By Christiénne Miller

This Wednesday morning promises to bring relief and joy to many women. It’s as if the universe has aligned to focus on the health and happiness of sweet spots everywhere — hurray!

Yesterday, Holly wrote this post on itchy business to help out her friend and spread the word.

Then this morning, Good Morning America featured the story of Mike and Julie Boyde, newlyweds who discovered (on their wedding night) that Julie suffers from a condition known as seminal plasma hypersensitivity — a.k.a. an allergy to her husband’s semen.

Though considered a rarity based upon the total population of the U.S., this condition is estimated to effect 20 to 40 thousand American women, which is quite alarming. In the case of the Boydes, it’s heartbreaking: Julie’s treatments ceased working, making them unable to conceive children on their own.

According to GMA’s JuJu Chang, however, the couple is not letting this thwart their dreams of building a family. Though their religious beliefs don’t allow for in vitro fertilization, they do plan to adopt. A more in-depth story of the Boydes and semen allergies may be viewed on Discovery Health’s Strange Sex, tonight at 10 p.m. EST.

For this post, however, I decided to dig a bit deeper.  In researching one of the experts featured in the segment: Dr. Andrew T. Goldstein from the Center for Vulvovaginal Disorders, who specializes in the treatment of vaginal pain, I made an alarming discovery.

Aside from seminal plasma hypersensitivity, Dr. Goldstein estimates that a staggering 20 million American women will suffer from some form of female sexual pain in their lifetimes. It destroys the self-esteem, relationships, and overall well being of women it afflicts — which I find to be extremely upsetting.

With as few as an estimated 30 or 40 physicians in the U.S. focused on the treatment and relief of the conditions effecting female sexual pain, I think the more information about this we share the with the women in our lives the better, don’t you agree? Let’s make a commitment to get active and raise the consciousness for sweet spot health together.

We are sexual beings who deserve to feel the pleasure and ecstasy that we’re designed to experience — especially with those that we love.

Though few in number, I joyously shout out a big THANK YOU to the physicians dedicated to finding treatments, cures, and support for this vital part of our health as women. And, to the women who have suffered in silence: Don’t give up! There is hope. You are not defective, you just require special care. Please, don’t stop until you find relief — you deserve it!

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