Last April, Meghan Trainor found herself going somewhat viral for comments that she made on her podcast, "Workin’ On It," about her post-pregnancy sex life with her husband, Daryl Sabara. Albert L. Ortega / Getty Images The singer was opening up about a medical condition that she suffers from called vaginismus, which is a pelvic floor condition that causes involuntary contractions that can lead to painful intercourse as well as general pelvic pain.
It is estimated to impact up to 1 in 10 women worldwide, but is rarely discussed and often under-diagnosed. “I was told I have something called vaginismus,” Trainor shared at the time. “I thought that every woman walking around was always in pain during and after sex.
I was like, ‘Doc, are you telling me that I could have sex and not feel a single bit of pain?’” She added that she found penetrative sex with Sabara — who she called a “big boy” — so painful that she could hardly walk afterwards, and would even have to ice herself post-intercourse. Trainor's comments ended up being taken entirely out of context, with her using her platform to speak out about vaginismus being completely overlooked. Gilbert Flores / Billboard via Getty Images A viral Pop Crave tweet read at the time: “Meghan Trainor causes chatter online after discussing her ‘painful’ sex with ‘big boy’ husband Daryl Sabara, revealing that she ‘can’t walk’ after sex: ‘[It’s] to the point where I’m like, ‘Is it all in?’ and.