💛 Mum · 0 to 12 months
🌙 Periods returning and getting intimate again
Intimacy after birth depends on recovery, consent and comfort—not a deadline.
Your team plan for fewer post-baby clashes
1. What to prepare
Discuss comfort and contraception with the postnatal clinician; ovulation may return before periods and breastfeeding is not automatically reliable contraception.
2. What to check
Resume intimacy only when wanted and comfortable; stop for pain and seek advice for bleeding, infection symptoms or ongoing difficulties.
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When in doubt, contact your doctor or midwife. For a life-threatening emergency, call 112 from a mobile phone; 10177 for an ambulance.