I remember binge watching Girlfriends a while back. There was one episode I apparently missed when it first aired. While I don’t recall the entire plot, one line stood out. William and Joan had been intimate and he unveiled something personal about their “relations”.

"Joan's an ouch ooch girl."

Yes, William said that. In other words, she was skittish when it came to sex due to it hurting.

While that may have enlisted a giggle at the moment, there is nothing funny about painful sex. In fact, a vast amount of women don’t find sex pleasurable due to pain. There are a host of below-the-belt problems that inhibits women from reaching the mountain top. Instead, they struggle through or restrain from any activity due to discomfort or downright excruciating agony. Whether it’s fibroids, cysts, endometriosis, lubrication problems or PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Infection), the issues are plentiful but finding a solution is critical.

That’s why I had to reach out to our resident OB-GYN, Dr. Nia Thompson Jenkins. Dr. Nia gives spills the tea on contributing factors when it comes to painful sex. She also dives into related topics, including:

This conversation is a must for any woman, so let’s lean in and glean from Dr. Nia Thompson Jenkins.