Ever since your first period, you had painful menstrual cramps. But you didn’t complain much. Your mother had always had bad cramps, and you both assumed they ran in your family.
When you started having sex, you sometimes felt discomfort on intercourse. It wasn’t pleasant, but again, you didn’t get too upset. When you got married, and you and your husband used a commercial lubricant and engaged in extended foreplay, your sex became more comfortable.