How long after giving birth will it take to not get pregnant?

After giving birth, a woman must take care of herself during the confinement period. If she does not take good care of herself during the confinement period, she will easily develop confinement diseases. Some confinement diseases will leave a root cause and affect her future healthy life. Women must not have sex within a short period of time after giving birth. They can have sex after a few months. Although it is not easy to get pregnant at this time, contraceptive measures must be taken. The impact on pregnancy within a short period of time after giving birth will be relatively large. How long will it take before you get pregnant after giving birth?

How long after giving birth will it take to not get pregnant?

Pregnant women are not allowed to have sex during the ten months of pregnancy, so some women start to indulge themselves after giving birth and can't wait to have sex. In fact, new mothers need to rest their bodies after giving birth. How long after giving birth can you have sex? Will I get pregnant? These are what many pregnant women want to know. So today I’m going to talk to you about these two topics.

How long after giving birth can you have sex?

How long after giving birth you can have sex is determined by the way the mother delivers (natural birth or caesarean section), her postpartum recovery, etc. The appropriate time for having sex is: 2 months after a natural birth and 3 months after a caesarean section, and it varies depending on the mother's specific physical recovery.

It is not suitable to have sex too early after giving birth. It takes at least one month for the body to rest, which is about 42 days in the postpartum period. This period is the repair period of the endometrium. It will take about 42 days after delivery for the uterus to return to its pre-pregnancy size and for the endometrium at the site of placenta attachment to be completely repaired. After the postpartum period, if there is no abnormality in the mother's body, theoretically she can have sex, but it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up first to understand the recovery of the uterus and body.

The above talks about how long you can have sex in the case of a normal birth. However, it is different for new mothers who have had a caesarean section. The time may be a little longer. Medical research suggests that it is best to wait 3 months after the caesarean section before having sex. Because a caesarean section requires a surgical incision, having sex can only be done after the caesarean section wound has healed. If you have sex too early, the surgical scar may be easily injured, which can cause great harm to the mother.

Pregnancy after having sex

After giving birth, a woman's menstruation will begin to resume. Once menstruation resumes, pregnancy may occur if she has sex without taking any contraceptive measures. However, the time it takes for women to resume menstruation after childbirth is different, so it also depends on the woman’s own recent recovery.

Of course, it is not recommended that women have sex and get pregnant so soon after giving birth. After all, a woman’s uterus becomes larger during pregnancy and childbirth, and it takes time to repair.