Rethinking Sex After Bartholin's Gland Surgery

Slate’s How to Do It column tackles a reader who had Bartholin's gland removal and now faces reduced vulvar sensitivity and pain during arousal and sex; the advisor urges processing anger, seeking affordable pelvic-pain support groups or therapy, and exploring a new intimacy routine with careful experimentation and possible devices, acknowledging that what felt good before may not be possible while encouraging progress toward pleasure within the body's current limits.