Super TMI question..

[ace226]

Postpartum sex. Anyone? Anyone?
I thought I'd be exempt from the pain having had a c-section... Nope. I'm a little on the smaller side, and DH is on the bigger side. We tried and it was super painful for both of us.

...so. Will this go back to normal? :/ is it just a matter of stretching things back out?

[cougarette]

Oh man. We did it Saturday and it was awfully painful. Vaginal delivery here. I'm bfing, so we're using condoms right now. I had to add additional lube to that and it still wasn't enough. I guess we need to add more foreplay in or something.

[anchovies]

Only done it 3x and all 3 were in the shower. I'm hoping to try outside of the shower soon. I just haven't been in the mood bc I'm so tired!

[mands1125]

I also had a Csection and I'm BFing. We have done it like 4 times. It does get a little better each time.

[mishka29]

I've always found that when bf'ing it's hard to get a good amount of natural lube so the dryness doesn't help. Add lube and go slow. It's gets better!

[mels823]

C section mama here. We've only done it 4 times in the past 6 weeks because it's so uncomfortable for me! Not to mention I have NO sex drive at all right now. None at all. My poor husband is going crazy.

[flyster]

I'm almost 10 weeks pp and no sex yet in this house. I'm afraid to and have no drive and dh seems ok without

[osumegs]

Not yet, 8 weeks postpartum. We stopped at 22w pregnant due to bleeding issues, so we were looking forward to the all clear. My gfs have kinda scared me to death on how it goes!

[aggiebug]

Lube helps it is slowly getting better here. H is sweet and said we could stop until it feels better unfortunately I don't think that is how this works. You just have to do it.

[lulu783]

No sex in this house yet either. I think the last time was sometime in the 7th month of pregnancy. My 9lb baby caused me to tear and have an epi, so I'm pretty sure both H and I are scarred for life.

[dacora]

C-section and not BFing, we started DTD at 4 weeks postpartum (whoops, I'm usually good about following doctor's orders). It was uncomfortable at first, but it got better after a minute or so. You kind of just have to do it, things need to sort of get stretched back out I guess.

Sex is just about completely back to normal now at 8 weeks postpartum. We've been DTD roughly once or twice a week, depending on timing and mood.

[michelle142]

We've done it once. It was good, no pain. We just don't have time to do it more often!

[mle106]

8 wks pp after vaginal delivery, and I'm terrified to try. I had a labial tear (didn't think about that as a possibility) and although it's "healed" things still feel pretty tight and uncomfortable down there. I can tell my poor DH is getting antsy...

We've never needed additional lube before but I foresee that it will be necessary...what kind of lube is good?

[ace226]

Apr 14, 2015 11:28:51 GMT -5 mle106 said:

8 wks pp after vaginal delivery, and I'm terrified to try. I had a labial tear (didn't think about that as a possibility) and although it's "healed" things still feel pretty tight and uncomfortable down there. I can tell my poor DH is getting antsy...

We've never needed additional lube before but I foresee that it will be necessary...what kind of lube is good?

www.edenfantasys.com/sex-lubricants/silicone-based/original-bodyglide
This is the one we like!

[misshart00]

Apr 14, 2015 11:28:51 GMT -5 mle106 said:

8 wks pp after vaginal delivery, and I'm terrified to try. I had a labial tear (didn't think about that as a possibility) and although it's "healed" things still feel pretty tight and uncomfortable down there. I can tell my poor DH is getting antsy...

We've never needed additional lube before but I foresee that it will be necessary...what kind of lube is good?

We like astroglide.

[babycfeb2015]

9 wk ppd and haven't attempted either. No desire but I need to try.

[dramacat]

We did it the day after the 6 week pp appt. used lots of ky jelly just in case. We went really slowly and it went ok.

[xoxolicia]

7 weeks and no sex here. I don't think we'll be able to for a while.

[cloe111479]

9 wks here and dtd 4-5 times since we got the all clear at 6 weeks. Besides the boobs being a no go zone, we are kind of back to the usual. No pain. No dryness. Back to us. (Just trying not to wake dd)

[seamonster]

8 weeks and none here. I had my last bleeding episode last week. I'd like some, but we're both exhausted. Need to figure out the logistics of LO in a different room as we functionally have a one bedroom apartment. And DH needs to initiate.

[Mom2Ms]

Yeah. No. I have zero interest. I've felt like this since essentially the minute I got pregnant. It's been almost a year, yeah, I'm a horrible wife....

[angeldcf]

Hmmm. Realized it's been 6 months for us. I offered a few times late 3rd Tri but was shot down. We're both too exhausted now.

[PikoPiko]

I haven't tried it since I was in my first trimester. Now imnjust super tired with no drive. DH seems OK with it having gone this many months... We had low sex drive and now it's non existing.

[angeldcf]

Ugh. After posting, we ended up trying last night. Epic fail. It seemed to be physiologically impossible; not just painful (it was), like laws of physics were against us.

[agm04]

We haven't tried yet either. 7.5 weeks pp here, with an episiotomy and 2nd degree tear thanks to pushing my breech DD out backwards (which I wouldnt change). I'm so afraid, but DH is definitely ready. :/