Well, if you've ever been curious as to what moms think about having sex after giving birth, as good a place as any to start is with a comment made by a celebrity.
And when it comes to post-baby hanky panky, Hilary Duff says "It's definitely different," which pretty much sums things up as far as how most new moms feel.
Oh, and you'll love this. She also added, "I'm so exhausted at the end of each day, so I'm like, 'Can this not happen at night when I'm exhausted?' You find different times to do it." (Yeah. Like never.)
(Guess even celeb moms use the "I'm too tired" excuse.)
When it comes to post-pregnancy sex, I've never understood women who are eager to hop right back into bed when the doctor gives the all-clear around the six-week mark.
And I'll even go one step further, because after I gave birth to my son, I honestly felt like a virgin all over again, to the point where I was nervous and scared to have sex.
I think I freaked out not only because it had been a while since I'd had sex, but also because, well -- my cha-cha pretty much went straight to hell and back in the process of pushing out an eight-pound baby.
I labored for over 24 hours, pushed 'til I was blue in the face for at least 45 minutes, and topped the whole experience off with a nice episiotomy to avoid the major tear I would've had otherwise.
Needless to say, considering how hard I worked to get that baby out of my body, I wasn't exactly eager to put anything back in there.
But don't go freaking out and thinking you may have no interest in sex after your baby arrives solely based on my account. I mean, just look at Jessica Simpson! She's already preggo again and her baby Maxwell is only 7 months old, so she was back in the saddle in no time flat.
Are you at all concerned about your sex life after giving birth?
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Pushing out a baby and an episiotomy do not ruin your sex life, close minds do. If Doc say it's OK, and you enjoy having zex with your partner, the both of you work together to regain an active sex life, It's definitely not going to be the same as before baby, but you don't stop being a woman because you are a mother. Feeling some what nervous is normal, but your partner will love your new you regardless.
I have cervical ectropian so i wasnt allowed to have sex during my first trimester. Once we found the reason for my bleeding the Dr cleared me but i have been worried about bleeding after sex. We tried to last week and i bled for 3 days after and i cramped the entire next day. I feel bad that we havent been intimate in so long but for me its just not worth it. It had been months since we had tried and it was so awkward, we were nervous. I cant even imagine how nervous we will be after the baby!
I had to wait because of my c-section, and near the end of my pregnancy my hubby was so stressed and scared that we didn't have sex for 6 weeks then, for a total of 12 weeks. My doctor never gave me the "ok" but at my 6 week check-up he said I was healing well and all, and I felt up to it. We took it slow and eased back into it, but I was so ready to jump on hubby it wasn't funny!