Sex after a c-section: how long did you wait?

[swampusdonkus]

Just wondering how long others waited before having sex after a section? I wasn't given any advice on this but from what I have read the guidance from hcps would be 6 weeks. Did you wait this long? Did how long you waited relate more to how you felt your wound had healed, or was it more a case of being too knackered with a newborn to contemplate dtd? 9 days post-section and not in much pain, healing well and don't really want to wait another nearly 5 weeks unless it is really not medically advisable.

We waited 8 weeks. I had lochia for first 6 weeks, then menstrual cycle resumed after that (mixed fed). I felt tender and swollen and was trying to establish bf and large, sometimes engorged breasts.

I was okay in myself but was worried about damaging my internal scars before 6 week mark.

Its up to you, but you're only 9 days past the birth. I don't know if you're considering sex soon, but it's still very early days for you right now. Don't put pressure on yourself (if this is the case)

Congratulations on your baby

4 months! Usual post birth stuff, then a baby that wouldn't sleep anywhere but on me. I found with recovery I would think I had recovered, overdo it, and realise I had a long way to go. So give yourself another week or so just to make sure.

It was about 4 week's. Very gently but all was fine.

2 weeks it's was good

Two weeks for us too, after each section (had three). I did heal very quickly!

After my 6 week check :) I always thought you were supposed to wait 6 weeks because of the risk of infection, even if you use condoms because of the spermicidal lubricants and whatever else can cause problems in a body that is already compromised from a surgery. That's what I was told anyway.

To be honest I'd rather have stuck pins in my eyes than have had sex before about the 5 week mark.

Honestly? About 3 months. Was absolutely the last thing on my mind because of a difficult time feeding baby, feeling down etc. however, I don't think it would have been comfortable for a good number of weeks, and I would have wanted the ok from my doctor that my scar had healed ok.

I remember thinking after about a fortnight that I was feeling quite well recovered, but then tried pushing the buggy up a steep hill and it was really difficult, and had to remind myself to take it easy. You need your tummy muscles more often than you realise, so, errr, you may want to take it easy in that department too! Good on you for feeling up to it though!

6 weeks both times.

I felt ok so it was partly to check everything had healed ok. It was reassuring to know that my body really was getting back to normal.

Five weeks I think. Was totally fine

Thank you, all. It's good to hear your experiences. I have been pondering it this morning and think i will wait a little while. Though My visible scar is healing well and i am in little pain now it is the inside wounds I am a little worried about, and what even a gentle session might do to them. interesting too about the potential risk of infection. That's something I hadn't even considered. it is so easy to start doing too much when you start feeling human again only for you to feel ten times worse afterwards because you've pushed yourself too hard. So yes, i will reassess in a few weeks. Hopefully by then I will be out of the apple catcher pants too