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How long after natural birth (with no stitches) did you do it again?

33 replies

Allboxedin · 12/11/2011 18:07

First time around, I had a horrid long birth with an epistotomy and waited about 3 months I think before it was comfortable to have sex again.
This time I had a much better birth, have pretty much stopped bleeding and had no stitches ot complications. I wondered how long afterwards it would be ok to do it again comfortably and does it hurt the first time like it did with stitches or not?

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ArlingtonStringham · 03/12/2011 01:29

About 3 months (actually the last week or so!) and I had natural birth with just a couple of stitches for grazes. It just felt too painful and tight up until then. Maybe I had dodgy stitches or something..

mamaesi · 03/12/2011 12:02

3.5 weeks... just the other day! But it was not so pleasant....am so dry! and I have lingering bleeding so thats not helping either...

will wait another week before second attempt.

anyone else dry from breastfeeding? need to get some assistance I think:)

molly3478 · 03/12/2011 17:39

The whole one side of my lbia ripped off and was missed by the midwives. I had sex after 3 weeks, oral after 2 weeks when I had stopped bleeding. Had to go for an operation at 4months to have labiaplasty (designer vagina haha) Then waited 3 weeks and did it again.

MrsRhettButler · 03/12/2011 17:53

Your labia ripped off Molly!?

Bumpsadaisie · 03/12/2011 23:34

3rd degree tear - 3.5 weeks. It was fine! Bit heavy after but gone by morning.

Mind you I stopped bleeding after 10 days and my tummy muscles were back tigether by day 2, so think I am someone who recovers quickly from birth. (Think this is because my body is so thrilled not to be pregnant anymore - I am absolutely rubbish at pregnancy and feel miserable throughout !)

molly3478 · 04/12/2011 09:11

Erm I have no idea really I was in water pool and the birth was really good and I was on lots of gas and air. After it was hurting but thought it was normal and the midwife looked but it was bleeding a lot, the midwife said it was fine but it was end of shift then all the team changed. I didnt get checked again it hurt when I went to the toilet loads for the first few days. Then happened to use a mirror down there and it say how it is meant to go along the side as it would normally it was pulled off and hanging down about

3 inches and was only hanging on from back bit. When my parents called in the morning after I had been there for oer 30 hours they had never heard of me!! They did say I gave birth on one of the busiest nights they had that year.

I went to the hospital 5 days later (after showing my mum, mil and hv haha I was worried at time but bit cringey looking back!)and they said its too late as it had started to heal together . Surprisingly after those first few days when it really hurt it didnt hurt after that. My mum wanted me to sue but its all ok now just havent really got labia on one side, and they fixed me up so all good.

ALotToTakeIn · 04/12/2011 18:21

A few grazes,1st degree tears and one 2nd degree tear so quite a few stitches and tried sex after 4 weeks. Bit of a mistake was tender and sensation down there has completely changed. Not very keen to try again to be honest and a bit annoyed as was gagging for it in the last month of pg but DH wanted nothing. Now scared it might never feel the same again Sad

cantpooinpeace · 04/12/2011 18:31

Jesus wept women, I was ten weeks with both of them and could have happily waited another ten!

Always had a low sex drive and having some was not my priority!

Hats off to you all :)

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