re: Sex Postpartum

I waited 8 weeks.

hun, I think if you did and feel fine and used protection then don't worry about it. Just be careful, our bodies are all different and heal differently. I know that I will probably be like you once I pop. I'm a maniac and preggie-sex just isn't my cup of tea.

I waited 11 weeks, but I had a csection.

My boyfriend always wants to have sex. So i am probably going to wait more than 6 weeks, i consider it my vaction away from sex. I will have a reason NOT to have sex.

Quoting Raelynn.:“ Im only like two weeks postpartum & i already had sex .   ... im like freaked out that im going ... [snip!] ... I couldnt resist... i had to have sex. PROTECTED of course   How many of you waited the full 6 weeks? How many of you didnt?”

we waited 5...

Even if you stopped bleeding it doesn't mean that your body is healed. If you are so worried about getting infection then why did you do it in the first place? As for myself, I didn't wait six weeks - I waited 4. BUT, my midwife checked me and told me that I was healed and that it was okay.

I think you are totally fine, I'm 3 weeks pp and thinking of trying but scared of the pain. So I've been doing some research and found this:

Traditionally, obstetricians have told their patients "no sex for six weeks" after giving birth. What they mean is to avoid penetration (inserting a penis, fingers, or other things into the vagina). Other doctors may specify only four weeks or when the lochia (postpartum discharge from the vagina) stops, whichever is later. Sex by manual or oral stimulation of the clitoris should not be a problem, providing there are no tears involving that area.

The main reason for avoiding intercourse is to allow the woman's genital tissues to heal, especially if there was an episiotomy or tearing. Avoiding infection is another reason. But these risks don't require weeks of abstinence from intercourse. In fact, the reason for the "six week rule" is more for the obstetrician's convenience than the new mom's medical needs. The postpartum re-check is traditionally at six weeks. Six weeks is, in turn, when the uterus should have returned to its pre-pregnancy size. This is the last of the major physical postpartum changes (again, from the obstetrician's perspective). Now, a woman doesn't need her uterus at its pre-pregnancy size for intercourse. But the obstetricians wanted "one-stop shopping" for the postpartum re-check, so they put everything, including "permission" to have intercourse at six weeks