Know Your Anatomy

In the last step, we followed a step by step process to try and find out the root cause of your vaginismus.

In this step, we will widen our knowledge about the female anatomy. Since vaginismus is a fear, the first thing to cure this fear is to gain knowledge about it. We often fear that which we do not know; so it seems only natural to know how intercourse will work.

The scope of this website is limited to how to perceiving this female anatomy and not to explain it. See the following links for some insight into it. You can Google for more information.

External Female Reproductive Anatomy
(Internal) Female Reproductive Anatomy

Know Your Anatomy

Please refer to the links given above to gain understanding of the external and internal female anatomy. Once you have studied the basic structure of the female reproductive anatomy, you are ready for activity # 2.

Activity # 2:

External female reproductive anatomy
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Memorize the basic parts of your anatomy. You are required to know where all the fundamental parts (e.g. uthera, clitoris, labia, anus, vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, etc) are located.

Memorize that: the clitoris, which is the primary female pleasure point is located high up, as shown in the diagram on the right side.

Memorize that: the opening to the vagina is located between the uthera and anus.

Memorize that: the vagina loses and expands during sexual arousal thereby making penetration easy. The only thing a woman can do to aid this process is to relax and trust her body. The vagina is a strong muscle and it is made to bear even the trauma of child birth, let alone intercourse. A vagina extends up to quite many times of its original size to accommodate a human baby during birth. Stimulation of the clitoris results in the vagina relaxing and lengthening due to arousal.

Internal female reproductive system
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Memorize that: uterus is connected to vagina via the cervix. A cervix is the opening of the uterus and allows or blocks male sperms from entering the uterus, depending on the time of a woman's cycle.

Memorize that: intercourse is NOT meant to hurt. Rather it is one of the most natural things to happen between mammal males and females. If sex hurts despite being relaxed and successful penetration, then that is usually something to be checked by your gynaecologist.

Activity Outcome:

At the end of this activity, you should be able to roughly draw the female anatomy and label it also.

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