I just had an emergency C-Section on the 1st. I am feeling much better now that my stitches are out. I am sore, but I am feeling those sexual urges again. my husband and I really want to be intimate but we aren't sure we can have sex yet. How long after your C-Section did you and your spouse or partner have sex?
Hahahaha thanks for all your advice. I wasn't going to have sex yet, just wanted to hear what some of you had experienced. I can hold out on my urges, I give my husband oral pleasure so he isn't complaining to much. I know he wants to have sex so bad but he knows we can't and doesn't want to make anything worse. I will wait and planned on it. :) Thank you for all your advice and personal experiences.
At least 6 weeks... Your internal organs are still traumatized from being pulled out and put back in - but in a different order this time. Your internal stitches haven't healed as good as your superficial ones, this was MAJOR abdominal surgery!
Maybe some oral sex is in order - because intercourse is not exactly the best idea for you... and he should keep that in mind also.
Geez, I was so exhausted from taking care of our son, leaking from more places than I thought humanly possible, the hormones gave me hot flashes and whole body sweats (I mean totally soaking wet sweats - I had to change me and the sheets frequently), I had itchy stitches and hemorrhoids and on top of that my husband was also exhausted from helping me (and a bit afraid of touching me again for fear of hurting me) - we waited till the Dr gave us a go ahead - 6 weeks.
What's the rush?
We waited until my post-partum apppointment with my OB/GYN 6 weeks after my c-section. That's when we get the all-clear for sex and exercise.
I would say there are many ways to be intimate without having actual vaginal intercourse. You should be waiting for six weeks. Your body needs time to heal. Be creative and have fun until then.
With a C-section you really do need to wait the 6 weeks. The fear is that you have an open wound or very week scar that would easily tear in your uterus and with the force of sex you can actually force air into your blood stream. If you do that and the air bubble hit your brain you will have a stroke and very likely die, if they hit your lungs, you will collapse a lung or worse, and if it hits your heart, you will have a heart attack.
Like the others said, your doc will give you the ok at your 6 week check up. I always waited, but my mom disagrees and says to have sex whenever you want. :)
I would wait for the 6 week mark and the OK from the doctor. I had a c-section and it seemed that it healed well but at the 6 week check up he told me to hold off on sex for another 3 weeks and come back in for another check up. On the outside the c-section was healed, on the inside he said that my body was still healing. It will very for everyone but I would wait till the ok from your doctor at the 6 week check up, no reason to take risks.
