Intimacy Question

I have a question for the mamas who delivered vaginally. I had a tear and several lacerations. Everyone around me had a C-section so I’m struggling to ask this question to my friends and family, but is it supposed to hurt after the first time? For me , it has been every time. We were first intimate when I was 40 days postpartum and maybe a few times but it hurt so much I’ve been a little bit less keen. I am 5 months now and it still hurts every time we have sex. We actually haven’t been intimate since December and today we did and it was very painful. I’m just wondering if something is wrong internally and I should seek medical attention or if it’s just normal.
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I would get to the doctor. I had something similar with first and healed completely by six weeks and it didn’t hurt.

It hurt for me the first couple times but eventually it stopped hurting. If it’s been months and you’ve done it a lot in between i would say it’s not normal

I would seek medical advice. I am 4months pp had episiotomy and burst a vein and it was uncountable the first time but not anymore x

it hurt me too and i needed pelvic floor therapy now im fine at 5 months pp

I had this happen to me, but i had a csection. I was told your body has not adjusted the hormones yet so you need additional lubricant. I would reach out to the doc for a check though. But that’s what my doctor told me.

I'm going through the same. I had a worse tear with my son but by 3.5 months pp we were back to normal, no pain etc. I'm almost 6 months pp with my second and sex is still painful. I'm going to contact my gp this week, as I know this isn't right but in all honesty, I feel a bit embarrassed to talk about it. But I know I need to, as it's also not fair on my husband

It was painful for me the first few times, but not anymore. I would ask a dr if it still hurts that much months later. I know since I am breastfeeding, it's naturally drier down there, so that was another thing that helped.

It definitely can be painful depending on your delivery. With my first, sex felt normal after 6 months, with my second it was only 6 weeks

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