Did you give your Mom an orgasm?

[Craven Morehead]

This should fill up analysts couches everywhere!

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FOXSexpert: Orgasms During Childbirth? It Happens
Monday , January 05, 2009

By Yvonne Fulbright

"Orgasmic" isn't exactly the first word most women use to describe childbirth. Yet thanks to a new DVD, "Orgasmic Birth," we're learning that birthing has perks beyond the miracle of life. For some women, this includes actual orgasms during delivery.

Regarded as "the best kept secret" of childbirth, women are curious about this seemingly unimaginable experience. How can childbirth possibly be climactic?

No matter how you look at it, birth is a sexual experience. That's going to make many of you cringe, but biologically it makes sense. The pleasures of birth allow for better mother-infant bonding. Far from perverse, orgasmic pleasures are a continuation of the act of conception itself. They're in the best interest of the baby, and an ideal starting point for healthy family relationships.

Orgasmic birth appears to be part of Mother Nature's master plan. Research conducted by Dr. Beverly Whipple in 1989, as well as others, indicates that orgasms can be induced in some women during childbirth. It is believed that this happens because of pressure from the baby's head on its mother's all-important hypogastric and pelvic nerve systems.

These nerves play a part in a woman's ability to experience vaginal, cervical and G-spot orgasms. Explaining orgasmic birth, OB-GYN Dr. Christiane Northrup said that as the baby moves through the birth canal, it actually stimulates all the pathways involved in sexual pleasure. Plus the stages of natural childbirth mimic one's normal sexual response in some ways; for example, breathing becomes faster and deeper.

Throw into the mix the release of oxytocin during childbirth and you have an even greater love-fest potential come delivery, D-day. This hormone lends itself to the uterine contractions and nipple erection a woman experiences during childbirth.

Furthermore, it dulls pain, actually producing stronger, more effective, even pleasurable contractions. Best yet, it can also make for orgasmic sensations, especially with the increase in ecstasy-producing beta-endorphins.

So now for the million-dollar question ... How does a woman experience such an orgasm? Strategies include:

— Overcoming your fears.

— Recognizing that you are a sexual being throughout pregnancy.

— Embracing the idea of over-the-top pleasure during childbirth.

— Allowing yourself to be open to orgasm.

Couples need to be given the privacy to boost the flow of oxytocin. This can be achieved via kissing, caressing and massage. Some couples even have intercourse prior to the water breaking.

Such affectionate exchanges allow the woman's partner to participate more in the birthing process, adding to this shared experience even more. The touching and nurturing can be very comforting to both partners.

In investigating "unexpected birthgasm" — spontaneous climax during labor without stimulation — Dr. Danielle Harel found that such a "passionate birth" involves a supportive partner who does things like hold her. Women who have birthgasms have a good sex life and are fully educated about childbirth.

Critical to Harel's findings is that the woman uses sexual stimulation to ease contractions, instead of anesthesia. According to the authors of "The Unofficial Guide to Having a Baby," one orgasm is believed to be 22 times as relaxing as the average tranquilizer.

Obviously, the birthing environment needs to be safe, secure, and uninterrupted. Keeping the delivery space stress-free is vital, since this helps to keep fear hormones that block oxytocin in check. These hormones prevent oxygen-rich blood from flowing to the uterus and sex organs, thwarting the body's ability to give birth smoothly.

More than anything, women who want to experience orgasmic births need to take control of their pregnancy and childbirth. Instead of handing their bodies over to medicine to speed labor, they need to work with non-interventive doctors or midwives. Synthetic hormones can actually make for contractions that are more painful, causing problems like rupture of the uterus.

Whether or not you hope to orgasm, couples need to investigate all of the different ways a woman can give birth. They are entitled to an experience that is positive and pleasurable. Childbirth can be approached as an event to be enjoyed and not something that women have to endure.

Childbirth can be emotionally, physically AND sexually fulfilling. Simple awareness of orgasmic birth may increase your chances of such a response. At the same time, women should be careful not to set themselves up for feelings of failure if they don't have an orgasm. When it comes to childbirth, everyone needs to expect the unexpected.

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright is a sex educator, relationship expert, columnist and founder of Sexuality Source Inc. She is the author of several books including, "Touch Me There! A Hands-On Guide to Your Orgasmic Hot Spots."

Well ladies, is it true? Did you come when you delivered?

If you delivered twins, was it mulitple orgasms?

[Bear Cub]

[ngdawg]

Originally Posted by Bear Cub

rflmao!

I didn't come, I passed out after my son was born and missed my daughter entirely as a result....












It was a C-section.

But pleasurable contractions?? I don't THINK so...
And every woman I know who had a "normal" birth didn't want kisses, caresses or massages, they wanted to kill their SO's.
For the single BEST demonstration on childbirth, watch the Murphy Brown episode where she gives birth if you can possibly find it. It will tell you everything you want to know and it's sooooo true.

[curiousbear]

Originally Posted by ngdawg

For the single BEST demonstration on childbirth, watch the Murphy Brown episode where she gives birth if you can possibly find it. It will tell you everything you want to know and it's sooooo true.

Thank you very much, I will try to find it

[Aladdin Sane]

My sister had orgasms during childbirth. She said the moment of birth was the best feeling she's ever experienced.

[ShaniFaye]

My mother was knocked out with me.....I was awake with manda, and I remember that it hurt at the time, I dont remember the pain now....but def no O's for me lol I turned into Linda Blair a la the exorcist, minus the puking

[anti fishstick]

i heard about this. wasn't this suppose to be featured on 20/20 or Dateline or something?

[Anormalguy]

I can just imagine the face of a med student, covering their first birthing, as they watch a woman cumming (think When Harry Met Sally) while giving birth.

Something tells me that the percentage of women who experience orgasms during childbirth will be very low.

[SabrinaFair]

I've heard of this...I read about it on a blog a couple of months ago. I'm wondering how pervasive this phenomenon is....anyone know? I missed the television special on it, but it was definitely a hot topic at school the next day.

[Grasshopper Green]

Um....no. Not even close.

[Plan9]

...no, but I gave my mom a headache for 18 years.

[World's King]

I don't know. I've never asked her. And I don't plan on it.

[StellaLuna]

It is believed that this happens because of pressure from the baby's head on its mother's all-important hypogastric and pelvic nerve systems.

These nerves play a part in a woman's ability to experience vaginal, cervical and G-spot orgasms. Explaining orgasmic birth, OB-GYN Dr. Christiane Northrup said that as the baby moves through the birth canal, it actually stimulates all the pathways involved in sexual pleasure. Plus the stages of natural childbirth mimic one's normal sexual response in some ways; for example, breathing becomes faster and deeper.

Okay. No. Congratulations to those women who DO experience vaginal orgasms. You have to practically beat the hell out of my clitoris (NOT complaining) but I don't see that mentioned here. And, according to my doctor, one of the stages of natural childbirth that I get to look forward to is screaming back labor. I don't remember that being part of my normal sexual response. I guess I'm just really sick of hearing about this. It seems like yet another way to say to a woman (who isn't having a birthing orgasm in a baby pool in her living room while staring blissfully at everyone she's ever met), "Ur doin it wrong!"
I'm not sure why I'm so pissed off about this. I guess I feel like I spend day after day being told I'm not skinny enough, or sexy enough, or not <insert societal media-craze here> enough, and now all of a sudden the ONE THING that I can maybe get "right" as a woman I'm not able to do right ENOUGH because I can't have a vaginal orgasm.