When should you have sex again after giving birth?

How long is an appropriate amount of time to wait to start having intercourse again? Please extend your knowledge.

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All of my care providers said to wait 6 weeks before penetration. All other forms of sexual intimacy was okay before that. The reasons given me was to prevent infection.

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So 9 weeks after is okay

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In your experience?

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I waited about 2 months before having sex again. It took me a while before I felt emotionally and physically ready.

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Does anyone know if it hurts?

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I waited about 4 weeks and it didn’t hurt at all

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Thankyou

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