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sex - uncomfortable at 5 MONTHS pp

Leni410Leni410 member
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Ladies my dd was born 3-14 by c section after 20 hours of labor. I do breastfeed dd. DH & I have dtd several times and its still uncomfortable. We use lube & that helps a little but really... 5 months pp, this should be to normal right? It feels super tight down there.

Also any suggestions on boosting my sex drive?
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Re: sex - uncomfortable at 5 MONTHS pp

  • Kim22Kim22 member
    For me these problems didn't go away until I stopped breast feeding, then everything was back to normal.
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  • luvbug6315luvbug6315 member
    5 months here and bf also....still uncomfortable for me too although not as bad as in the beginning!
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  • nikki_rob_weddingplansnikki_rob_weddingplans member
    Kim22 said:

    For me these problems didn't go away until I stopped breast feeding, then everything was back to normal.

    This. Wasn't back to normal from both interest and comfort standpoint until done nursing at 9 months. Not sure if just a coincidence or any correlation to nursing.
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  • KellyAnne82KellyAnne82 member
    Dude!!! Why doesn't anyone tell you this?! It's seriously like losing your virginity all over again. I went for my yearly gyno visit last week and slapped (playfully) my doctor on the arm for not warning me!
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  • KellyAnne82KellyAnne82 member
    Also...I'm at 5 months too (DD was born 3/29)
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  • TroopT45TroopT45 member
    Thank God I'm not the only one! I'm 4.5 months post csection and have the same issues! I had an emergency csection after laboring for a little over a day and "sex won't hurt or be scary" was one of the things I was using to make lemonade out of the situation... Silly me. At least I now know that this is apparently the norm and more likely due to BFing.
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  • jb2rnjb2rn member

    Yup, put this in the category of "things no one tells you!". It's the BF, not the c section.

     

    It took me until my son cut back on nursing a little, I think 10 months. It really does get better!

     

    By the time I weaned him (16 months) I was back to "normal" down there.

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