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How soon after giving birth can you have sex again?

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My1987
How soon after giving birth did you two have sex again??

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  1. madelene #2

    After the birth of our first daughter, it was already after 1 week.
    It did hurt a bit, but I didn’t want to wait too long.
    After the birth of our second princess, it was
    after 5 days.
  2. kruimel #3

    It’s recommended to wait 6 weeks due to the risk of infection. Or at least until you’ve completely stopped having discharge.
    After that, around 8 weeks I think, the desire was long gone, so it was such a hassle inch:
  3. kruimel #4

    @Madelene, wow, you got married so quickly! Didn't you still have the postpartum pads after a week? I still did because of how much blood I was losing
  4. My1987 started this #5

    Well, the libido is really high for both of us ????????
    After 2 weeks, we had sex again. Yes, with a condom, and there’s no discharge. Just a bit of brownish stuff.
  5. madelene #6

    Yeah, I did have bleeding, and because I had BV, I think that's why it took so long for my first period to come back after my first birth. And I think that's also why the bleeding lasted so long because of the BV. But I'm not sure.

    It was indeed quite quick again. It hurt a lot too. But I was afraid if I waited longer, I'd completely lose the habit, you know? But... it doesn't make sense, but that's what I thought. My aunt also blamed me for doing it too soon and said you really should wait at least 6 weeks.

    I think after this birth I'll wait a bit longer because I already have such sore, burning pain down there. I can barely sit on the couch or chair in the last few weeks because of the burning pain down there. So I lie down a lot and sit on the bed. I can't stand sitting on a chair or couch. So that's why I think after this birth I won't be able to have sex so soon again.
  6. kruimel #7

    @My Oh, haha, that's so nice for you guys
    I've really been feeling 5 full weeks, and the mood is still nowhere to be found hahahaha

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