Midwifery and Sexuality 2023
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-18432-1_10
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Sexual Aspects of the Female Pelvic Floor

Abstract: This chapter is devoted to the pelvic floor (PF). Maternity care has always considered the PF muscles an essential part of the birth and its disturbances. Gradually, the pelvic floor became a vital element for both sexual pleasure and sexual problems. This chapter will start by explaining its role in posture and movement, and sexuality and delineate the differences between the normotonic, the hypotonic, and the hypertonic pelvic floor and their influences on sexuality. The chapter also gives some elementary ed… Show more

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“…Then insert both thumbs deep in the vagina 3 4 cm and press down toward the anus and to both sides and maintain for 12 minutes. After that massage the fourchette in a Ushaped manner stretching the vaginal wall dorsally and laterally for 23 minutes [17].…”
Section: Perineal Massagementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Then insert both thumbs deep in the vagina 3 4 cm and press down toward the anus and to both sides and maintain for 12 minutes. After that massage the fourchette in a Ushaped manner stretching the vaginal wall dorsally and laterally for 23 minutes [17].…”
Section: Perineal Massagementioning
confidence: 99%