I'm interested to hear about women's experiences of multiple/serial orgasms and how to maximise enjoyment of them.
Over the years that we've been married, my wife has gradually found that she's more and more able to have multiple orgasms (repeats after a few minutes) and even serial orgasms (waves of overlapping orgasms) via clitoral stimulation -- typically using a vibrator to keep her going after cumming initially. This is great, of course, but she finds that her ability to have the orgasms and her enjoyment of them varies considerably, with no obvious reason why.
I guess this variation might just be one of those mysteries of life, but I'm keen to help as much as I can to maximise her pleasure -- not least because I find her gorgeous to watch when she's in full flow. I try to assist my wife by setting up a romantic atmosphere before warming her up and then, when she's using the vibe, caressing her, talking sweetly to her and, if her position allows, penetrating her periodically (which she really loves in conjunction with the clitoral stimulation).
On occasions, this works spectacularly well. My wife moves through stages of relaxing warmness to greater arousal, and from electric sensitivity to red-heat, followed by telltale blushing around her neck and on her face, accompanied by rapid breathing and expressions that hint at the glorious sensations that she feels. After several rounds of this build-up, she cums for the first time. At this point, if she's in the mood, then she maintains the clitoral stimulation (perhaps on a reduced setting) and will often be rewarded by another deeper orgasm a few minutes later. If she continues, then successive orgasms follow at shorter intervals and sometimes merge into each other. Once my wife feels spent, she removes the vibrator and invites me to have my wicked way with her. By then, I'm usually in a complete frenzy, so I'll jump on her to pump and pound her hard to our mutual delight, which often delivers a final body-shaking orgasm to her to finish things off. It's amazing when it works out this way.
More often, though, things don't work out this way. Sometimes my wife's first orgasm doesn't arrive, or is weak, or subsequent ones are elusive, even though we both feel turned on and in the mood. At other times, my wife quickly feels turned off the idea of having an orgasm at all, and we revert to cuddling and penetration just to satisfy me -- which is still nice, but obviously not what we were aiming for.
Does this description sound familiar? If so, should we just accept that our mileage will vary, or are there other things that we can try to be more consistent? I'd be very grateful to hear other accounts of how things work out, confirmations that we're not unusal or, indeed, any magic suggestions. I promise to report back with any significant news!
As I've explained elsewhere, my experience is very limited, so if I'm asking naïve or silly questions then please be gentle with me!