Sex after 3 week of delivering

[emilyjayne5]

I gave birth 3 weeks ago and me and my partner had sex for the first time after giving birth and unfortunately the condom broke 😱 I was wondering if anyone knew what are the chances of getting pregnant again straight after giving birth!?
I haven't had a period yet but I'm still super worried 😩

Bloody hell, didn't it hurt?

The chances of being pregnant are huge if a condom broke.

Wanting to have sex 3 weeks post-partum

I'm afraid I think you are super, super fertile right after birth but not sure if 3 weeks is too early. Best try to get morning after pill.

You'll need the MAP - friend of ours had their children 10 months apart so it's possible.

We waited the same time with our first, it didn't hurt at the time but feel abit tender now 😂
How long should I leave it before doing a pregnancy test?

Are you breastfeeding? If so, that's often enough to suppress ovulation for a while after giving birth.

If formula feeding you won't have the same natural protection.

Either way, if I were you I'd be doing a test in a couple of weeks, or getting the MAP if another pregnancy would be a disaster.

I'm bottle feeding, I'm super worried!
Where would I go to get the morning after pill?
I live in a small village and I feel like if I went to ny pharmacy for it, everyone would know!

Are you breastfeeding? If so, that's often enough to suppress ovulation for a while after giving birth

Don't count on it. My BF DSis got pregnant 2 months after giving birth (sons 11 months apart).

You're very fertile in the weeks after delivery. You can get the morning after pill from a chemist or a GUM clinic. Chemists are bound by the same confidentiality rules as other health professionals so they're not going to tell anyone in your village. If you feel worried about people overhearing, when you go to the chemist, tell them you'd like to ask a confidential question and they'll have a little side room or something you can go into. They're used to it, I promise! But definitely get it sorted as soon as possible.

You're mentally fertile after giving birth if you're not breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding is natures way of trying to reduce it but it's not guaranteed

If you're not breastfeeding then surely just take the morning after pill.

DH and I lasted about 2 1/2weeks after I had DD. But I had a "unicorns and rainbows" birth with no stitches, tears or grazes... we only lasted that long because we were both utterly exhausted!!!

I'm honestly amazed anyone wants to have sex 3 weeks after birth...my natural contraception was pain and fatigue!

I had sex 2 weeks after giving birth. I didn't have stitches and had no discomfort. We're all different.

op if you go to the pharmacy it's confidential no one can announce your private business

You lot must have very sexy husbands

Were none of you still bleeding at that point? I had lochia for weeks both times!

First dc, stopped bleeding at 6 days second dc at 10 days

I stopped bleeding about a week ago! I think 3 weeks is a good time to wait, it's all about personal preference! Whenever you're ready!!

Agree everyone is different and Obv depends on how birth was

I tore very badly and had lots of stitches and bleeding afterwards

Bf does not give you protection

If you don't want another baby then map is your option

Whether chemist - gp or family planning /gum

Ouch! Sex was not on my mind 3 weeks after childbirth . It's highly possible you could be pregnant though as my brother and sister were conceived this close.

You are supposedly super fertile just after giving birth, so if I were you I would go to the nearest town and get the MAP if you don't want another baby in the near future. And I don't think it's strange 'only' waiting three weeks, I had stopped bleeding by then and I had no tears or anything so it felt natural to want to reconnect with my DP.

I had sex 3 weeks and one week after giving birth op don't worry about that. But do get the morning after pill even if you need to drive to an anonymous pharmacy. You could possibly have ovulated and I'm presuming another one so soon isn't in your plans.

Congrats on your new arrival

Get the MAP if you do not want to be pregnant again this quickly.

Contraception should be started from 21 days after birth and it's unlikely you would get pregnant before that. If it's after 21 days them you should get the morning after pill.

Breastfeeding can give some protection btw so that's not totally untrue

Oh god! I got pregnant 5 months after my last baby and we did it just once! I was BF so had no periods, didn't notice until I was three months. Put the throwing up etc down to tiredness.

And to put this miracle in to perspective - I'd had 3 years of infertility before that. I thought the super fertility after giving birth was a myth and yet... here I am!

dementedpixie I read a long article about BF as contraception and essentially if a mother exclusively breastfeeds - not bottles, expressing, or dummies - then it is effective for the first 6 months. Problem is few women in Western societies do this.