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When couples navigate intimacy during postpartum recovery

My husband wants to have sex again and keeps initiating even though my doctor said to wait and my body still feels completely foreign to me, and we're both frustrated but not talking about what we're actually feeling.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical healing and emotional reconnection operate on different timelines, creating unspoken tension.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Postpartum physical recovery?”

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