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A new survey of 500 Australian Moms shows that 78 percent of new mothers are having sex within 8 weeks of giving birth. A further 18 percent are sexually active within 10 weeks. Meaning 96% of Australian Moms have resumed sexual activity by the time their babies are about two months old.I went back into my blog archives just now, to see what I was thinking at around 8 weeks post partum. I was firmly entrenched in a slightly panicked, foreign routine including diapers and breasts. I couldn't laugh without my feeling like my innards were going to pound through my stomach lining in a vicious attack on my belly button. I was mesmerized by my baby and my eyes felt like someone had rubbed sandpaper in them and I wondered vaguely if I would be stuck in this repetitive, sleepless state for very much longer.
Without giving too much away about my personal life, I must say that this study did not resonate with me. Oh, Mother of Hilarity, it did not resonate at all. Those Aussie women have a lot more game than I do.
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6-02-2006 @ 7:47AM
Melinda said...Honey, I was ready when I got home from the hospital. My husband made me wait 6 weeks, which nearly killed me.
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6-02-2006 @ 8:21AM
Jen said...Amen, sister. There was no hanky panky going on at our house that early, either. I think it was the last thing on either of our minds, what with all the lack of sleep.
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6-02-2006 @ 8:30AM
Tamyu said...I had an extensive c-section, and was advised by the doctor not to do anything for a month... We resumed things pretty normally after that. BUT, my son was in the hospital for 5 months so it doesn`t really count. When he did come home, it took a couple weeks to get used to the routine and then everything was back to normal. I guess we were just really lucky because although he was technically a newborn when he came home, we never had any real "lack of sleep" problems - he slept right next to us and I never really had to wake up much.
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6-02-2006 @ 9:14AM
Allison said...My son didn't sleep for the majority of the first year. Does that tell you something? Things were very unromantic in our house. It picked up when he started sleeping. Maybe those Austrailian babies know how to sleep better than North American?
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6-02-2006 @ 9:33AM
Jenna said...After being on bedrest from 30 weeks on (Level III so not even any ORGASM, self induced or otherwise), when the doctor gave the all clear at six weeks, we were both more than glad to hop in the sack. Having a child has changed our sex life a bit but we're still pretty active.
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6-02-2006 @ 9:36AM
Ethel said...Gosh, I wanted my husband pretty much right after giving birth.. I think mylibido while being pregnant was depressed, finally being unshackled by the competing hormones went nuts. We waited, oh, almost a week after the lochia stopped, but man being tired was not a factor. Maybe it makes up for the complete ennui at the moment (37 weeks and ready to get this kid out). At least, that is my justification for ignoring my poor husband.
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6-02-2006 @ 10:38AM
ann adams said...The line used to be six weeks with an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery. I don't know what it is now.
For better or worse, I was one of those women who could squat, deliver, and go back to what I was doing. (Well, maybe not quite but almost).
Six weeks seemed like an eternity way back then.
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6-02-2006 @ 10:47AM
Ben said...While I thought I'd be the one ready and my wife would want to wait longer it turned out to be the other way around. Oddly enough we waited about 8 weeks and then after a couple times I think I got scared , not scared to hurt her but more scared that what if an accident happened and we got pregnant again so soon. After that we really didn't have sex for months, took a long time to get back into the routine.
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6-02-2006 @ 11:00AM
thordora said...Within 10 days, I think. I heal fast, had fast, uncomplicated deliveries (after the bleeding was stopped) so we went ahead. My husband was careful to make sure I was cool with it though-no pressue.
Watching my doctor's eyes go wide was priceless..
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6-02-2006 @ 12:21PM
Jill said...sex? what's that? Oh! That evening that got me into this mess? Not doing that again soon!
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6-02-2006 @ 2:18PM
Michelle said...Did I hear somebody say the "S" word? What the hell is that? My husband and I don't see each other long enough for a hello, let alone for a "quickie", which, incidentally is how he have 2 kids. ( I know, TMI) He's a cop and works long hours 7+ days a week, evening shift, sometimes overnight. I, now stay at home with 2 small children who NEVER sleep.
Oh, BTW, we recently sold our house and moved in with my MIL while WE build our new house. (And I do mean WE BUILD, we are doing the construction, MIL used to be a builder, before she retired.) So, no time for either "S" word, SEX or SLEEP.
I don't know how the Australians do it. Maybe they put benadryl in the baby's bottle at bedtime? Maybe there is some special mineral in the water? Maybe they have a secret they're not sharing with us? Somebody kidnap the Wiggles and hold them for randsome until they give up the game!
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6-02-2006 @ 3:05PM
Nicola said...I wonder if they have the same "6 week" rule pounded into their heads that we did in Britain. It was a huge part of the antenatal material. I had a third degree tear and pretty major surgery "down there", yet when I went to see the specialist at 8 weeks he was really unhappy that we hadn't had intercourse yet (we had done "other" things) and basically said, "Yeah, it will hurt, but the only way to get over that is to do it". Typical man. And, for the record, it hurt like hell.
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