Postdelivery hormonal changes may make vaginal tissue thinner and more sensitive. However, most doctors recommend women wait four to six weeks following a vaginal delivery. After your doctor has given you the all clear to resume sexual activities, you may still need to take things slowly. You may also need to wait longer if you have a perineal tear or episiotomy.
8 Surprising Truths About Sex After Birth
Sex After Birth: What to Expect and How Long to Wait
By Erica Moore July 24, Although labour was an insane thirty-six hours, with an epidural that ONLY froze my legs thank you, modern science , my vagina somehow came out of it relatively unscathed. Three-days postpartum, I went for a walk around the block. One-week postpartum, I took a longer stroll through the park.
When can I have sex after being pregnant?
How long after birth can you have sex, and what will it feel like? Follow this postpartum guide for having comfortable and enjoyable sex after pregnancy. The very thought of postpartum sex can seem exhausting for new mamas, especially given everything that's stacked against them: the lingering pain from delivery, raging hormones, baby blues or postpartum depression , weird body changes, and of course, the biggest libido-killing elephant in the room: the pure exhaustion a having a newborn. You also might feel "touched out" after cuddling a baby much of the day. But while getting it on may now be the last thing on your mind, that won't be the case forever.
Sex after pregnancy might be the last thing on your mind. Understand what to expect and how to renew intimacy with your partner. Sex after pregnancy happens.
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