The harm of early sexual life after childbirth, sexual life after cesarean section

If you are a normal person, you can have sex two to three times a week, but don’t overdo it, otherwise it will cause harm to your body. For pregnant women, it is best not to have sex in the first few months of pregnancy. You can have sex after giving birth, but how long after giving birth can you have sex, and how long after a caesarean section can you have sex?

How long can you have sex after a caesarean section? Generally speaking, it is best not to have sex when a woman is in confinement, because this period is when the female reproductive organs recover. If you have sex too early, it will cause damage to the female reproductive organs. Here I will introduce to you some issues related to postpartum sexual life.

How long after giving birth can you have sex?

Generally speaking, the best time to resume sexual intercourse is 6 to 8 weeks after delivery. Why is this? It usually takes 7 days for the episiotomy wound to heal and the stitches to be removed. At this time, the surface tissue of the perineum has already healed, but the deep muscle layer and fascia will take 6 to 8 weeks to repair. If you resume sexual life too early, it may cause the wound to split and bleed.

Sexual life after cesarean section

After a caesarean section, you should resume sexual life three months after delivery, preferably after you have your period. If you are breastfeeding and your uterus is recovering well, there is generally no problem with sexual intercourse, but you should also take contraceptive measures. Generally speaking, a better contraceptive method is male condoms. If a woman has low sexual desire for a long time, she should pay attention to finding the cause and treating it accordingly.

The dangers of early sexual intercourse after childbirth

After delivery, the endometrium needs to be repaired and the lochia has not been completely discharged. If you have sex at this time, bacteria from the male genitals and the female perineum will be brought into the vagina, causing pelvic inflammatory disease. At the same time, due to the mechanical stimulation of sexual life, the pelvic organs that have not yet recovered will become congested, reducing resistance to disease, causing severe infection and possibly peritonitis or sepsis, affecting the health of the mother. After the postpartum period, sexual life can be resumed only after the postpartum examination confirms that the woman has recovered.

Through the introduction of experts, we learned about the situation of sexual life after cesarean section. In fact, whether it is a natural birth or a cesarean section, sexual life is best to wait until the woman's reproductive organs are recovered, and the number of sexual intercourse should not be too frequent. And it should be noted that sexual life must be gentle and not too rough.