The long-awaited event has come! The woman fulfilled her destiny and became a mother. Gradually, the body is restored and comes back to normal after a long period of bearing the baby. But sometimes after giving birth, the newly mum during sex experiences unpleasant sensations, and even pain. Why is this happening and how?
Why does it hurt to have sex after giving birth?
The causes of painful sex after childbirth can be both psychological and physiological.
- With caesarean section, you should not have sex for 2 months after childbirth. This time is needed for complete healing of the sutures and restoration of the size of the uterus, otherwise the pain sensations are guaranteed. Pain in sex after childbirth can occur when there are various infections of the vagina or bladder and inflammatory processes of the genitourinary system.
- Sometimes the cause of pain during sex after delivery is a full bladder - a woman simply does not feel the urge to urinate.
- After birth, the hormonal background changes, and along with it come such unpleasant phenomena as dryness of the vagina. And without lubrication, having sex will cause discomfort, sometimes even a sharp pain.
- It is painful to have sex after childbirth can be because the woman herself is waiting for such sensations. This fear increases even more if the first contact after childbirth really turned out to be painful.
- Often, young mothers are worried that the birth had a negative impact on their appearance,
some even consider themselves ugly begin. On this occasion, terrible complexes begin that do not allow you to relax and have fun.
What if it hurts to have sex after giving birth?
First you need to establish what is the cause of the pain. If it's physiology, then the doctor will prescribe the treatment. With the psychological problems to cope must help the husband, in extreme cases, a psychologist. And you also need to learn to relax, not to try to take on all the worries and find time to rest.