Sex After An Episiotomy?
 

Any ideas as to how long after an episiotomy one has to wait before having sex?



ooooooo - frustration!

My doctor told me to wait until the stitches were gone....thats been 11 years so maybe its changed

Episiotomy? can someone give me the lamens terms for what the fuck this is? Thanks :) lol

"..is an incision into the perinium (Area of skin between the vagina and the anus) to enlarge the space at the outlet."

...for the purposes of childbirth....sometimes the woman has to be cut to get the baby out....I actually tore..I wasnt cut and had to have 4 stitches....

SIx weeks is how long you should wait after childbirth (recommended), but most of the time it seems that four weeks works fine.

Don't rush it, having an infection down there can be nasty. One of our friends had that happen. Ouch.

6 weeks?

oh man, that's so much less time then I thought it would be. Both me and the Misses thought it would be like 3 months at least.

Let me reveal a piece of top secret information to you females. It is customary for the new father to secretly pull the doctor aside just before the birth to ask him to put in a couple of extra stitches after the episiotomy. The going rate is $100 per stitch.

My dad constantly makes that wise-ass remark whenever anyone talks about childbirth. :rolleyes:

I'd say wait six weeks as well just so that all scars are properly healed.

I have a friend who is 8.5 months older than his sister, sure she was a bit premi but still...
My wife and I waited about 3 and a half weeks after she gave birth to our son (with an Episiotomy performed), we couldn't wait any longer and are glad we didn't try =)

I've heard this before, but always thought it was to compensate for men who's penis was too small to service a normal sized opening....
:lol:

I'm soon to go to pre-med school, and I'm appalled at that statement! What kind of doctor would compromise his patient's well-being during future childbirths for some extra money! Doing so would probably cost great pain to that women in the future (if she is to have anoter childbirth, unless tissue that isn't previously injured doesn't scar up after stitching... I don't know yet; I'm not a doctor... ;))

And if she notices (she probably would! After all, she's had her body all her life, and she'd probably notice even a small difference.), she might go and complain to the hospital manager/file a lawsuit, and the doctor in question would lose his/her job and/or medical license!


My 0.02$(CAD)
Mr Cassata

Um yeah... I think that was what we call a joke. Don't overanalyse it :p

ROFL @Mr Cassata.

If its on the internet its serious and true :p

My gf/wife (we aren't married but should be) had one with our first child. She was cut and then ripped the rest of the way and I mean, the rest of the way, all the way back to the anus. They lost count of how many stiches stiches (I don't remember 100% how many), but it was way more than 5-10.

We waited as long as we could without hurting her or going insane and that was about 4-4.5 weeks. It hurt if we hit a bad angle for a long time after that. However, had she not torn, I'm sure there wouldn't have been bad angles. Everything is good now tho.

AUGH! I was eating when I read this!

My wife had one and it was around 3-4 weeks before we tried anything. It was also about that long before she wanted to try anything there, what with the pain of healing and all.

The best advice is that you take it VERY slow the first time or two afterwards. It took a year or so before she quit having the sensastion that she was thinner than before where they had sewn her up.

Haha, sorry, was just telling the truth to an honest question :)

Acutally, (I know this is a jest, but still) after childbirth sex has been much more comfortable for both my wife and I.

Been there twice. Don't rush.

Ever wonder why the DR tells you to wait 6 weeks after an episiotomy?


So you will wait 3.

I had a friend who told me her OB, who was a woman, put in an extra stitch for her after her baby was born. She said it was awesome and she loved her for it. I had never heard of people doing that before she told me. So unless she was lying (which I don't think she was), some OB's will do this it seems. (I'm pretty sure it was at no additional cost!).