Masturbation is probably the last thing you’d consider doing when you’re in labor, but one woman swears by it—and she’s encouraging others to give it a shot.
Australian blogger, doula, and birth photographer Angela Gallo detailed her experience riding the O-train during labor in a recent post titled, “Why I touched myself in labor-here’s 3 reasons why you should consider it, too!” In it, Angela talks about how birth “brings out the animal in me” and how she felt “electric, sensual, powerful” while delivering her second child at home.
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Angela says she experienced a turning point during this labor when she was about 10 centimeters dilated and her husband asked her if she wanted to have sex. While most women would have unleashed some serious fury, Angela was surprisingly into it.
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“Although I couldn’t commit to sex in the moment, he must have read my mind!” she writes. “Clitoral stimulation worked an absolute treat. It shifted my focus to my vagina, to the energy brewing within me. It made me feel connected and made me feel like I had some control over what I was feeling.”
As a result, she says the pain from contractions was “much more manageable” and the time between them was “much more enjoyable.”
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Angela says it wasn’t orgasmic in a sexual way, but it was pleasurable. “It was my glorious instinctual pain-relief system coming to life,” she writes. “I am so proud of myself for exploring an avenue so typically shamed.”
Angela goes on to list the reasons why she thinks getting her rocks off during labor was so helpful, including boosts in the love hormone oxytocin and the plain ol’ fact that it feels good. However, there doesn’t seem to be any medical evidence to back up Angela’s claim that masturbating offers pain relief during labor. Lauren Streicher, M.D., an associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, says the “benefits” of masturbating during labor seem to be totally anecdotal and she’s not aware of any scientific data that supports it.
On the one hand, props to Angela for not only being open to trying something new but for talking about it. On the other, we’re pretty sure most women wouldn’t be down with this, mostly because WHAT THE FUCK.
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