Surprising sex spoilers. (red alert ob/gyn).(painful intercourse)(Brief Article)

From: Redbook | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Graham, Janis | Copyright information

It's normal to feel some pain during sex, right? Wrong! "Sexual intercourse shouldn't ever hurt," says Lorna A. Westfall, ob/gyn at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Here, some causes and cures of painful sex: 

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