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No, Not Tonight Honey

We wax it, we shave it, and hey, some of us even surgically rejuvenate it! We just love our vaginas. Oh Yes Good Times!! That is until you run a few kids through it. And then it becomes this old tired thing you just drag around with you all day long never even once giving your poor old vagina a thought unless your episiotomy scar starts to itch! And at the end of the day you might hear yourself saying, “No honey not tonight. I’m tired and besides I haven’t waxed in weeks…it’s probably not a good idea. No, not tonight!” But why not? Your husband could obviously use a good roll in the hay and it would do you wonders to have the big “O” tonight so why the pushback?

I remember being so afraid of even the thought of having sex after my daughter was born. I was dreading it actually. And who came up with the, “It’s OK to have sex six weeks after delivery” rule anyway?! At six weeks I was definitely not ready for that trauma. I couldn’t relax and I was annoyed that it hurt like hell that first time after delivery. But I felt sorry for the dumb ass and gave in. Oh, the sacrifices we women are willing to make. And even as time went on and I was healed from the birthing process there still wasn’t much of a sex drive. Of course there wasn’t much that he did to turn me on either, but that’s another story. Regardless, where did my sex drive go?

Bringing Our Libido Back

But this is a common story among many of us, our diminished sex drive after childbirth. It’s even joked about and accepted socially, yeah you have a kid or two or three and there goes the sex life. Or you are having sex and enjoying it less, and if it becomes a duty well that’s not good for anyone. The two top reasons relationships fail is lack of finances and lack of affection which of course leads to lack of sex. For finances you’ve got, Susie Orman but for the sex, well I’ve been doing some research on the sexual side of things and I’ve come to some conclusions and hopefully we can change this story and in doing so possibly bring our libido back.

Whether you are a stay at home mom dealing with kids all day or you’re a working mom dropping kids off, going to work, picking kids up, coming home taking care of dinner, baths and everything else that goes with the territory it’s a lot of work and yes, you ARE tired and maybe a little frustrated because there is so much for you to do. Well, what better way to end your day and get to release all that craziness and possible built up resentment for having to do most of the work yourself then by finishing up with a good old fashioned orgasm, literally exhausting yourself into a deep relaxing sleep. Sounds good to me!

So now how do we get there? What most of you don’t know and apparently are not being told is that after childbirth the most important part of the body next to the abdominals that needs to rehab are your perineum muscles. These are the muscles between your vagina and anus. These muscles work so hard for you during the pregnancy carrying all the baby weight and supporting the uterus and the bladder, they deserve some rejuvenation! During pregnancy, your poor bladder gets pushed further into the perineum causing you to have to pee every twenty seconds or so. These muscles are affected whether you have a vaginal birth or c-section; more so with a vaginal delivery, and even more so if you are still numb from an epidural when it’s time to push, now you have to push stronger and usually longer because you can’t really feel what you’re doing during delivery, really pushing these muscles to the limit!

Research shows that almost 75% percent of women by the time they reach their sixties and seventies (and trust me honey, once you start having kids every time you turn around its somebody’s birthday those years fly by…the next thing you know, your fifty six and your twenty four year old daughter now lives in Chicago and your left thinking jeez, “how the hell did that happen so fast”?) but anyway as I was saying almost 75% percent of us will suffer from some source of urinary incontinence, coughing and peeing, or sneezing and peeing all over the place. This is known as compromised bladder control and this condition is mostly due from childbirth. Oh my God! I never want to end up in Depends or having to take a prescription drug that gives me more serious side effects than my peeing all over the place. I cannot visualize myself wearing Depends. The only time I want to spontaneously feel the urge to pee myself is when I’m with my funny ass girlfriends but I still want to be able to manage the flow as I’m running for the bathroom.

A Kegel What?

What’s interesting to me is that today with all our technology and easy access to information, is that most of us don’t know just how important it is to do kegel exercises during your pregnancy to strengthen the perineum and what the benefits are related to doing the kegels both before delivery and after to hasten postpartum healing. Why are our medical caregivers not discussing this important fact with us? More than half of you that come into my office don’t even know what a kegel is! I find that fascinating but sad. You are intelligent woman of the world but have never heard of a simple exercise that could be so beneficial to you. But of course I have my own theory on why we are not being given this valuable info and I’ll tell you about that later.

Kegeling strengthens the perineum making for an easier delivery and possibly less tearing. Oh, not to change the subject but while I’m thinking about it, aside from the kegeling, another good tip, if you’re reading this and you are still pregnant, have your partner do the perineum massage around thirty seven weeks of pregnancy. When he massages your perineum, it will help to loosen the outer area of the vagina so that at delivery you can diminish some of the burning sensation felt at the crowning stage (also known as the “ring of fire”) and this technique also helps reduce the need for an episiotomy. I have complete directions on how to do this perineum massage on the site. You can turn this into a fun thing to do with your partner even if you need a half a glass of red wine to get there, and if your partner starts looking for excuses or complaining about having to do such a thing, remind them that they had no problem doing crazy stuff down there before you were a preggo!

