How many days after Cesarian Delivery its possible to have Sex? – Dr. Shefali Tyagi

Cesarian Delivery is an operative procedure where in your tummy is slow down and the baby is delivered by the abdominal. So the healing of the stiches takes a little longer compared to normal vaginal deliveries. So how soon you can have relations after the Cesarian, that can be checked with your doctor, ideal time would be approximately around 6 weeks after your cesarian, but it can be longer depending on your recovery. So the pregnancy changes with your body has will soon reward to non pregnant levels in the body approximately after 6 weeks of your delivery. So the uterus which remains big soon of the day with delivery shrinks to a normal not pregnant small size, the bleeding pattern changes you start having lochia instead of the normal bleeding and it also come to down. And your body recovers from the changes in underwent during the pregnancy. All these changes go back to normal by 6 weeks, so that is the time that you can actually indulge with having relations. Once again it’s always important to check with your doctor how soon you can because by a physical examination in can be judged. Initially when you resume intercourse it can be slightly painful, the vaginal dryness is very common specially if you are breastfeeding. So discuss this has been with the doctor so that you can use of lubricating jelly so it will be easy for you. Go slow assume a position which is more comfortable to you, breast can ache when you’re having intercourse as it gets filled with milk very fast. All this can be discussed with the doctor and you can find out what are the solutions to the problems are indulge having relation maybe after 6 week of your delivery.