Does natural childbirth have any impact on the vagina?

The vagina is a tissue that women attach great importance to. It is the reproductive organ in the female body and is crucial to the realization of female reproductive function. The vagina is also one of the tools for women to enjoy pleasure in sexual life. Therefore, women are very concerned about the health of the vagina. Childbirth will have a certain impact on the vagina, especially normal childbirth. Let’s take a look at whether normal childbirth has any impact on the vagina?

Natural birth is a method of childbirth. Natural birth is much better than caesarean section. At least the baby is intact and without defects after birth. Normal childbirth does not have much impact on the vagina. Some people think that the elasticity of the vagina will become worse after giving birth, but it usually recovers quickly. However, a small number of pregnant women were not well protected during delivery, resulting in vaginal lacerations. Some severe lacerations may even affect urination and defecation.

1. How much damage does a normal birth cause to the vagina?

(During childbirth, the perineum will be severely injured by episiotomy and tearing)

The vagina is a highly expandable tubular organ. After the fetus passes smoothly, the anatomical structure of the vagina can be restored to normal. The so-called saying that natural childbirth squeezes the vagina, causing relaxation and affecting sexual life mostly refers to women who have given birth multiple times.

Now most families in China only have one child, so childbirth causes little damage to the vagina, except for those mothers who give birth multiple times, in which case there may be a certain impact due to the repeated expansion of the vagina.

2. Natural childbirth will exercise a woman’s vagina, making her more sexually happy!

In terms of the quality of sexual life, the biggest factor in achieving a happy level of satisfaction is actually not the width of the vagina in its natural state, but the strength of the vaginal contraction during orgasm, which mainly depends on the contraction strength of the pelvic floor muscles. Although cesarean section can keep the vaginal space smaller, it is still difficult to achieve sexual satisfaction without the contraction force. Vaginal delivery provides such a natural exercise process.

When women give birth naturally, their vaginal muscles expand and then contract, which naturally makes them stronger. It is also beneficial for the child, as after being squeezed through the birth canal, they are less likely to suffer from coordination disorders caused by the lack of coordination between the hands and the brain. The main reasons that really affect the couple's sex life after childbirth are depression and extreme sleepiness. Although the cesarean section wound is not in the perineum, the wound takes a longer time to heal, and the satisfaction with sexual life may be more likely to decline.

Regarding the decline in sexual ability, from a medical point of view, it is mainly due to the decline in ovarian function. For women in their thirties and forties, vaginal childbirth will not have any impact.