My girfriend and I are having some trouble with sex after her bottom surgery. Any advice?

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My girfriend got bottom sugery about 7 months ago. We're both very happy, because she had been waiting for a while, and it's very noticeable that it helped a lot with her dysphoria.

The thing is right now we are in a position where we would like to have sex, but she still doesn't feel comfortable. As of now we've tried 2 times to have non penetrative sex, and she didn't feel prepared yet so we had to stop. (note that even before the surgery, she didn't want to try anything else than kissing, penetration or penile stimulation, so those boundaries are already set)

She would like to get intimate, but she's "mentally blocked", which frustrates her, so i try to mention tthetopic as little as possible, so she doesn't feel pressured. Also, she comented that after surgery she mentally supresses a lot of feelings when we snuggle, when we go to bed together, or when I masturbate (we are living together) because she doesn't want to get frustrated about not being able to do anything.

As we've read in other posts, the time to recover the libido after the surgery varies a lot between different people, so we don't know if our situation is common or if we shoud try to do something about it.

Posted Feb 15, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC

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