In Americanah Ifemelu first time with Obinze was definitely unique. Ifemelu was in love with him and she had clearly pictured her first time being special, she wanted to treat it like a special ceremony. What she got ended up being a little different. Her sexual experience came after she gave Obinze a massage. You can tell it was not how she expected when she said ” It felt, to Ifemelu, like a weak copy, a floundering imitation of what she had imagined it would be”.(chapter 7). In her mind the sex was supposed to be a amazing planned experience she would share with Obinze mom. A week after the sex Ifemelu started to feel pain in her lower area and she was also vomiting. In her mind she was pregnant, but it turns out she just had to get her appendix removed. Her first sexual experience could be related to Esther from The Bell Jar. Her first time was also a rare case. She didn’t seem to enjoy it much either and after the sex she began to hemmorage heavily and had to go to the hospital. Both girls seem to be secure in there sexuality, only attracted to the opposite race. Esther seems to play a bigger role in her sexual experience than Ifemelu does. To Esther only a certain type of guy could take her virginity, but to Ifemelu she already had it set in her mind Obinze would be the guy she sleeps with. Neither of the two girls speaks much on their first sexual experience after it is done. This tells ,e that it most likely wasn’t an enjoyable time and they are not in a rush to do it again. Both girls didn’t seem too worried about the consequences sex can have. Esther had a diaphragm so she wouldn’t get pregnant which says she though her first time through thoroughly. Ifemelu on the other hand let Obinze use the pull out method and didn’t seem to care if she had gotten pregnant. Obinze said “But Ifem were going to get married anyway”. So Obinze was perfectly fine if he had gotten her pregnant. Although she didn’t seem to care for the consequences she does get upset with Obinze when she thinks she is pregnant.