When did you and your SO have sex for the first time after having your baby?
I'm finding myself in the mood already and I'm just 2 weeks post-partum. I know I've read online that you aren't supposed to for 6 weeks, but no one medical has actually told me there's any sort of restriction.
Did you get right back in the saddle or wait awhile?
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cantaloupe / 6146 posts
Hahhahah. I'm still pregnant, but my mom said to me, "There is no way you will be able to wait 6 weeks!"
LOL
bananas / 9118 posts
We waited 7 weeks, I could have probably waited a whole lot longer though! I was pretty traumatized by that watermelon sized baby coming out.
I saw this on facebook, and it hit home a little too much: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fmchoffman/6988596843/
It actually was far more enjoyable than I expected, thank goodness!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
We waited until I was 5 weeks and.. 4-5days? It was a few days before I hit 6 weeks pp! 
persimmon / 1465 posts
Much the same as @chopsuey119. I don't think there's a medical reason to wait, it's just if it feels good!
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
@lemondrop: LOL at that picture. I'm laughing at it now because I've never been pregnant before. I'm sure when I get pregnant, I will not want to see that.
bananas / 9118 posts
@bluestriped bee: it makes me laugh and cringe at the same time... very true to how I felt for the first 15 minutes after or so- with the same look on my face too!
I think after a month my sutures had fallen out and I felt more normal, I think I was just mentally psyching myself out for a few more weeks.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
The doctor told us to wait 6 weeks so we did. It hurt enough then so I'm glad we waited. But we did other things before that.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
2 months, but because I had really bad lower back pains. I was all healed after 6 weeks, literally on the dot.
apricot / 384 posts
We could have done it sooner, but we waited the 6 weeks til my dr. cleared us. And then, I got a UTI immediately after the first time back in the saddle so it was another week before we could do it again.
I wanted to do it sooner, but judging from how much it hurt that first time, I'm not sure how this one will go!
pear / 1614 posts
We waited 4 weeks, but I had a c section so nothing had happened "down there".
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
We waited 7 weeks because at my 6 week appt, the doctor said I still wasn't completely healed where I had my stitch. Although I really wanted to have it before then, I'm glad I waited. Even with lube, it was more painful than I expected.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
Whew. Am I glad a lot of you ladies were able to before the 6 weeks. I -we- were seriously wondering how we were going to go 6 weeks...hhahaha.
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