Life stages · Guide for women
Sex After Having a Baby
Healing, hormones, tiredness and finding each other again after birth.
19 pages · 5 chapters · PDF · instant download
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What's inside
- The Six-Week MythTemi's question at the postnatal check.
- What Your Body Is Going ThroughHealing, hormones and exhaustion.
- Bolu's SideWhat new fathers and partners go through too.
- When You Feel ReadyMaking the first time again gentle.
- When to Get HelpPain, mood and pelvic floor problems.
You also get
- Clear illustrated diagrams
- "Myth vs fact" and "Try this" boxes with practical steps
- A "when to see a doctor" checklist
- A printable worksheet
- Research sources, so you know it is real
Read the opening
From chapter 1, "The Six-Week Myth". Every guide is written like a story, with real research behind it.
A Tuesday morning. A postnatal clinic. Temi, baby Ife and a question she has been dreading.
Temi sat in the waiting room with seven-week-old Ife asleep on her chest, his tiny fist curled around her necklace. She looked exhausted in the way that only new parents look: not just tired, but tired in her bones.
When the midwife asked if she had any questions, Temi said, in a rush, "Everyone says you can have sex after six weeks. It has been seven. I do not feel ready at all. Is something wrong with me?"
The midwife smiled kindly. "Nothing is wrong with you. Six weeks is not a deadline. It is roughly when many people have their postnatal check. There is no rule that says you must be ready then. Some people feel ready sooner, many feel ready much later. Both are normal."
Temi burst into tears. Ife woke up and started crying too, out of solidarity.
Keep reading in the full guide.
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