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My boyfriend and I have been together for over two years and have a great dynamic. We started off as a casual hookup, but developed from there into a serious relationship. We're best friends, laugh a lot and are very respectful of one another. 

Sex has always been an important part of our relationship- its how we first became attracted to one another. My boyfriend has always had a higher sex drive than me, but we've balanced it by incorporating a lot of mental sexual play to make up for when I'm not physically up for it. He's super understanding of when I'm not in the mood and has always been accommodating. 

Physical intimacy is super important to him to feel appreciated and loved. I'm sure this is true for a lot of people, but I would say for my boyfriend this seems to be particularly accurate. Generally when we have issues it's when we go to our respective homes for the holidays and end up not being intimate for a few weeks because of overlapping schedules. Because I know it's important to him, I try to keep our frequency up as much as possible. 

I have always had girl problems that have affected my self drive, but lately they've gotten pretty debilitating. Sometimes it's just pain after sex or certain positions I can't do, but in the last two months or so it's been pretty much all penetration. I've seen a doctor about this and am trying different things, but it's inevitably affecting our sex life. My boyfriend is very much a pleaser and it's difficult for him to enjoy himself when he knows I am uncomfortable. Because of that he's also less satisfied with oral, though I've been doing that a lot lately. 

His birthday was two days ago we weren't able to have birthday sex. He's really understanding but I know it's getting to him, and I can how the lack of recent intimacy is starting to affect other aspects of our relationship. 

Does anyone have recommendations for how I can make sure my boyfriend feels connected and loved while I'm unable to have sex? I don't know how long this will last but I want to try to prevent it affecting our relationship too negatively.
<bot>: can't have sex because of ongoing girl problems, looking for ways to make sure my boyfriend still feels valued and connected to me.