It's the meeting with my doctor i'm nervous about. He recommended we should try and solve the vulvadynia before trying for children and we took no notice as I figured it could be years before we sort it out - if ever! So we ignored him. So now i have to face him again and say 'sorry - we didn't listen and got pregnant' haha. Like a naughty school girl! And then gonna have to work out what to do whether he can advise a C-section for us or not... given that birth is obviously gonna be a bit worse for me... but i've heard C-sections they have to insert a catheter which sounds also painful for me... so not sure really! Will see if he has anything to say, but as he knows nothing about vulvadynia, like every other doctor in this stupid country, not sure what's gonna happen. But I don't care at the minute, i'm just on cloud 9!
Hey there, I just wanted to share this with you. I am a Child birth educator so I just wanted you to be informed (no matter what choice you make, but just so ya know you DO having options
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"The Delivery and Post-partum Period:
There is no medical reason why a woman with vulvodynia must have a Caesarean section, even if she has had previous vulvar surgery. Each case is individual: if the vulva is heavily scarred, an episiotomy may or may not be needed to prevent tearing. There are women with vulvodynia who go through labor and delivery without any anesthesia at all; however, many women do elect to have at least an injection of local anesthetic directly to the vulva for examinations to determine cervical dilation and for the delivery. Other women prefer to have epidural anesthesia. This type of anesthesia can make labor and delivery much more comfortable and the woman usually retains the ability to walk and does not have the severe headache associated with a full "saddle block". However, it can lengthen the time needed to push the baby out and, in the hands of an overly cautious or inexperienced physician, leads to an increased rate of Caesarean sections. Thus, the decision to have an epidural block must remain with the patient herself.
After the delivery, some women elect to go directly back on medications they had discontinued during the pregnancy. These women should not breast feed because most medications contraindicated in pregnancy can also be excreted in breast milk. Other women stay off medication and try to determine if pregnancy has caused their condition to improve. In some cases improvement is permanent; in others the woman returns to her previous level of pain and function within about 6 months after the delivery. Unfortunately, there is no good way to predict who will improve with pregnancy and who will not or who will become worse."
https://www.obgyn.net/pelvic-pain/pelvic-pain.asp?page=/cpp/articles/Cracchiolo.pg2_0499
and my fellow child birth educators were asking about one of their students who has this and this is what people had to say:
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Lorrie Leigh I have a vbac student who was talked into cesarean for her first but really wants to try for vbac. Pudendal block is one option we are considering if pushing become too much for her.
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Jules Johnstun I just helped (4 handed) catch a baby for a primip with vulvadynia. He birth went swimmingly (pun intended)
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Jules Johnstun mom's hands were the other two- I think it was very empowering for her and I don't think she felt any greater sense of pain than any other birthing mama
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Ursula Sabia Sukinik I have had 2 moms and both had SVD- spontaneous vag deliveries with midwives. Feel free to email me off line. 1 mom is willing to talk with others.
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Heidi Hannen Flight One of my first clients and very dear friends has vulvadynia. She's had two vaginal births (with epidurals and local anesthetic). Says she couldn't imagine how painful it would be to do it naturally. I imagine the local did more for her than the epi during the pushing stage. C-sec seems a little overreactive....
sorry if this was unsolicited but I dont want you to feel like you have to have major surgery if you dont want to
you do have options
ANyway, it bundles down to basically i've never had sex or worn a tempon! It's just impossible. So obviously birth is a little scary. 
nonsense, lol!!
