IS IT HYGIENIC TO HAVE SEX DURING MENSTRUAL PERIOD? THEN READ TO GET GUIDED: WRITTEN BY FUNMI AKINGBADE!

Quite a number of our readers have been asking me if sex during menstrual cycle should actually be a total no go area; arguing that most of them are either short menstrual cycled, or their cycles are so unpredictable or they have been diagnosed to only ovulate during cycle.

Sex during menstruation has been seen as a taboo based on religious and social grounds but there are some good sides to it. Having sex on a period is almost never as messy as many think safe for a spot or two on the sheets. During a period, involuntary muscle spasms along the uterine walls cause blood to flow out over a few days; but when a lady orgasms during sex, the orgasm creates stronger muscle spasms that push the blood out faster within a day or two. If you’ve noticed this already, you should understand that your blood hasn’t vanished or gone back inside your body. It’s just come out quicker than normal. Ladies with longer days of bleeding usually love this.

Besides, it allows reduction of cramping pain. Period cramps or premenstrual tension put a lady’s body under a lot of stress, leading to more pain but when she has sex during her period, a good orgasm releases a lot of ‘feel good’ hormones into her body and make her feel better instantly. Some ladies actually feel sexually attracted to their husbands and they are particularly highly aroused at this time. They feel so horny during their periods especially on the first day of the period or just before it starts. This is because of all the hormonal changes that the body experiences during the release. This is actually the main reason why many researchers encourage sex during the menstrual cycle. The more sexy and erotic a woman is during her period helps her to get pregnant during that time.

If you’ve been interested in the idea, here are a few tips to make the whole game a lot easier and sexier. Place a soft cloth under your butt to avoid staining the bed. Keep tissues nearby, especially during orgasm when he will ejaculate and release all the sperms into you. You already have a fluid waiting to come out, adding his load to it makes you have considerable amount of fluids in your vaginal that’s waiting to come out as soon as you move or lift up your back. The tissue will help you to cover your wet spot and sit up after sex.

If you’re on your period, don’t engage in woman on top position. Instead, lie on your back and just enjoy the ride while your man does all the work; missionary is a safe position. The most important of it all is that the man will fully ejaculate into you. Since this is one of the reasons many are advocating for such, this may be the couple’s dream come true. Men love ejaculating deeply into their wives, nothing satisfies a man during sex more than fully downloading without reservation. As soon as the man ejaculates, kindly bear it in mind that sperm stays alive for up to 72 hours. So for many ladies that may be ovulating during this period, you may likely get impregnated.

But note that if you experience heavy flows, avoid having sex during the first 2 days. It’s easier to have sex after your heaviest days. Some foreplay like fingering or sucking the clitoris may be avoided unless he does not mind blood stained hands and mouth. During this period, most ladies are already well lubricated and wet, so your husbands may not really need to use their fingers or spend too much time with their hands around your clitoris or vulva to make you wet. Just tell them to stick in their penis in slowly into your vagina and you’ll be able to smoothen it through. Oral sex during this period is not practicable.

Now you may wonder how to handle the sanitary pads if you are flowing heavily? All you need do is make sure your sanitary pad securely and safely sticks to the base of your panty. Then, pull the panties and the pad to one side and give your husband some space to penetrate you from one side. This may even be another form of creativity for your sexual relationship and the man may like how tight it feels around his penis. It’ll also reduce any outflow or squirts when he takes his penis out.

But bear in mind that sexually transmitted diseases travel better in blood than in sexual fluid. If you are HIV positive, this will not be okay for you. Besides this, the wall of the vagina at this particular time is usually sore, tender and soft; so there might be possibilities of the woman being infected during thrusting in and out and the penis accidentally slipping off to touch some other part of the pelvic area or the bed spread. This action may allow access to ascending infection. When these types of infection are not treated on time and adequately, it may lead to pelvic inflammatory disease.

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.