Sex after giving birth - what a subject !!!!! I can only speak from my experience , but the last thing on my mind after going through the whole experience of having a baby was thinking about having sex. I had a natural delivery, and I split quite badly , so the stitches were quite intense. It was hard during those early months of having our first baby. It is bad enough anyway with the lack of sleep, but to add to that the pressure of a husband with a high sex drive, was tough. I think if I am honest we had sex too soon after my delivery. I can't remember exactly how long after it was , I think about 2 months , but I remember that it hurt alot because I still wasn't properly healed. I did it just to make him happy, not because I wanted it. I remember it took a long time for my sex drive to return, so I had a demanding baby and a demanding husband... ahhhhhhhh!!!