During my pregnancy I wasn't able to have sex as my vagina was too sore. When my boyfriend and I tried i just couldn't because it was really painful as soon as when he tried to penetrate me. The GP suggested I might have thrush or and infection but I did tests and there was nothing. It was then suggested it was a hormonal thing that some women get, and I thought it would go after the birth. I had a c section so there was no trauma to my vagina, but still when we tried again about three months after the birth it was much too painful. It doesn't hurt at all otherwise, and I have no other symptoms (no itching etc). Then I read that some women experience this as a kind of natural contraceptive while breastfeeding so you don't get pregnant again too soon, and again the hormones are responsible. When my LO was four months, although I'm still BF, my period came back. I thought this might mean my hormones were going back to normal, but still it's much too painful to have sex. I'm planning to continue BF for a while yet, and I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this and eventually gone back to normal? I'm beginning to despair of ever having sex again :(