After Birth, Different Types of Orgasms Get Them There

Orgasms are quite literally one of life’s greatest pleasures. The path one takes to achieve them, though, varies from person to person. You’ve probably heard about clitoral orgasms — this type of orgasm is the most prevalent and if you have a clitoris, you know why. But there’s actually a wider array of orgasms than most of us likely know. That’s because there are different schools of thought into how to classify these orgasms. So how do we know all the different ways that we vagina-havers can come? Is one way better than another? Should we all be experimenting with each and every kind? Do we moms even have time for that? Let’s explore together (and maybe research on our own later).

Sex and relationship coach Kim Anami claims in an article for InStyle that there are four types of orgasms (the clitoral orgasm, the g-spot orgasm, the cervical orgasm, and female ejaculation). But the thing is, experiencing female ejaculation might involve different types of stimulation, so does that count as a type? Some argue that it’s not about the kind of orgasm but simply how you get there (which would perhaps eliminate female ejaculation altogether). In an article for WomensHealth, Claire Lampen lists 10 different types of orgasms, ranging from anal orgasms and nipple orgasms to climaxing via breathing techniques or even skin orgasms (think of a way more intense version of getting goosebumps while listening to a song).
Highly-revered feminist sexologist Dr. Betty Dodson has also spoken about this topic quite a bit. Among her “types” of orgasms are combination or blended orgasms (which just means having different types at once, say clitorial and fantasy), multiple orgasms (a series of smaller ones in place of having one major one), relaxation orgasms (experiencing sexual stimulation while in a wholly relaxed state — so probably impossible for many of us, yea?), and — the ones you’re probably very familiar with — tension orgasms (which involves direct stimulation to an erogenous area while also tensing up muscles). And yet another sexologist and psychotherapist Dr. Carlen Costa has written that we can have up to 12 different types of orgasms. This includes “zone” orgasms (like having your neck or inner thighs or other erogenous zones stimulated), A-spot orgasms (from stimulating the anterior fornix, or front vaginal wall), and even U-spot orgasms (that is, from stimulating the urethra, and thus potentially involving female ejaculation). Confused yet?
There are even more ideas on how to define and categorize orgasms, but as a busy-as-heck mama and working woman, I don’t know that I have the time or patience to see if I can achieve an orgasm simply from working out (sorry, coregasms!) So how many types of orgasms are there to be had, and how many of us moms are having them all? In the end, there’s no hard and fast consensus to be had, and as time progresses and the research evolves, we’ll find out more. For the sake of this piece, I’ve asked over a dozen mothers to share which types they’ve experienced, and how their orgasms and sex lives have changed from their pre-baby lives into motherhood.