Have you found that what makes you orgasm changed after childbirth?

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I was with a couple of friends this evening and one said that since giving birth to her DC, she can no longer climax through PIV, whereas before she found it relatively easy. The other friend said she was the opposite - before DC she only orgasmed if her DH gave her plenty of oral sex , but now she's "more sensitive than a nervous butterfly"!
I'm currently TTC and hadn't even considered the possibility of such changes before having this conversation.
Is this kind of thing commonplace, or are my friends an anomaly?

No change for me.
It would make sense that it could change for some women though. PIV orgasms are caused by g-spot/clitoral stimulation. Vaginal birth could alter the shape of the vagina making the g-spot more likely to be stimulated during sex.

Was going to post asking if anyone noticed a change aswell.
I seem to have lost my orgasm. Never ever had an issue before, but since DC 2 it still happens but it's less. Very disappointing and hoping it comes back.

O I had a CS wonder if that could be it.

Yes! After dc1 there was no change but after DC2 everything is so more intense! And now I can climax from PIV only - it's amazing!

Not for me - I've never really climaxed through PIV sex and still don't. Did have a C section though so my passage won't have been altered.

No change.
Took a while for me to be able to climax through piv again after giving birth- maybe 6 months or so.

Nope. Wasn't easy before, still isn't.

Nope, no difference here.

Blarblar mine isnt gone but certainly a lot weaker it seems. Also had a c section.
I wonder if there's any link there.
Or is my vagina as untoned as the rest of me.

PIV only results in orgasm for me if there's some form of clitoral stimulation also, has always been this way.
Oral gets it every time.

I had my fanjo hacked apart an episiotomy and forceps when I had my son and, remarkably, everything feels exactly the same. I have a deep scar but it doesn't seem to have affected sensation at all.

On a related note, my sexual fantasies have changed since having a child, I am less submissive than I used to be. I think that reflects how my general psychology has changed though.

snot I'm glad it's not just me ( although I'm sure your not) I don't know exactly but the muscles of the uterus contracting must have something to do with it and them still healing nerves rebuilding etc. surely someone with some biology could answer.
I'm going to be mocked now for my lack of orgasm knowledge to be fair before kids I had no real thought of what went on underneath my skin. Freaked me out a bit (obviously I understood but it somehow wasn't me) Now I know I'm just meat.

And lettice I know what you mean my fantasies are very different now but then I am.

Nothing has changed for me (despite having assisted delivery with ventouse and episiotomy.

Huge change for me!! I had a normal vaginal delivey 7 weeks ago, 6lb baby, internal tear with 5 stitches, external laceration, no stitches...DH and I waited until the post-natal check up last week before getting busy, but now I can barely keep my hands off him!! Sex has always been good, but it's always taken a little while to get me "there". Since DD was born and I'm all healed, it seems like my "happy button" (you know what I mean, I just can't bring myself to type the word...it sounds like a lewd dinosaur's name!) has moved a little bit further north...and WOW. I always found missionary a bit boring before, but now its amazing (grindage in all the right places!) Guess it's different for everyone...after all, no two lady-bits are the same!!

Yes it changed for me. I could always climax if I was on top. Since I had my two dc I have been unable to reach orgasm at all through PIV sex.
But I have recently discovered that if I do regular pelvic floor exercises it feels like it used to pre dc and I can orgasm when on top again.
So I guess for me the change wasn't permanent as long as I keep my pelvic floor toned.

I find I climax a lot quicker since giving birth. It used to take ages, now it's like whoa there, steady on!

emzii do you mean your clitoris? You can type it out, we won't faint!

LiDLrichardsPistachioSack ....you typed it ....really does sound like a dinosaur in a porno ...doesn't help that DH calls is a "clitosaurus" either

Springtimemama what it does is amazing ...I just wish it had a less giggle-inducing name!!

Yes, I orgasm faster, more intensely and pretty much every time.

I had normal vaginal deliveries and I wonder if there was some internal tearing/repairing that I was unaware of as it's definitely tighter down there now.

No change here.

I had a few stitches, and feel I have been desensitised all over. Much harder to come now.

I think i climax quicker too, but having said that we don't do it half as often and I don't 'entertain myself' as much as i used to so we dont hang about in our weekly sessions!!

Before being pregnant the first time I could only orgasm once but since been able to do several. Weird how the body works.