Sex after Sec

When did you first have sex again after your section and did it hurt? If it hurt was it the pressure on your stomach and wound or internally ?

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about 3 and half weeks / 4 weeks post c section which sounds pretty early in hindsight but tbh my stomach and wound didn’t hurt at all but i did notice i had awful back pain for days afterwards like i was struggling to get up out of bed and things like that and then it would subside x

I waited until I was released from my doctor. I was too afraid to cause problems in my body because I couldn’t wait to have sex. Sex will always be there, try doing oral or making a game that involves everything but intercourse. It’s always fun spicing things up.

I waited 3 months for mental health reasons, but wait the 6 weeks/until youre cleared. Its not just the section you need to worry about. Its the internal wound left by the placenta too. Its really not worth the risk of infection.

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