Things you should pay attention to after childbirth: the harm of early sexual life after childbirth

After giving birth, women must pay attention to the maintenance of their bodies, especially right after giving birth and during the confinement period. They must pay attention to a reasonable diet and avoid catching cold, getting chilled, or exerting themselves. These are harmful to their health and may also cause postpartum diseases. So, can they have sex after the confinement period? It can be avoided as much as possible. The harm of having sex too early after giving birth is also very great.

What are the dangers of having sexual intercourse too early after childbirth? Many women do not understand this very well, so they start having sexual intercourse, which causes serious damage to their health. Women should also pay attention to this.

The dangers of early sexual life after childbirth:

After delivery, the endometrium needs to be repaired and the lochia has not been completely discharged. If you have sex at this time, bacteria from the male genitals and the female perineum will be brought into the vagina, causing pelvic inflammatory disease. At the same time, due to the mechanical stimulation of sexual life, the pelvic organs that have not yet recovered will become congested, reducing resistance to disease, causing severe infection and possibly peritonitis or sepsis, affecting the health of the mother. After the postpartum period, sexual life can be resumed only after the postpartum examination confirms that the woman has recovered.

Precautions for postpartum sex:

1. Breastfeeding mothers have to breastfeed and take care of their children, which consumes a lot of physical energy, makes them easily tired, and their desire for sex is not strong. Therefore, husbands should be considerate and caring to their wives and should not have sex too frequently.

2. Although most women have not yet resumed their menstruation at this time, they will still ovulate, so reliable contraceptive measures must be taken from the time they resume their sexual life. Since menstruation may not have fully resumed, safe period contraception is ineffective. In case of unplanned pregnancy, not only will the mother have to suffer more, but it will also affect breastfeeding of the baby, so one should not take chances.

3. Cleanliness before and after sexual intercourse is very important. Before and after sex, both husband and wife should carefully clean their vulva and reproductive organs, and the wife should rinse her lower body immediately after sex.

4. The episiotomy wound will generally heal within two weeks after delivery. Because sexual intercourse will not cause a normally healed wound to reopen. However, when starting sexual life after delivery, the husband's movements should be gentle and mild, not too rough.

5. Women who have undergone cesarean section should wait for 3 months after delivery before resuming sexual intercourse. In addition to the abdominal incision during a cesarean section, the wound on the uterus must also heal. The recovery time required is longer than that of women who give birth naturally. The husband's violent movements during sexual intercourse may also cause pain in the wound. It is particularly important to implement reliable contraceptive measures, because once you become pregnant, the newly healed uterine incision may be punctured during the abortion, which would be very dangerous.

6. Breastfeeding women do not ovulate, and their sex hormone levels are low, which reduces vaginal secretions and causes vaginal dryness and discomfort. At the same time, it takes some time for the secretory function of the vulvar glands to recover. Therefore, during the first few times of sexual intercourse, new mothers may feel vaginal dryness and pain. At this time, using some lubricants can help improve the situation. However, it should be noted that the vaginal and perineal tissues of the mother are relatively fragile due to the influence of hormones, so the husband must not be rough in order to avoid causing harm to the mother.

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of the harm of having sexual life too early after childbirth. Therefore, women should not have sexual life immediately after childbirth. There are also some precautions for women who have sexual life after childbirth. The above are also explained. These are all things that women should pay attention to, so as to ensure their own health.