Anybody else?

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Anybody else try to have sex 3 weeks postpartum and it was absolutely painful?

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Well no shit? They tell you to wait 6 weeks for a reason.

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There is a reason doctors highly recommended waiting 6 weeks. You aren’t healed yet.

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Hell no. That’s an unnecessary risk.

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Oh honey why did you do that? It’s not safe and no other people aren’t doing this bc it’s medically contraindicated. You have to wait until you are checked and doctor clears you. The minimum is 6 weeks, potentially more as far as safety goes. Though many women will still feel pain and discomfort for up to 6 months, especially after the first baby. There is a dinner plate size wound inside you that formed over 9 months and it needs time to heal. Having sex this soon opens your body up to scarring and infection.

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There’s a reason you should wait at least 6 weeks!!!! It still hurt to have sex 9 months after having my baby.. it takes time to heal and by pushing it and having sex too early you risk infection and possible re-tearing.

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Aren't you supposed to wait six weeks?

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Eww why? That would be awful and soooo risky. 
It’s best to wait to be cleared at your 6 weeks pp check. The plate sized wound in you is highly susceptible to infection.

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Yea girl you got a gaping wound in your uterus from when the placenta detached, not to mention a whole baby pushing through there.

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I’m currently 3 weeks pp and my stitches haven’t even fully healed yet, so no. 
With my first baby I didn’t have sex until 7 weeks pp and it hurt pretty bad (I tore worse with my first baby than my second). It took a couple months to feel normal again

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