Tailbone pain from sex?
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2026 6:42 pm
Is this normal, or should I be seeing my GP / a gynecologist about this?
I'm pretty new to having sex (by which I mean this past summer). I've found that when my spouse and I have penis-in-vagina sex I have pretty severe pain in my tailbone. It's a sharp, radiating sort of pain and only seems to occur when things go in too deep. The only other time I experienced it was when I had my IUD put in a couple of years ago (it came from the nurse measuring the depth of my vagina rather than the insertion of the IUD itself. Inserting the IUD was actually less painful). I haven't had a pap smear before, that's not recommended in my province until someone is sexually active (or if they have been in the past). It doesn't really interfere with our sex life, I just remind my spouse when needed and he adjusts accordingly. But if it isn't normal, I wonder if I should see a doctor about it? Especially if I want to have children some day? I took a look at the article you folks wrote on pelvic pain but wasn't sure if tailbone pain is the same thing or something different?
I'm pretty new to having sex (by which I mean this past summer). I've found that when my spouse and I have penis-in-vagina sex I have pretty severe pain in my tailbone. It's a sharp, radiating sort of pain and only seems to occur when things go in too deep. The only other time I experienced it was when I had my IUD put in a couple of years ago (it came from the nurse measuring the depth of my vagina rather than the insertion of the IUD itself. Inserting the IUD was actually less painful). I haven't had a pap smear before, that's not recommended in my province until someone is sexually active (or if they have been in the past). It doesn't really interfere with our sex life, I just remind my spouse when needed and he adjusts accordingly. But if it isn't normal, I wonder if I should see a doctor about it? Especially if I want to have children some day? I took a look at the article you folks wrote on pelvic pain but wasn't sure if tailbone pain is the same thing or something different?