Jan 31

“…Come In For A Vaginoplasty…We’ll Make You Tight As A Teenager Again.”

“Don’t worry, once you’re done having kids, you can come in for a vaginoplasty and we’ll make you tight as a teenager again.” – OB to mother.

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sara had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 4:44 am (Quote)

ok granted i wish i still had the same whooha that i had as a teen but i would never ever want to ear something like this from my OB!!

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road2vba2c had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 4:51 am (Quote)

I wouldn’t know how tight I was as a teenager, doc. Although from the sound of some of my high school friends who did lose their virginity, it wasn’t a good thing.

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Kali Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 8:02 pm Kali(Quote)

This. And gross. and SO inappropriate.

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Lysana Reply:
February 4th, 2011 at 10:49 am Lysana(Quote)

Exactly. All of the above.

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alice had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 4:54 am (Quote)

No thanks. My husband and I much prefer my post birth vagina.

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alice Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:58 am alice(Quote)

I do wonder what this quote was said in response to. I hope you can enlighten us OP?

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Sheva had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 4:58 am (Quote)

So, it will hurt again every time?
Or, you’re saying that’s all it’s for?
Yuck, he sounds like a used car salesman.
I wonder if that’s why I like midwives better – their specialty is “Well Woman Care” and therefore I’m not sick, broken, defective, or otherwise *wrong* when I’m in their care. Whereas at a doctor, since the specialty is taking care of patients, I’m always sick, broken, defective, and *something* is always wrong with some part of me. Even when there isn’t.
Reminds me of a comic strip where the doc tells the patient, “I can’t find anything wrong with you. I’m going to refer you to a doctor who specializes in that.”

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Laurie had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 5:10 am (Quote)

I am the OP. This was said in response to my distress at my 6 week check up when I asked why I hadn’t been told I had a fourth degree tear and what that meant while at the hospital (the only reason I knew I had a 4th degree was because I heard the nurses say so at shift change). When he saw that I was upset that I had permanent damage, this is what he said to comfort me.

The damage was sustained after a forceps birth, after I had been pushing for 1 hour 45 minutes, and he had shown up for the first time. The nurse had explained he was late because the Giants were in overtime. I would not send my worst enemy to this doctor, although he had seemed “normal” at my prenatals.

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Heather P Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 8:37 am Heather P(Quote)

I’m sorry you had this doctor Laurie. What a jerk.

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Jane Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 8:41 am Jane(Quote)

I’m SO SORRY you had to deal with that idiocy. So you got upset that he didn’t give appropriate medical care OR appropriate medical information, and he turned it around that your body was defective but he could be the hero and fix it.

What a charmer.

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Kim Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 9:47 am Kim(Quote)

I am so sorry that was done to you. Not only the forcep delivery but the fact that a doctor can’t be bothered to show up because of his football game and they didn’t inform you of what treatment you received. Your body isn’t defective, his feelings on appropriate doctor patient relationships are. You had every right to know exactly what was done to your body and this doctor has no right to be so darn flippant about your feelings on it.

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devil is in the details Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 11:39 am devil is in the details(Quote)

How do you not tell somebody they have a 4th degree tear? I’m so sorry that even happened, let alone that you had to deal with BS treatment after the fact.

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Sheva Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 2:10 pm Sheva(Quote)

I’m so sorry this was done to you! The forceps, the ignoring til he was done his flippin’ game, the withholding of very important medical information, the rude comment about your anatomy when it was his fault this happened to you…
Wow, what a jerk.
I hope you’re healing well.

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Cassaundra Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 5:50 pm Cassaundra(Quote)

how awful! obviously this doctor was unskilled, I had a mid-forceps delivery and the OB was careful and I only had a 1cm episiotomy which she took her time sewing VERY carefully. I healed fine and have never torn in the 4 births since. this guy was a hack. so sorry you had to put up with that!

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Sarah Dorrance-Minch Reply:
February 2nd, 2011 at 11:09 am Sarah Dorrance-Minch(Quote)

What a jerk.

I think I’d have bared my teeth and said in my sickliest sweet voice, “I don’t need a vaginoplasty to firm up my vagina again. I’ve been doing Kegels since before I even knew what they were. I do them during sex. It’s great reststance training. Did you know that in the middle ages, prostitutes in Persia and Morocco were paid the equivalent of thousands of dollars a session to do this, while sitting still in their patrons’ laps? I believe this technique is also mentioned in the Kama Sutra. It would appear that your wife has not seen fit to acquaint you with it. I’m so sorry. Is that why you prefer to mutilate mothers at birth and cripple them with lifelong sexual pain through ‘reconstructive’ surgery afterward?…”

Ah, who am I kidding. I am the embodiment of l’esprit d’escalier. I probably would have just given him a look that curdled milk, and left in a huff.

So sorry you had to go through that.

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Serene Reply:
April 14th, 2011 at 1:08 am Serene(Quote)

I punched the doc that told me about mine in the crotch… He told me I “needed it”.

