Sex After a Cesarean Section - When is it OK to Have Sex After a Cesarean Section?

Ahh, the age old question. When is it OK to have sex? Except in your case it is not about your age or maturity. There is so little information out there about what you can and can't do after a cesarean section that you are often left with way more questions than answers as you struggle to cope with the changes in your life right now. When to have sex is just one question that gets pushed to the background.
Unfortunately there is no hard and fast answer to this, and it also very much depends on who is asking the question and why?
Usually there are three sides to this coin.
1 - His Side - keen to get things back the way they were as quickly as possible.
2 - Her Side - cautious, apprehensive, tired and just maybe a tad uninterested.
3 - Very occasionally both of you want to get back in the saddle ASAP - but are not sure about your timing after the surgery.
In all cases of post c section sex there are a couple of things to consider;

• It is better to wait until the full six weeks is up just to ensure that your body has healed enough to cope with the muscular strain.
• Take it slowly. Even though you have not given birth naturally your uterus, intestines and other internal organs will still have moved and 'stretched' from both the surgery and the pregnancy. So you may have to 'feel your way' the first time.
• Take it gently. Your abdominal muscles will not have re-joined and these support your back so becoming too over exited with your love-making will jeopardize your recovery.

Having said this, making love gently, using your pelvis and gently tensing the abs for the first few times will actually not only help to speed up your recovery, it will also help to create a more intimate relationship with your partner.

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