Hi! Not sure if this is the right sub, so please let me know if I should post somewhere else.
I’m 27F and have 2 under 2. Both pregnancies were overall uncomplicated, but during my second pregnancy I started having a lot of pelvic pain and external pain during sex. My OB said it was “normal” and likely due to hormones, stress, dryness, etc.
I’m now 3.5 months postpartum and sex is still painful most of the time. I got an IUD inserted at 2 months postpartum and initially I thought the pain was from that. But I also had pain before it was placed. The IUD actually had to be reinserted because it had moved, and I’m getting it checked again next week.
Yesterday I had my annual exam (Pap smear) and it was extremely painful. I’ve never had issues with Pap smears before but this time the speculum insertion hurt a lot. My doctor even said it was abnormal and that it shouldn’t hurt that much. The Pap itself wasn’t the issue, it was the insertion.
She will be checking my IUD next week and going from there. She mentioned it can take up to 6 months postpartum for things to fully adjust and also suggested I might need to pause any form of contraception temporarily to see if that helps.
For now, she recommended using hyaluronic acid as a vaginal moisturizer.
But I guess I’m just wondering, has anyone experienced something similar? Is this something that can still be normal postpartum, or should I be more concerned? Did it eventually get better for you?