How a C-Section Affects Your Sex Life
A woman’s body usually requires at least 6 weeks to heal after childbirth, whether it’s a vaginal delivery or a C-section. Experts suggest waiting at least 6 weeks before resuming sexual intercourse. During the healing period your cervix has ample time to recover and post-delivery bleeding ceases, you can wait longer if you feel you need to.
When it comes to sex after C-section some women don’t feel the same pleasure they enjoyed before giving birth. A C-section, or Caesarean, delivery involves an incision in the abdomen for the purpose of delivering the child.
Many women experience painful sex which may be due to pregnancy fatigue or vaginal dryness caused by breastfeeding-induced hormone changes. There could be other reasons too, a new study suggests that the mode of delivery may affect your sex life. The study says women who undergo C-section delivery or vaginal delivery with vacuum extraction are more likely to experience painful sex even 18 months after delivery than those with spontaneous vaginal deliveries.
The study included participation from 1244 pregnant women who were asked to answer a questionnaire about their relationship with their partners and their sex life before giving birth and at 3, 6, 12, and 18 months after delivery.
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