I have been diagnosed with the bladder disease interstitial cystitis. One major downfall is it causes intercourse to be painful.

My husband tries to be gentle he will ask me if this hurts and then slack off on the pressure. Which sucks because I miss the old days before I got this disease because I love the good pain. One of my favorite parts of intercourse is when he goes in and out. All though I have found that if I masturbate before we have sex it helps a lot with the pain. I was wondering if anyone else on here has this disease and if you have pain while having intercourse.