Painful Sex

I experienced the same thing. I only had a first degree tear with no complications. First time back was horrible but It has gotten less painful every time since then. My pain seemed to be from scar tissue tho.

did you tear? With my first pregnancy I would feel like I was ripping all over again every time I would have sex. Eventually at five months postpartum it got much much better.

If you did not rip, I highly recommend pelvic floor therapy. If you look up exercises online, there is a lot that you can do from home. It is fairly easy to train your pelvic floor with simple exercises, along with that you can do keigles, which helps too!

I didn’t even have a vaginal birth and it’s painful for me as well. I’m in pelvic floor therapy and last week my therapist mentioned that if you’re breastfeeding or pumping, the muscles down there aren’t flooded with estrogen like they normally are and they tense up because of it. My OB also said that for several months PP it’ll be rather dry down there as your hormones return to normal. My therapist recommended a pelvic wand if the pain is from tightness/tension rather than dryness.

Try having sexy time that doesn’t end with sex. You can always wake him up with awesome felatio. Guys love surprise bjs. If that’s hard for you, remember your hands do most of the work. Use lots of lube. And do your pelvic floor exercises of course. Also try both of you laying on your side (spooning position) to consummate. doggy style and even missionary can be a bit painful at the 2 month mark

Girl yessss this is the same for me and my husband. We’ve tried 3 times now each time I can go a little further but we haven’t been able to completely have sex. It hurts so bad, it burns and stings & feels raw inside me. The first time it hurt to sit down. I’m 7 weeks PP and still can’t get there. Lots of people say it took them MANY MANY moons for it not hurt. Go at your own pace. There’s no sense in putting yourself thru more pain, we did just go thru the most intense pain in the world 2 months ago & there still is a massive wound inside of us . I try to keep that in mind because when I can’t have sex I feel like I’ve failed, not just hubby by myself too, because I want it also.
The doc said I’m fine and everything normal but it surely don’t feel fine and normal.

I had an emergency C section and my partner and I tried right at my 6 weeks- nope. Stung so bad. Im a breastfeeding mom, too. Makes me miss my old body, but it’s all part of the process ladies! I hope you all have someone who is gentle and patient while your body heals❤️