No Depends for You!

The good news is that incontinence does not have to happen to you down the line! There are a few things you can do to help strengthen this very important part of your female anatomy. Other contributing factors to this condition besides childbirth, are sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercising and poor posture. Kegeling postpartum is so important but the problem is that if not done correctly you’re not doing yourself much good. And most of us are not doing them correctly!

After much time and research my recommendation is the Kegel Master by far. I suggest you read the article The Bastardization of Dr. Kegel’s Exercises, for more clinical information. I know you are busy but take time to inform yourself, this is another great way of giving back to yourself, also educating yourself.

Put down those parenting & pregnancy magazines for a minute and read something that you really need to know about and then go back and pick up your parenting & pregnancy magazines. I remember awhile ago, years ago, Oprah did a show on just this topic. It was such a good show so informative, on just how important it is to strengthen this part of our female anatomy, helping to decrease the possibility of incontinence down the line, and worst yet bladder or uterine prolapse. Oh, didn’t I mention prolapsed? Prolapse happens around the time you hit your sixties and seventies and these two body parts resting on a compromised perineum might have a tendency to actually fall out through your fabulous vagina and now here you go back to your OB/GYN surgeon’s office so they can sew everything back up to somewhere close to where it use to be. Is this why the medical profession is not telling us the importance of rehabbing this very vital life sustaining part of our female anatomy? If we all show up with stronger muscles then they would be performing less and less surgeries down the line. No? This makes sense to me. Hmm…think of it as your own personal health care reform plan, possibly saving your self from having surgery down the line and saving the insurance companies millions of dollars in not having to pay for all the surgeries.

This experience just happened to my friend’s mom – seventy years old, she wakes up goes to take her morning pee, wipes herself and feels something hanging out of her va-jj. Freaked out at first she thought she had grown a penis overnight or maybe it was always there and she just didn’t know it! Needless to say she was very confused.

She felt no pain and there was no bleeding, so what the hell else could it be she thought? I will never forget the look on her face when she was explaining to Frank and me how she thought she grew a penis and was so shocked to discover it!! This was such a horrible experience for her.

So back to the surgeon she goes, gets everything sewed back up into place, then she had to pee into a bag for a few weeks, oh and the good surgeon also tightened up the anal area because that area was also affected, and now after weeks of recovery she’s back to peeing on her own again. It was horrible for her. I would bet anything including my Chihuahua (but not my kid) that if this woman was told after delivering three children how important, vital really, that strengthening the perineum is to her overall long term health that she would not have had anything close to the experience she just went through. I will again bet the Chihuahua (but not the kid) that every single one of you reading this has an older female family member or friend suffering from some form or level of urinary incontinence, and if you say no, I’ll bet that you do and she’s just not talking about it. I hope that this info gets you thinking and doing your kegels with the Kegel Master but if this makes no sense to you, then you better start clipping coupons and start stocking up on Depends because there is a seventy five percent chance that you will need them down the line.

Fixing the Perineum Fixes Your Sex Life!

Now of course there is a silver lining just like with everything in life, and the best perk of all is that by strengthening those very important muscles you can and will improve your sex life. There were women on Oprah that day claiming they never had an orgasm before using these products. Can you imagine no more faking it! We deserve the real thing. Don’t we? But just like most things relating to women’s health we all talked about the Oprah show for about five minutes and then the excitement of bringing our vaginas back to their pre-baby shape went the way of our sex lives put on the back burner. Low heat or no heat at all! Where did our sex drive go we wonder?

So, here’s my theory. The perineum muscles that we have been discussing this whole time are also your sexual muscles. Yes the muscles that allow you to enjoy sex. Now if these muscles are compromised, tired, weakened and lacking proper blood flow, (which they are after childbirth) and then not being rehabbed afterwards, then there is no way you are getting all the satisfaction out of your sex life that both you and your partner deserve. It’s impossible!

It only makes sense that if your vaginal muscles/sexual muscles are stronger then so will your sex drive be. No? Yes this has to be, they even said so on Oprah!!! So this isn’t to deny the fact that you are tired. Oh no, girl, God knows you’re tired. This is about putting the kegel master at the top of your never ending list of things to do, and remembering that most of what you do is for other people and that’s OK as long as there are some good things on the list for you too. YOU should always be your first priority, always doing something good for YOU.

When Mommy’s Happy, Everybody’s Happy!

