Sex after birth

I’m currently 7weeks PP and had a forcep assisted delivery. I had to be cut and later got a really bad infection which was treated. I’ve just tried to have sex with my partner but had to stop as it felt really tight and almost felt like it was burning. Just wanted to know is this normal 😭if so how did you go about it?

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Take it slow and lots of lube. Foreplay is super important to make sure ur body is ready and turned on enough to be able to comfortably have sex as well

Well done for being brave ! Same situation, infection and all, and only tried at 4 months postpartum. Lots of lube, try being in positions where you’re in control too. It will get better but you’re still healing so be patient :)

Nicole Cliffe wrote an article ages ago that helped me a ton, where she basically said you have to have bad-to-mediocre sex 9 times after having a baby before it's fun again. Obviously that's not a hard and fast rule, but it's silly enough and true enough that it helped me a lot. Don't power through actual pain, for sure, but don't worry that it'll never be fun again either!

Totally normal, took us a few attempts before we could actually have sex

Very normal, I’m 8 months postpartum and I still get pain down there. Lube is our best friend now 😂😂

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