I kicked the one that caused it in the face.

I “needed” it because I was strapped to a bed, on my back, for monitoring. For no reason other than I was only 15.

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Skyfire had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 5:19 am (Quote)

Ugh! I’d like to know the context, but I can’t imagine a context in which this comment would be okay.

“How dare you talk so casually about altering my personal body?”

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Robyn Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 5:40 am Robyn(Quote)

Patient: Since having kids, my husband and I have noticed that sex is like throwing a hot dog down a hallway. Can you think of anything that can improve things?

Doctor: Don’t worry. When you’re done having kids you can come in for a vaginoplasty and we’ll make you tight as a teenager again.

That’s the only context I can think of where it would be ok. But since it’s here, I would be willing to bet dollars to a hole in a doughnut that this wasn’t the conversation the OP had with her OB.

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laura grace Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 11:56 am laura grace(Quote)

Well, yeah, except that even in a situation like that I would have to be DAMN GOOD friends with that doc to merit such an unprofessional response. Is there anything on earth wrong with:

Doctor: For now, rest assured that there’s nothing medically wrong, but if it’s causing you discomfort, you have a few options for treatment including __________. Or, when you and your husband are done having kids, I’d be happy to give you a referral to a plastic surgeon specializing in vaginoplasty.

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jespren had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 5:37 am (Quote)

I’m sure there must be some women out there that want such a procedure but, as noted by several previous posters, it sure seems like sex gets more comfortable for the average woman after some stretching has occured.

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Cmat had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 7:08 am (Quote)

Not to mention.. The vagina stretchs for birth and then heals after. No, its not 100% the same.. but its for darn sure not BROKEN!

At least my husband sure didn’t think so.

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Sada had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 7:40 am (Quote)

Why is it that men will watch porn involving multiple penetration and consider a woman being “stretched out” in that context is a turn-on, but the vagina stretching to birth a child is the ruination of your sex life and needs to be fixed? This doc is obviously not in the OB business because he wants to *help women* because as others have said “teenager tight” is usually painful for a woman–although it’s apparently a male turn on when dealing with pigs like this guy. I don’t think I’d want this doc *looking* at my vagina, let alone commenting on its tightness or supposed lack thereof.

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BeckyMomma Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 3:09 pm BeckyMomma(Quote)

i did NOT know that was possible. maybe because we’ve never watched porn. going to shower now…

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Ann had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 7:41 am (Quote)

Tell ya what, you get yourself a lobotomy, and then maybe we’ll talk…

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Jayn Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 11:23 am Jayn(Quote)

After this kind of remark, I think the lobotomy has already been done.

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Sheva Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 2:05 pm Sheva(Quote)

Aw, that’s what I was going to say! Do they give them free to medical students? Apparently only a few smart ones refuse the freebies.

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devil is in the details had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 12:33 pm (Quote)

With a 4th degree tear, why would we want to wait until she is done having kids? It took me 14 years to be done having kids. If I needed a repair after the first, I really don’t see the point in waiting. Is it just cosmetic or is it truely functional. I’m thinking with a 4th degree tear is might very well be functional. In case you missed it the OP was the 5th post Laurie.

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Alison Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 1:48 pm Alison(Quote)

I completely agree. I sustained a 4th degree with my first that completely destroyed most function, complete with a rectovaginal fistula. I could not wait until I was done having kids to fix it. It’s an assumption on the part of the doc that a woman will be done having kids in a short span of time. I had 6 kids over the course of 13 years.

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The Deranged Housewife had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 12:51 pm (Quote)

‘Cause God knows I want sex to be as painful as it was then!

What a drip.

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Mindie had this to say, Jan 31, 2011 @ 1:01 pm (Quote)

Maybe Dr. TinyGiney has a small pecker?

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Miss Kitty Reply:
February 1st, 2011 at 9:22 am Miss Kitty(Quote)

Ha Ha!! Yes and if he is so excited over how “tight” a teenager is perhaps he should not have a license to practice medicine anymore! I find it a lot disturbing that he is so jolly about the teenager aspect of it.

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Elysiarenee had this to say, Feb 1, 2011 @ 9:09 pm (Quote)

euw

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preet had this to say, Apr 9, 2011 @ 1:20 am (Quote)

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christina's vagaina rejuvanation had this to say, May 13, 2012 @ 2:26 am (Quote)

I had a vagina rejuvanation and it was great! After havin 2 kids within 2 years, that , u can say walked out of my VaJ J, anyways, my husband and I have great sex now and I feel like I please him and it makes me feel like a teenager again. I can tell he loves it. I paid a good amount of money but it was worth it. Om glad that some women are comfy with there large or loose vaginas but I was ashamed of mine when I was loose and and it made me think of how slutty I was and. How irresponsible I was to just give it up to a guy that meant nothig .. Men where getting there and making me loose and when I finally met mr. Right I could not please him.. It was hearbreaking.. Not no more.

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