Why don't you want to have sex after giving birth?

It is well known that women are not allowed to have sexual intercourse during pregnancy. On the one hand, it will affect the physical health of the expectant mother, and on the other hand, it is to ensure the safety of the baby in the expectant mother's belly. However, many expectant mothers become less and less interested in sexual life after giving birth, and some mothers even do not want to have sexual intercourse at all after giving birth. So, what’s the matter with not wanting to have sex after giving birth?

First, why don’t you want to have sex after giving birth? Generally, the confinement period, that is, the puerperium, is 42 days. This period is the repair period of the endometrium. After the puerperium, if there is nothing abnormal in the mother’s body, theoretically, she can have sex. However, because the mother needs to breastfeed after delivery, her ovarian function is suppressed during breastfeeding and the follicles in the ovaries are dormant. It is impossible for such dormant, undeveloped follicles to produce estrogen. Therefore, it is normal for postpartum women to have low sexual desire. If you have sex, it often cannot achieve harmony, and it may cause women to become frigid, affecting the relationship between the couple in the future.

Second, the duration of postpartum lochia is generally 2 to 4 weeks. After that, although the lochia has cleared, the wound in the uterus has not completely healed, the physical exertion during delivery has not recovered, and the resistance to disease is poor. If you have sex too early, it can easily lead to infection, vaginitis, endometritis, salpingitis or menstrual disorders. Generally speaking, it takes 6 to 8 weeks for the reproductive organs and other systems to recover after childbirth, and a woman's interest in sexual intercourse after childbirth does not increase significantly until the third month.

Why don’t you want to have sex after giving birth? Postpartum malnutrition, endocrine disorders, diabetes, myocardial infarction, etc. can all affect sexual desire and sexual response. In severe cases, they may even lead to loss of sexual desire or sexual behavior. Many commonly used drugs can affect sexual desire and sexual function, among which antihypertensive drugs, antipsychotics and sedatives and hypnotics are more obvious. In fact, having sex immediately after delivery has a great impact on the mother's body. It may cause the mother's wound to rupture and even make her more susceptible to gynecological and obstetric diseases. Therefore, for the sake of their wives' health, fathers should wait for a while before having sex.