So you see that by you taking charge of the health of your perineum you are creating a great way to give back to yourself. When I talk about giving back to yourself, and I talk about that subject a lot, it is on this level of doing for yourself that I am usually referring to, giving back to yourself not just on a material level but taking care of the inner and outer and helping to bring a better balance between the two.

You should always be the first priority on your never ending list of things to do. The more good things you do for yourself, the more good things you have to share with all the people around you clamoring for all your attention. I want you healthy and I want you strong. You are the backbone of this operation, sore back and all, but at least you have a strong perineum! So I recommend that you order your Kegel Master ASAP and start squeezing. And while you’re at it, order one for your mother! What better way to show her you care and possibly keep her out of diapers. Let’s start a new trend here: from now on every baby shower you are ever invited to you need to get as many people as possible to chip in for a separate collection and buy the new mom the Kegel Master! Again, what better way to show your friend that you really care about her and her sex life?

Always remember, when mommy is happy everybody is happy. And in this case even daddy is happy. And speaking of penises one more thought for you to chew on, men love their penises so much they have gone to great lengths (no pun intended) to figure out ways to not only keep it hard until the day they die thanks to Viagra but also extend the length of it thanks to pumps and a product called Extenze! They even have an infomercial. I’m not even sure what Extenze is – a pill, a pump, a combination of the two, who knows I can’t bring myself to watch it long enough to find out! It’s crazy! Anyway, my point is men’s research will always be looking for more and better ways to keep that thing going longer, stronger and harder, so I just want to make sure that you are ready for it and tightened up for the task because you might be having sex for a long, long time! And that’s not such a bad thing as long as you are enjoying it too!

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A Better, More Satisfying, Intense Full Body Female Orgasm!

Marie Claire Magazine

Marie Claire Magazine chooses the Kegelmaster™ as the best and most effective tool for the enhancement of female sexual responsiveness and the increase in frequency, strength, duration and overall satisfaction of the female orgasm.

Article “You Can Train Your Vagina To Be More Orgasmic!” by Karen J. Bannan, Howard I. Glazer, Ph.D January issue of “Marie Claire” magazine.

We had real Women test, rate and choose the best sex tool for Women. The Kegelmaster was the overwhelming winner!

1. The Kegelmaster (93% Satisfaction Rating) >

2. FemTone Vaginal Weights (43% Satisfaction Rating) >

3. U-Control home trainer (37% Satisfaction Rating) >

WHAT IT IS A device that tones your PC muscle using resistance.

HOW IT WORKS You insert it into your vagina, then you practice squeezing and releasing the device by tightening your vaginal wall around it.

WHAT WE FOUND “When I opened the box I thought it was really funny looking. But it was easy to use. I started with the lowest of fifteen tension settings and worked up to level five by the end of four weeks.”

BETTER ORGASM? “Yes. Sex is definitely better for both me and my partner after using it. He says I feel tighter – and I can feel how strongly I contract, especially during orgasm.”

BIOFEEDBACK “Faith’s muscles were healthy and well balanced to begin with, and she added even more stamina by doing these exercises, which accounts for her positive results,” says Dr. Glazer.

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Cost of pelvic organ prolapse surgery in the United States
Subak LL, Waetjen LE, van den Eeden S, Thom DH, Vittinghoff E, Brown JS.
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, Mount Zion Women’s Health, San Francisco, California 94143-1688, USA. subakl@obgyn.ucsf.edu

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the annual direct cost to society of pelvic organ prolapse operations in the United States.

METHODS: We multiplied the number of pelvic organ prolapse operations identified in the 1997 National Hospital Discharge Survey by national average Medicare reimbursement for physician services and hospitalizations. Although this reimbursement does not estimate the actual cost, it is a proxy for cost, which estimates what society pays for the procedures.

RESULTS: In 1997, direct costs of pelvic organ prolapse surgery were 1012 million dollars (95% confidence interval [CI] 775 dollars, 1251 million), including 494 dollars million (49%) for vaginal hysterectomy, 279 million dollars (28%) for cystocele and rectocele repair, and 135 million dollars (13%) for abdominal hysterectomy. Physician services accounted for 29% (298 million dollars) of total costs, and hospitalization accounted for 71% (714 million dollars). Twenty-one percent of pelvic organ prolapse operations included=2 0urinary incontinence procedures (218 million dollars). If all operations were reimbursed by non-Medicare sources, the annual estimated cost would increase by 52% to 1543 million dollars.

CONCLUSION: The annual direct costs of operations for pelvic organ prolapse are substantial.

In a product comparison conducted in the January, 2003 issue of Marie Claire Magazine (reprinted in the Discussion Forum) the Kegelmaster™ tested #1.