I'm waiting a good 6 weeks... but I also had A LOT of tears and stitches. I did a few "test" lunges yesterday and I'm definitely not ready to engage in any type of exercise yet. Its different for all women
I had a 3rd degree tear, and I ran for the first time a few days ago. My LO is 4 weeks today. My girl parts felt fine...my legs were a different story. Wow...out of shape!!!
6 weeks, don't want to take any chances. I am walking so my legs are ready to run as soon as I get cleared. I will start with resistance bands at 6 weeks as well.
I started running again at 4 wks. I had a second degree tear & didn't feel sore down there anymore. Bleeding was way less (almost nothing) at that point for me, too.
I haven't been back to the actual gym yet - but starting at around 3 weeks I started doing strength exercises. Then last week (almost 4 weeks) I kicked it up a notch and started doing the 30 day shred (not every day), random exercise tv programs and walking on the treadmill combined with strength exercises. This week I added jogging for a minute here and there in my walking. After today though, I feel a little bit sore "down there" - so am going to slow it down a little bit. I only had minor abrasions during delivery so am kinda surprised I would get sore again - but I'm going to listen to my body and try not to be too impatient!
Re: How long did you wait before starting gym again?
DD1 born 5/24/10.
Missed M/C at 14 wks Feb 2012.
DD2 born 5/14/13.
Missed M/C at 9 wks July 2015.