Wednesday 15 February 2012

When Can We Resume Sex After Childbirth?

Hi doc,
After child birth when can a woman make love? Three weeks after delivery
My wife says I should wait.
Charly Chackweed, Port Harcourt

Dear Charly,
Normally, she ought to be ready for you already. But perhaps she had some peculiar experiences in her own particular child birth
Was she cut-- did she get an episiotomy? Is it healed already? If it is not healed -- there may be infection (not STD please) but normal other infection can occur
She may still be sore. At 6 weeks, all new mothers are supposed to go for Post- Natal Clinic -- when the nurses/doctors discuss all these things with them and advise them on life after delivery.
Because by this time - the female genital system has finally become normal again -- back to the pre-pregnancy state. The PNC or visit is to make sure all this has happened and to correct whatever may physically or psychologically be wrong.
So, you just have to let her understand that you care and if she has any challenge that is preventing sexual connection to let you know. Perhaps we all-- you, her, me -- can get to talk about it --if you
Call me in the Free Call midnight on a speakerphone so I can interview her for you and we can resolve it all. See help lines below

Cheers

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