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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did it after the 6 week checkup. I was nervous and I made my husband promise to be gentle. It was fine, we resumed regular sex but I didn’t particularly enjoy it for a few months. It didn’t hurt, but I felt uncomfortable. [/quote]

I wish women wouldn't sat "We resumed regular sex" when it's really DH insisting and DW reluctantly complying. [/quote]

I wish people didn’t assume their experience is universal and anyone who says otherwise is lying. I wanted and initiated sex before 6 weeks with my first. With our second, we ended up waiting because we were exhausted, but nothing was wrong with my vagina. Two vaginal births, 0 stitches or complications. [/quote]

+1. I really enjoy sex and resumed sex six weeks postpartum after all three of my children. I drank a glass of wine beforehand with each, but was excited to have sex. Isn't it a little misogynistic to assume that women only try having sex six weeks postpartum because their husbands want sex? Also, of course the decision to have sex should be determined by both medical clearance and personal preference. Shouldn't this go without saying? I very much doubt the majority of women on DCUM are in relationships with they have no or little agency over their own bodies and have to have sex when their husbands want to...[/quote]

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