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Re: Sex after Childbirth...

From: samir (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:58:03 -0500 (CDT)


At Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Maxine wrote: >
>I just had a baby three weeks ago and was wondering how soon after
>childbirth can I resume having sex. I had a vaginal delivery and all
>went well. I have stopped bleeding and have no discomforts or discharge
>of any kind plus my stitches have healed.
>
>I read in a pregnancy book that doctors usually recommend waiting 6
>weeks after childbirth if the birth was vaginal and 8 weeks if it was a
>C-section delivery however if the woman is fully healed and there's no
>bleeding or discharge and the vaginal stitches have healed completely
>that it's ok to have sex much sooner than the 6 or 8 weeks. Is this
>true?

true but you should use a method for contraception

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