Do you want to know the whats and whys behind our most beloved sexual responses? Do you want to know how we get that lovely tingly sensation down south to turn into our very own sexual explosions? I thought so… here we go!

The primary nerve group responsible for your orgasms is the pudendal nerve. It originates in the spinal cord and carries much of the sensory information and physical feelings to the clitoris and surrounding genitalia. Crazy stuff here.

The same nerve, good ol’ pudendal nerve, is also responsible for the vaginal secretions during the excitement phase and tells the ‘private tissue’ to engorge with blood. Yes, this is a necessary step before climax.

The hypogastric, vagus and pelvic nerves also play a key part in the sexual puzzle. The physical sensation that results from the stimulation of the vagina, cervix and pelvic floor muscles is due to the response of these nerves. Interesting enough there is no direct correlation between the pudendal nerve and the uterus so the sensations and contractions of the uterus during orgasm come from a different neural pathway. This goes for the g-spot as well!

Isn’t it strange to think that all this is going on in your body while you are enjoying yourself so much. And when you think about it, a female orgasm is the sensations leading up to the contraction of muscles around the vagina and uterus which in itself is not sexy at all. Of course in my curious mind this makes me question how closely pleasure and pain truly must be, given childbirth also calls on the uterine muscles to contract.