Hi, Damilola. So glad you found us at EmpowHer. Thanks for your question!
Can I ask how old you are? I'm assuming you are perhaps a teenager?
Have you ever had surgery for your scoliosis? (Either spinal fusion or a Harrington rod?)
Do you have pain associated with your scoliosis? And how severe is your spinal curve?
With sex, scoliosis is like so many other things -- it affects everyone differently. If you can be active in other ways -- sports, for instance -- without pain, chances are you can have a fulfilling sex life without pain. If you do have pain or difficulty, a little experimenting with different positions may be all you need to do to relieve the discomfort. Here's a page that talks about sex with back pain or back difficulty:
http://www.spine-inc.com/glossary/s/sex.htm
And here is a page from a scoliosis support group where they are talking about having sex (some had the surgery, some did not):
And in terms of pregnancy -- good news. The National Scoliosis Foundation cites a study done by doctors in Delaware who studied 355 women who had scoliosis. They studied them to find the answers to two questions: (1) whether pregnancy made scoliosis worse, and (2) whether scoliosis seemed to be of any risk to pregnancy. They found the answer to be primarily no in both cases (and this was for those who had had surgery AND those who had not had surgery). The women who had not had surgery had a greater risk of having their curvature increase than those who had not had the surgery, as you might expect.
So while you may have some increased challenge with either pain or flexibility, as long as that is manageable it looks like everything else is easily handled. Does this put your mind a bit more at ease?
Did you have any more specific questions we can answer that this information didn't cover?
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Hi, Damilola. So glad you found us at EmpowHer. Thanks for your question!
Can I ask how old you are? I'm assuming you are perhaps a teenager?
Have you ever had surgery for your scoliosis? (Either spinal fusion or a Harrington rod?)
Do you have pain associated with your scoliosis? And how severe is your spinal curve?
With sex, scoliosis is like so many other things -- it affects everyone differently. If you can be active in other ways -- sports, for instance -- without pain, chances are you can have a fulfilling sex life without pain. If you do have pain or difficulty, a little experimenting with different positions may be all you need to do to relieve the discomfort. Here's a page that talks about sex with back pain or back difficulty:
http://www.spine-inc.com/glossary/s/sex.htm
And here is a page from a scoliosis support group where they are talking about having sex (some had the surgery, some did not):
http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Scoliosis/advice/4540587-sex-having-herington
And in terms of pregnancy -- good news. The National Scoliosis Foundation cites a study done by doctors in Delaware who studied 355 women who had scoliosis. They studied them to find the answers to two questions: (1) whether pregnancy made scoliosis worse, and (2) whether scoliosis seemed to be of any risk to pregnancy. They found the answer to be primarily no in both cases (and this was for those who had had surgery AND those who had not had surgery). The women who had not had surgery had a greater risk of having their curvature increase than those who had not had the surgery, as you might expect.
Here's that study:
http://www.scoliosis.org/resources/medicalupdates/scoliosisandpregnancy.php
And here's an article about healthy pregnancies in women with scoliosis:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/317629/women_with_scoliosis_can_still_have.html?cat=52
So while you may have some increased challenge with either pain or flexibility, as long as that is manageable it looks like everything else is easily handled. Does this put your mind a bit more at ease?
Did you have any more specific questions we can answer that this information didn't cover?
June 16, 2009 - 8:46amThis Comment
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