryness will only result in frustration and anxiety for you both. Read on for two tips on how to talk to your partner about vaginal dryness.

Reassure Your Partner

Talking to Your New Partner About Vaginal DrynessAs the saying goes, patience is a virtue but for a new partner the anticipation of sexual intercourse is always great and waiting can be a challenge. And trying to explain to your new partner that sexual intercourse when dealing with vaginal dryness is unpleasant and painful is not an easy task! Take the experience outside of the bedroom to another environment where you feel comfortable talking. Explain to your partner what vaginal dryness is by documenting your experience. Talk your partner through it, including the reasons you can´t enjoy the full experience of sexual intercourse and that “riding the storm” is only temporary.

Engage in Other Stimulating Activities

Talking to Your New Partner About Vaginal DrynessIntimacy doesn´t only include sexual intercourse. Finding other ways to stimulate your partner such as extended caressing, body massages or mutual masturbation (“outercourse”) can lead to other equally yet sexually gratifying experiences. Making love without touching each other is sure to be a tantalizing experience. This will keep the passion fires burning.

Being open to discussing an intimate topic like vaginal dryness with your new partner not only brings you and your partner closer together, but can help you achieve a new level of sexual satisfaction. Click on the following link to learn more information about the treatments of vaginal dryness.

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  • "Vulvovaginal Symptoms". The Changing Body: Menopause Handbook. www.menopause.org.
  • Love, Susan M.D. Menopause and Hormone Book. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2003.