Sex after giving birth, how long before you were ready?

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Just this really.

I'm 3 weeks after giving vaginal birth and curious about when people felt ready and started having sex with their partners again.

I'm not about to start as the area is a bloody warzone but after 9 months of sickness my appetite for it is coming back.

Also, what did your partners think of the whole experience when you did?

2 weeks for me x

3 weeks with DS, 10days with DD. Would of been sooner if id had my way. DD got transported to a specialist hospital at 4 days old, surgery at 7, wed been up and down with so many emotions, i think we just needed the intimacy and to be close.

Around 2 months

After DS1, DW1 was stitched up by a male doctor. As he was doing it (I was present) he made a couple of odd comments, which I have forgotten exactly what they were now, but it was a good six months before we achieved comfortable PIV. Seems he wanted to make her a virgin again. After DS2 she was stitched up by a female doctor who said something along the lines of “oh my god who stitched you up last time, what a mess!” I think we waited about three weeks after the 10 days for the stitches to dissolve.

4 weeks with my first. About two weeks with the others. It was fine. Husband happy!

2 weeks but didn’t have stitches

2 week

2 weeks for me both times. I consider myself lucky with my births

Ages. About 3/4 months. We were both absolutely exhausted from a baby who didn’t sleep unless we were holding her and I’d had a really traumatic birth with a c section and frankly I’d had enough people rooting around down there that I was all touched out!

Neither DH or I were interested! Happy to say it’s relatively back on track now but it’s taken a few months

5 weeks, would of been before but couldn’t find the time!
I had no tears though.

6 weeks and felt ready...needed the intimacy and felt good.
Make sure you have contraception. My friend dtd at 2 weeks and caught. Another baby 9 months later 🤭

6 weeks. I had surgery and was told I had to wait for that long, otherwise I would have had a go at around 2 weeks.

hahaha about 5 years (no kidding). I had a seriously traumatic birth though.

However long you want after it's safe!

@Anotherblokelurking
That's terrible. It's a well known joke but to actually add extra stitches without your wife's consent is disgusting. Serious malpractice, surely...

Within the first week but I'd had a c section. If it was a vaginal birth I definitely would've waited till I felt fully healed.