Orgasmic Birth: Pleasure or Pain?
If you asked a woman in the Western World about the most painful experience of her life, she would inevitably rank childbirth at the top. Most traditional healthcare providers however aren’t bringing up the potential fora pleasurable orgasmic birth experience with expectant mothers. Why? The topic of women’s pleasure is still taboo in many cultures. The academic literature on the topic is also sorely lacking.
Western culture has deeply embedded notions of birth being excruciating in every sense. It rarely recognizes the potential for pleasure in the birthing experience. In societies with higher levels of sexual shame, women actually experience more pain during childbirth.
Luckily, there is a growing movement of practitioners supporting women in more natural birthing processes. They are encouraging them to access their pleasure for a more enjoyable and profound experience.
These practitioners are guiding women through orgasmic or ecstatic birth by teaching them to access the intelligence of their bodies. The goal is to decrease pain and find bliss in childbirth — flipping the switch on the current cultural narrative, and including birth as a part of women’s sexual experience.
